@liongard/connectwise-rest

connectwise-rest

A nodejs module for interacting with the ConnectWise REST API. This module is currently under construction. This module provides bindings for ease of development against the ConnectWise REST API.

Requirements

• ConnectWise 2015.3+, though these functions are written for ConnectWise 2016.1 APIs (API3.0 v1.0.0).
• ConnectWise API keys (available on ConnectWise 2015.3+), or API Only Member keys (only available on ConnectWise 2015.6+). See the documentation for more details.

Documentation

See the documentation here

Usage

Create a new API key, or API Only Member, then instantiate the module.

    
    var ConnectWiseRest = require('connectwise-rest');
    
    var cw = new ConnectWiseRest({
        companyId: 'company',
        companyUrl: 'your.connectwise.com',
        publicKey: '<public key>',
        privateKey: '<private key>',
        entryPoint: 'v4_6_release', // optional, defaults to 'v4_6_release'
        timeout: 20000,             // optional, request connection timeout in ms, defaults to 20000
        retry: false,               // optional, defaults to false
        retryOptions: {             // optional, override retry behavior, defaults as shown
          retries: 4,               // maximum number of retries
          minTimeout: 50,           // number of ms to wait between retries
          maxTimeout: 20000,        // maximum number of ms between retries
          randomize: true,          // randomize timeouts
        },
        debug: false,               // optional, enable debug logging
        logger: (level, text, meta) => { } // optional, pass in logging function
    });
    
    cw.ServiceDeskAPI.Tickets.getTicketById(1234)
        .then(function (result){
            //do something with results
        })
        .catch(function (error){
            //handle errors
        });

Or if you only require access to one API component:

    var ConnectWiseRest = require('connectwise-rest');
    
    var tickets = new ConnectWiseRest(options).ServiceDeskAPI.Tickets;
    
    tickets.getTicketById(1234)
        .then(function (result){
            //do something with results
        })
        .catch(function (error){
            //handle errors
        });

You can also manually access the API:

    var ConnectWiseRest = require('connectwise-rest');

    var api = new ConnectWiseRest(options).API.api;

    api('/path/to/api', 'POST', {
        'param1': 'val1',
        'param2': 'val2'
    })
    .then(function (result){
        //do something with results
    })
    .catch(function (error){
        //handle errors
    });

Cloud-Hosted ConnectWise

To access cloud-hosted ConnectWise, use the companyUrl of api-na.myconnectwise.net and override the default entryPoint.

    options = {
        companyId: 'company',
        companyUrl: 'api-na.myconnectwise.net',
        entryPoint: 'v2016_2',
        publicKey: '<public key>',
        privateKey: '<private key>'
    }

Implemented APIs

Module	API	Status
Company API	Companies	Complete
Company API	CompanyTeams	Complete
Company API	Configurations	Complete
Company API	Contacts	Complete
Finance API	Additions	Complete
Finance API	Adjustments	Complete
Finance API	Agreements	Complete
Finance API	AgreementSites	Complete
Finance API	BoardDefaults	Complete
Finance API	WorkRoles	Complete
Finance API	WorkTypeExclusions	Complete
Finance API	WorkTypes	Complete
Project API	Projects	Complete
ScheduleAPI	ScheduleEntries	Complete
ScheduleAPI	ScheduleTypes	Complete
Service Desk API	Boards	Complete
Service Desk API	BoardTeams	Complete
Service Desk API	Priorities	Complete
Service Desk API	ServiceNotes	Complete
Service Desk API	Statuses	Complete
Service Desk API	Tickets	Complete
System API	Members	Complete
System API	Reports	Complete
Time API	TimeEntries	Complete

Examples

Code Examples

Get ticket 1234 and print ticket number, summary and status.

    tickets.getTicketById(1234)
        .then(function (res) { console.log(res.id, res.summary, res.status.name); })
        .catch(function (err) { console.log(err); });

Create new ticket on service board, then print the returned ticket number, or any errors

    tickets.createTicket({
        summary: "This is the summary",
        board: {
            name: "Service Board"
        },
        company: {
            identifier: "ABC" //company ID
        },
        initialDescription: "ticket description",
        recordType: "ServiceTicket"
        //can also pass in any other Ticket object settings as needed
    })
    .then(function (res) { console.log(res.id); });
    .catch(function (err) { console.log(err); });    
    

Change the status of a ticket

    updateTicket(1234, [{
        op: 'replace',
        path: 'status',
        value: {id: 123} //id of the status to change to, find with boards.getBoards and status.getStatuses
    }, {
        //second or more operations
    }])
    .then(function(res) { //do something with returned ticket });
    .catch(function(err) { //do something with errors });    

Conditions

Valid example conditions string:

    var conditions = '(contact/name like "Fred%" and closedFlag = false) and dateEntered > [2015-12-23T05:53:27Z] or summary contains "test" AND  summary != "Some Summary"'

Error message returned from server when invalid conditions are passed in:

Expected a boolean value, not a numeric. String values should be enclosed with double or single quotes; DateTime values should be enclosed in square brackets; numbers should consist of only digits, and optionally a decimal point and a negation sign; boolean values should be indicated with the keywords true or false; null values should be indicated by the keyword null.