@sinch/sdk-core

Sinch server SDK for Node.js

This package contains the Sinch Client SDK for Node.js. To use it, you will need a Sinch account. Please sign up or log in if you already have one.

Installation

With NPM

npm install @sinch/sdk-core

With Yarn

yarn add @sinch/sdk-core

Usage

The @sinch/sdk-core package contains the entry point for an SDK user: the SinchClient class. It will use the information given in parameters to initialize the right plugins for the right APIs.

As there are different authentication schemes, the initialization method will depend on which one is used by the API.

OAuth2 Authentication

import { SinchClient } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

(async () => {
  // The credentials can be found on the Account dashboard: https://dashboard.sinch.com/account/access-keys
  const sinch: Pick<SinchClient, 'conversation' | 'elasticSipTrunking' | 'fax' | 'numbers' | 'sms'> = new SinchClient({
    projectId: 'my-project-id',
    keyId: 'my-key-id',
    keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
  });
  const numbersService = sinch.numbers;
  
  const response = await numbersService.availableRegions.list({
    types: ['LOCAL'],
  });
})();

The initialization method above will work for the APIs that supports the authentication with OAuth2 (Numbers and SMS on US and EU regions).

API Token authentication

If you want to use the SMS API on the other regions (or US and EU too, it will work), you'll need other credentials in order to give to the Client the servicePlanId and the associated apiToken.

import { SinchClient } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

(async () => {
  // The credentials can be found on the Service APIs dashboard: https://dashboard.sinch.com/sms/api/services
  const sinch: Pick<SinchClient, 'sms'> = new SinchClient({
    servicePlanId: 'my-service-plan-id',
    apiToken: 'my-key-id',
    smsRegion: 'my-region', // Optional, can be 'us', 'eu', 'br', 'au', 'ca'. Default is 'us'
  });
  const smsService = sinch.sms;
  
  const response = await smsService.batches.get({
    batch_id: '01HF28S9AABBBCCCCY92BJB569',
  });
})();

Signed application authentication

Both Verification and Voice APIs are using this authentication method: the request is encoded using the Application Secret and identified with the Application Key.

import { SinchClient } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

(async () => {
  // The credentials can be found on the Verification or Voice dashboard: 
  // https://dashboard.sinch.com/verification/apps or 
  // https://dashboard.sinch.com/voice/apps
  const sinch: Pick<SinchClient, 'verification' | 'voice'> = new SinchClient({
    applicationId: 'my-application-key',
    applicationSecret: 'my-application-secret',
  });
  const verificationService = sinch.verification;
  
  const response = await verificationService.verificationStatus.getById({
    id: '018bfc3e-1234-5678-1234-ebdb3fd6d30f',
  });
})();

Importing classes and interfaces from other API packages

For convenience, importing @sinch/sdk-core is sufficient to be able to access to all the APIs' classes and interfaces. In case you need to use a single API, they are also packaged as single NPM packages:

• SMS: @sinch/sms
• Conversation: @sinch/conversation
• Elastic SIP Trunking: @sinch/elastic-sip-trunking
• Fax: @sinch/fax
• Numbers: @sinch/numbers
• Verification: @sinch/verification
• Voice: @sinch/voice

All the interfaces are exported with an alias, equal to the API name:

• Sms for the SMS API
• Conversation for the Conversation API
• ElasticSipTrunking for the Elastic SIP Trunking API
• Fax for the Fax API
• Numbers for the Numbers API
• Verification for the Verification API
• Voice for the Voice API

Here is an example about using the TypeScript types to send a fax:

import { 
  Fax,          // "Fax" is the alias under which are exported all the interfaces
  FaxService,   // This is a class so it is exported as is
  SinchClient,
} from '@sinch/sdk-core';

(async () => {
  const sinch = new SinchClient({
    projectId: 'my-project-id',
    keyId: 'my-key-id',
    keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
  });
  
  const faxService: FaxService = sinch.fax;
  
  const requestData: Fax.SendFaxRequestData = {
    sendFaxRequestBody: {
      to: 'a valid destination number',
      from: 'a valid origin number',
      contentUrl: 'https://developers.sinch.com/fax/fax.pdf',
    },
  };
  
  const response: Fax.Fax = await faxService.faxes.send(requestData);
})();

Importing classes for CommonJS

Until now, all the examples in this documentation are showcasing ES modules but there may be some cases when the SDK user will want to use CommonJS instead.

Here is an example to do the same as above with CommonJS (using require):

const { SinchClient } = require('@sinch/sdk-core');

(async () => {
  const sinch = new SinchClient({
    projectId: 'YOUR_project_id',
    keyId: 'YOUR_access_key',
    keySecret: 'YOUR_access_secret',
  });
  
  const faxService = sinch.fax;
  
  const requestData = {
    sendFaxRequestBody: {
      to: 'a valid destination number',
      from: 'a valid origin number',
      contentUrl: 'https://developers.sinch.com/fax/fax.pdf',
    },
  };
  
  const response = await faxService.faxes.send(requestData);
})();

SinchClient parameters override

Hostname and region override

For various reasons (development phase, testing, network restrictions, ...), one may need to update the default API endpoint, pointing to production. Each API exposes dedicated parameters to override the default hostname and region:

API Name	Parameter	Region
Authentication	authHostname	N/A
SMS	smsHostname	smsRegion
Conversation	conversationHostname	conversationRegion
	conversationTemplatesHostname	conversationRegion
Elastic SIP Trunking	elasticSipTrunkingHostname	N/A
Fax	faxHostname	faxRegion
Voice	voiceHostname	voiceRegion
	voiceApplicationManagementHostname	N/A
Numbers	numbersHostname	N/A
Verification	verificationHostname	N/A

And here are the list of supported regions per regionalized API:

Api Name	Supported regions
SMS	SmsRegion.UNITED_STATES
	SmsRegion.EUROPE
	SmsRegion.BRAZIL (not available for OAuth2 authentication)
	SmsRegion.CANADA (not available for OAuth2 authentication)
	SmsRegion.AUSTRALIA (not available for OAuth2 authentication)
Conversation	ConversationRegion.UNITED_STATES
	ConversationRegion.EUROPE
	ConversationRegion.BRAZIL
Fax	FaxRegion.DEFAULT
	FaxRegion.UNITED_STATES
	FaxRegion.EUROPE
	FaxRegion.SOUTH_AMERICA
	FaxRegion.SOUTHEAST_ASIA_1
	FaxRegion.SOUTHEAST_ASIA_2
Voice	VoiceRegion.DEFAULT
	VoiceRegion.UNITED_STATES
	VoiceRegion.EUROPE
	VoiceRegion.SOUTH_AMERICA
	VoiceRegion.SOUTHEAST_ASIA_1
	VoiceRegion.SOUTHEAST_ASIA_2

Use case #1: overriding the region in production

import { SinchClientParameters } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

const conversationClientParametersEurope: SinchClientParameters = {
  projectId: 'my-project-id',
  keyId: 'my-key-id',
  keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
  conversationRegion: ConversationRegion.EUROPE,
};

Use case #2: overriding the hostname

import { SinchClientParameters } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

const conversationClientParametersForTest: SinchClientParameters = {
  projectId: 'my-project-id',
  keyId: 'my-key-id',
  keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
  authHostname: 'http://my-test-server:3000',
  conversationHostname: 'http://my-test-server:3001',
  conversationTemplatesHostname: 'http://my-test-server:3002',
};

Note: when overriding the hostname, the region parameter becomes obsolete and is not taken into account when sending the request.

Note: The region parameter is permissive: instead of the pre-defined list, you can also set any string. This covers the case where a new region is added (in production or in preview) and the SDK is not yet ready to support it or the SDK user doesn't want to update its SDK version to benefit from it.

import { SinchClientParameters } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

const conversationClientParametersNewRegion: SinchClientParameters = {
    projectId: 'my-project-id',
    keyId: 'my-key-id',
    keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
    conversationRegion: 'bzh',
};

On top of that, once you have instantiated an API service, it is possible to override the hostname and the region (in case the API endpoint is regionalized). The services expose the following methods:

• setHostname()
• setRegion()

These methods can be used at service level (all the APIs will be updated) or at API domain level (for updating only one at a time):

Use case #1: overriding the hostname per API domain

import { SinchClient } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

const sinch: SinchClient = new SinchClient({
  projectId: 'my-project-id',
  keyId: 'my-key-id',
  keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
});
const numbersService = sinch.numbers;
numbersService.setHostname('https://my.new.server');
numbersService.activeNumber.setHostname('https://my.other.server');
// Result:
// numbers.availableRegions -> https://my.new.server
// numbers.availableNumber  -> https://my.new.server
// numbers.activeNumber     -> https://my.other.server
// numbers.callbacks        -> https://my.new.server

Use case #2: overriding the production region per API domain import { SinchClient } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

import { SinchClient, VoiceRegion } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

const sinch: SinchClient = new SinchClient({
  projectId: 'my-project-id',
  keyId: 'my-key-id',
  keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
});
const voiceService = sinch.voice;
voiceService.setRegion(VoiceRegion.SOUTH_AMERICA);
voiceService.calls.setRegion(VoiceRegion.SOUTHEAST_ASIA_2);
// Result:
// voice.applications -> https://callingapi.sinch.com (This one is not regionalized !)
// voice.conferences  -> https://calling-sae1.api.sinch.com
// voice.calls        -> https://calling-apse2.api.sinch.com
// voice.callouts     -> https://calling-sae1.api.sinch.com

Request and response plugins addition

When instantiating a service, it creates an ApiClient behind the scene (find more in the @sinch/sdk-client package) which contains some default plugins:

• request plugins: VersionRequest which will add a user-agent with the used version of the SDK and Node.js running the program
• response plugins:
  • TimezonePlugin which will ensure that all the dates returned by the server contain a timezone
  • ExceptionPlugin which will catch all invalid response from the server and format them in a common way to handle exceptions

On top of that, the Service will add its own plugins:

• for OAuth2 authentication: Oauth2TokenRequest
• for API Token authentication: ApiTokenRequest
• for Application Signed authentication: XTimestampRequest and SigningRequest

And on top on these plugins, it is possible to add even more of them (existing ones or custom ones) with the following properties of the SinchClientParameters:

• requestPlugins
• responsePlugins

import { SinchClient, AdditionalHeadersRequest, buildHeader } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

const sinch: SinchClient = new SinchClient({
  projectId: 'my-project-id',
  keyId: 'my-key-id',
  keySecret: 'my-key-secret',
  requestPlugins: [
    new AdditionalHeadersRequest({
      headers: buildHeader('customHeader', 'customHeaderValue'),
    }),
  ],
});
// => All the requests using services registered on this SinchClient will send an extra-header

Examples

You can find an example of each request in the ../../examples/simple-examples folder.

Contact

Developer Experience team: [e-mail]

Supported APIs

Here is the list of the Sinch API and there level of support by the Node.js SDK:

API Category	API Name	Status
Messaging	SMS API	✅
	Conversation API	✅
	Fax API (beta)	✅
Voice and Video	Voice API	✅
	Elastic SIP Trunking API (beta)	✅
Numbers & Connectivity	Numbers API	✅
Verification	Verification API	✅

Note: (beta) means that the underlying API product is still in beta version and requires specific actions for the end user to be able to use it. Please check on the dashboard or with your account manager.