anx-api

Installation

npm install anx-api --save

Usage Example

var AnxApi = require('anx-api');

// Create a new instance with api target
var anxApi = new AnxApi({
    target: 'https://api.appnexus.com'
    token: 'SESSION_TOKEN', // (optional) see also anxApi.login(...)
    rateLimiting: true
});

anxApi.get(<serviceName>).then(function (res) {
    ...
}).catch(function (err) {
    ...
})

Links

• Upgrading from 2.x to 3.x
• Changelog
• Contributing

Constructor

var anxApi = new AnxApi(config);

Parameters

config[object]:

• target - (string) required base api url
• token - (string) optional session token
• request - (object) optional request object
• userAgent - (string) optional user agent
• rateLimiting - (boolean) optional rate limiting
• concurrencyLimit - (integer) optional max concurrent requests
• beforeRequest - (function) optional before request opts filter (see beforeRequest)
• afterRequest - (function) optional after request response filter (see afterRequest)

Instance Methods

#get

Issues a GET request

anxApi.get('service url')
anxApi.get('service url', opts)
anxApi.get(opts)

Parameters

• service uri - (string)
• opts - (object) see Request Options

#getAllJson

** Experimental Feature **

Usage and parameters are the same as #get accept it pages through api calls. Response body is parsed as json.

#post

Issues a POST request with a payload

anxApi.post('service url', <payload>)
anxApi.post('service url', <payload>, opts)
anxApi.post(opts)

Parameters

• service uri - (string)
• payload - (string|object)
• opts - (object) see Request Options

#put

Issues a PUT request with a payload

anxApi.put('service url', <payload>)
anxApi.put('service url', <payload>, opts)
anxApi.put(opts)

Parameters

• service uri - (string)
• payload - (string|object)
• opts - (object) see Request Options

#delete

Issues a DELETE request

anxApi.delete('service url')
anxApi.delete('service url', opts)
anxApi.delete(opts)

Parameters

• service uri - (string)
• opts - (object) see Request Options

#login

Authenticates with the API and returns a token. The token will be reused for future requests.

anxApi.login('username', 'password').then(function (token) {

    // The api object is now logged in. Optionally store the token.
    ...

})

#switchUser

anxApi.switchUser(userId).then(...)

Request Options

The get, post, put, and delete methods can be called with an opts object. The opts object has the following request options.

• uri - (string) service uri
• body - (object) required payload for .post and .put
• headers - (object) optional request header overrides
• startElement - (string) optional start index
• numElements - (integer) optional number of records to return
• params - (object) optional query string parameters
• mimeType - (string) optional mimetype

Examples

// Fetch the third page of 25 creatives
anxApi.get({
    uri: 'creative',
    startElement: 50,
    numElements: 25
})

anxApi.get('creative', {
    params: {
        start_element: 50,
        num_elements: 25
    }
})

anxApi.get('creative?start_element=50&num_elements=25')

Transforming Request Options and Responses

beforeRequest

Request options can be modified prior to request execution by supplying a beforeRequest transform function in the constructor. The function should either return a new options object or null which will be ignored.

var anxApi = new AnxApi({
    ...,
    beforeRequest: function (opts) {
        var modifiedOpts = _.assign({}, opts, {
            // make changes to options
        })
        return modifiedOpts;
    }
});

afterRequest

Request responses can be modified prior to being delivered by supplying a afterRequest transform function in the constructor. The function should return either a new response object or null which will be ignored.

var anxApi = new AnxApi({
    ...,
    afterRequest: function (res) {
        var modifiedRes = _.assign({}, res, {
            // make changes to response
        })
        return modifiedRes;
    }
});

Error Handling

anxApi.get('creative').then(function (res) {
    ...
}).catch(function (err) {
    if (err instanceof NotAuthenticatedError) {
        console.log('Your not logged in!');
    }
})

Error Types

• Error - generic error type
• ApiError - base api error type
  • DNSLookupError - target host could not be looked up
  • NotAuthenticatedError - token is invalid or expired
  • NotAuthorizedError - Unauthorized to make request
  • RateLimitExceededError
  • SystemServiceUnavailableError
  • SystemUnknownError
  • TargetError - target was not supplied

Custom Request and Debugging

The following are two different methods of modifying and or spying on requests made to the api.

Wrap the internal request function

anxApi._config.request = _.wrap(anxApi._config.request, function (request, opts) {
    console.log('DEBUG: ', opts);
    return request.call(api, opts);
});

Pass in a custom request object

var request = require('request');

function customRequest(opts) {
    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {

        // Customize the request

        request(opts, function (err, res) {
            if (err) {

                // Add additional error handling

                reject(err);
            } else {

                // Customize the response

                resolve(res);
            }
        });
    });
}

var anxApi = new AnxApi({
    target: process.env.ANX_TARGET,
    token: 'SESSION_TOKEN',
    request: customRequest
});

Tests

Running unit tests

Run the unit test suite from the project root, make sure you've run npm install first:

npm test

License

See LICENSE file

Changelog

v3.1.1

• Temporary fix for FireFox not supporting Error.captureStackTrace
• Fixed various bugs with error handling.
• Added DNSLookupError