apimaker

APIMAKER

the apimaker transforms uri-strings to cool APIs

docu is currently alpha i would say

please see the /sample folder for some examples

installation

  >npm install apimaker
  

then

  var apimaker = require("apimaker");
  

create a GET request api

  //var api = apimaker(uri, method, headers); 
  
  //a GET API 
  //GET is default
  var expand = apimaker("https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?shortUrl=&key=&projection=");
  
  //use it
  //api(oneTimeDataObject, callback(incomingData));
  expand({'shortUrl':'http://goo.gl/ovZB'}, function(a){
    a = JSON.parse(a);
   console.log('expand: '+a.id + " --\> " +a.longUrl);
  });
  
  //GET API with additonal header
  var expand = apimaker("https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?shortUrl=&key=&projection=", 'GET', {'User-Agent':'Bond, James Bond'})
  
  
  //a POST API
  var short = apimaker("https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?longUrl=&key=", "POST");
  
  //google demands we send the data as JSON
  short.enableSendAsJson();
  
  //use it
  //api(oneTimeDataObject, callback(incomingData))
  short({longUrl:"http://news.ycombinator.com/"}, function(a) {
    a = JSON.parse(a);
   console.log('short: '+a.longUrl + " --\> " + a.id)
  });
  
  //PUT
  //docu soon to come
  
  //DELETE
  //docu soont to come
  

magic

  //with an uri like
  //https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?longUrl=&key=
  //you get
  
  //api.d holds all default-data
  api.d.longUrl
  api.d.key
  
  //getters in setters if you are into that kinda stuff
  //note, these set the default values
  //they stay the same with every request
  api.getLongurl(value)
  api.setLongurl(value)
  
  
  
  

other usefull functions

  //usefull to set callbacks for HTTP 404, 301, ...
  api.addStatusCodeCallback(statusCode, callback)

  //all POST data will be sent as JSON
  //plus with a Content-Type: application/json header
  api.enableSendAsJson()

  //all data will be send as RAW
  //means you have to encode it yourself
  api.enableSendAsRaw()
  
  //add additonal headers to your API requests
  api.setHeader(header, value)

  //a quirks arround method to overwrite the path 
  //for GET/POST mix requests 
  //lets hope you will never need it
  api.setStaticPath(path)
  

TODO

• encoding of incoming data is currently always UTF8, should be configurable

• PUT and DELETE examples

• more docu about the awesome features

• example use together with node-OAuth

• support HTTP AUTH (is there an API that sill uses this?)