chargebee

Chargebee Node Client Library - API V2

This is the node.js library for integrating with Chargebee. Sign up for a Chargebee account here.

Note Chargebee now supports two API versions - V1 and V2, of which V2 is the latest release and all future developments will happen in V2. This library is for API version V2. If you’re looking for V1, head to chargebee-v1 branch.

Requirements

Node 0.6 or higher.

Installation

Install the latest version of the library with:

npm install chargebee
# or
yarn add chargebee
# or
pnpm install chargebee

Usage

The package needs to be configured with your site's API key, which is available under Configure Chargebee Section. Refer here for more details.

var chargebee = require('chargebee');

chargebee.configure({
  site: 'YOUR_SITE_NAME',
  api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
});

Using Async / Await

try {
  const result = await chargebee.customer
    .create({
      email: '[e-mail]',
      // other params
    })
    .request();
    // access customer as result.response.customer;
} catch (err) {
  // handle error
}

Using Promises

chargebee.customer
  .create({
    email: '[e-mail]',
    // other params
  })
  .request()
  .then((result) => {
    // handle result
    // access customer as result.response.customer;
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    // handle error
  });

Using callbacks

chargebee.customer
  .create({
    email: '[e-mail]',
    // other params
  })
  .request(function (error, result) {
    if (error) {
      // handle error
    } else {
      // handle result
     // access customer as result.customer;
    }
  });

Accessing the response object

The response object returned by the request() method is generic response wrapper. You need to access the resource from it. For example,

• To access customer object.

const result = await chargebee.customer.create({ email: '[e-mail]' }).request();
console.log(result.response.customer);

Other resources can be accessed by the same approach. For subscription, it will be result.subscription

• To access list response.

const result = await chargebee.subscription
  .list({
    /* params */
  })
  .request();

// A list of Subscription objects
console.log(result.response.list.map((obj) => obj.subscription));

Note

If you have a result (or children further down the line) and are unsure what properties are available, you can use Object.keys to get a list of available accessor properties. Using Object.keys in the previous example would yield

// ['list', 'next_offset']
console.log(Object.keys(result.response));
// ['1', '2', '3'], e.g. `result.list` is an array with 3 entries
console.log(Object.keys(result.response.list));
// ['activated_at', 'base_currency_code', ...]
// ['activated_at', 'base_currency_code', ...]
// ['activated_at', 'base_currency_code', ...]
// Which means we've reached the bottom and should have all the information available from this request
console.log(result.response.list.map((obj) => obj.subscription));

Using filters in the List API

For pagination: offset is the parameter that is being used. The value used for this parameter must be the value returned for next_offset parameter in the previous API call.

const fetchCustomers = async (offset) => {
    const result = await chargebee.customer.list({
      limit: 2,
      offset: offset,
      first_name: { is: 'John' },
    }).request();

    return {
      customers: result.response.list.map((obj) => obj.customer),
      next_offset: result.response.next_offset,
    };
  };

  const getCustomers = async () => {
    const { customers, next_offset } = await fetchCustomers();
    console.log('Offset:', next_offset); // Print the offset value

    // Fetching next set of customers
    await fetchCustomers(next_offset);
  };

  getCustomers().catch((err) => {
    console.log(err);
  });

Using custom headers and custom fields:

const result = await chargebee.customer
.create({ email: '[e-mail]', cf_host_url: 'http://xyz.com' }) //Add custom field in payload
.headers({
  'chargebee-event-email': 'all-disabled', // To disable webhooks
  'chargebee-request-origin-ip': '192.168.1.2',
})
.setIdempotencyKey("safeKey")
.request();

const customer = result.response.customer;
console.log(customer.cf_host_url);

Create an idempotent request

Idempotency keys are passed along with request headers to allow a safe retry of POST requests.

const result = await chargebee.customer
    .create({ email: '[e-mail]' })
    .setIdempotencyKey("safeKey")
    .request();
const customer = result.response.customer;
console.log(result.headers); // Retrieves response headers
console.log(result.isIdempotencyReplayed); // Retrieves idempotency replayed header

isIdempotencyReplayed() method can be accessed to differentiate between original and replayed requests.

Processing Webhooks - API Version Check

An attribute, api_version, is added to the Event resource, which indicates the API version based on which the event content is structured. In your webhook servers, ensure this _api_version* is the same as the API version used by your webhook server's client library.

Documentation

The full documentation can be found on the Chargebee API Docs:

https://apidocs.chargebee.com/docs/api?lang=node

License

See the LICENSE file.