discourse-js

Discourse-js

Installation

$ npm i discourse-js

Quick Start

import Discourse from "discourse-js";

const apiKey = "<api-key-from-discourse>";
const baseUrl = "<your-discourse-url>" || "http://localhost:3000";

const discourse = new Discourse(apiKey, baseUrl);

discourse.posts
  .create({
    api_username: "karluser",
    topic_id: 11,
    raw: "Hello World"
  })
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

API

Topics

Get a Topic

discourse.topics
  .getTopic({ id })
  .then(res => console.log(response)}
  .catch(err => console.log(err))

Posts

Create a Post

discourse.posts
  .create({
    topic_id: 11,
    raw: "Hello World"
  })
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

Like a Post

discourse.posts
  .like({ id: 72 })
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

Unlike a Post

discourse.posts
  .unlike({ id: 72 })
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

Note: You can only unlike a post within 5 - 10 minutes after you have liked it. Think of unlike more so like an undo.

See this post here and here for information around the undocumented time limit on unliking a liked post.

License

MIT