fuel-auth

Fuel Auth (for Node.js)

This library allows users to create authentication clients for ExactTarget APIs.

Use our REST and SOAP clients to interact with these APIs at a low-level.

This library is compatible with node versions 0.8 and 0.10+. npm install will error if you're using node version 0.8 with developer dependencies. To have a successful install for testing/contributing use npm install -g npm@1.2.8000 and the issue should be resolved.

Accessing ExactTarget's API

This is a new library and requires extensive testing. Feel free to test it out and submit issues as they are found.

npm install fuel-auth --save

Initialization

new FuelAuth( options )

• options
  • required: yes
  • Type: Object
    • clientId - required
    • clientSecret - required
    • authUrl - not required
      • default: https://auth.exacttargetapis.com/v1/requestToken
    • scope - not required
      • can be used to set a client context when a refreshToken is not available

API

1. getAccessToken( options, callback )
   • options
     • required: no
     • Type: Object
     • Extra options used on token request. See request modules options
   • options.force
     • required: no
     • Type: Boolean
     • default: false
     • If true, token will always be requested from API regardless of expiration
   • callback( error, data )
     • required: yes
     • Type: Function
     • Function that will be executed after token request completes
     • parameters
       • error - error encountered. null if no error
       • data - object with data and response
         • accessToken ( data.accessToken ) - access token
         • expiresIn ( data.expiresIn ) - time until token expiration
2. checkExpired()
   • Returns boolean value. true if token is not expired and it exists. false if token is expired or it doesn't exist.

Setting up the client

var FuelAuth = require( 'fuel-auth' );

// Required Settings
var myClientId     = 'yourClientId';
var myClientSecret = 'yourClientSecret';

// Minimal Initialization
var FuelAuthClient = new FuelAuth({
	clientId: myClientId // required
	, clientSecret: myClientSecret // required
});

// Initialization with extra options
var authUrl      = "https://auth.exacttargetapis.com/v1/requestToken"; //this is the default
var accessToken  = "";
var refreshToken = "";

var FuelAuthClient = new FuelAuth({
	clientId: myClientId // required
	, clientSecret: myClientSecret // required
	, authUrl: authUrl
	, accessToken: accessToken
	, refreshToken: refreshToken
});

Examples

var options = {
	// whatever request options you want
	// See https://github.com/mikeal/request#requestoptions-callback

	// I want to force a request
	force: true
};

FuelAuthClient.getAccessToken( options, function( err, data ) {
	if( !!err ) {
		console.log( err );
		return;
	}

	// data.accessToken = your token
	// data.expiresIn = how long until token expiration
	console.log( data );
});

// OR don't pass any options
FuelAuthClient.getAccessToken( function( err, data ) {
	if( !!err ) {
		console.log( err );
		return;
	}

	// data.accessToken = your token
	// data.expiresIn = how long until token expiration
	console.log( data );
});

Contributors

In alphabetical order

• Kelly Andrews - twitter, github
• David Brainer-Banker - twitter, github
• Alex Vernacchia - twitter, github
• Doug Wilson - twitter, github

Contributing

We welcome all contributions and issues! There's only one way to make this better, and that's by using it. If you would like to contribute, please checkout our guidelines!

ChangeLog

• 0.5.2 - 2014-10-16 - added easier way to use scope option when requesting token
• 0.5.1 - 2014-08-19 - fixed Travis CI testing for 0.8 and 0.10
• 0.5.0 - 2014-08-06 - updated request dependency version due to qs module security vulnerability
• 0.4.0 - 2014-08-06 - removed event emitter - breaking
• 0.3.0 - 2014-08-05 - getAccessToken API change - breaking
• 0.2.1 - 2014-08-05
  • completed unit tests
  • npm package update
  • changing require name to fuel-auth
  • added license
  • readme update
• 0.2.0 - 2014-06-25
  • refactored object constructor
  • removed context from getAccessToken API
  • docs/readme updates
• 0.1.1 - 2014-06-23 - readme updates
• 0.1.0 - 2014-06-23
  • adding callbacks to getAccessToken API
  • adding ability to pass extra request options to getAccessToken API
  • adding ability to force token request from ExactTarget API
  • adding check for expired token
• 0.0.1 - 2014-06-22
  • added event emitter for delivery of data
  • setup travis
  • refactoring of unit tests
  • semantic changes
  • initial commits