fulcrum-app

fulcrum-node

A JavaScript library for the Fulcrum API.

Installation

npm install --save fulcrum-app

There is also a browserified version of this package available at fulcrum.js in the root of this repo. Just add this in a script tag on your page.

<script src="/lib/fulcrum.js"></script>

Usage

Create a fulcrum client with your API token.

var Fulcrum = require('fulcrum-app');
var fulcrum = new Fulcrum({
  api_key: 'abc123'
});

Various methods are available for each of the resources. Check the chart below for details.

find

Finds a single resource. Parameters are a resource id and a callback. The callback should accept an error and resource object, representing a form, record, changeset, etc.

var formFound = function (error, form) {
  if (error) {
    console.log('Error: ', error);
    return;
  }
  console.log('Found a form!', form);
};
fulcrum.forms.find('916474a7-b995-4b36-81db-8eda97f93a73', formFound);

Check the Fulcrum API Docs for an example of returned objects.

search

Search for resources. Parameters are an options object and a callback. The options object will be converted to query string parameters and properly url encoded. The options will vary depending on the resource, but pagination parameters are always accepted.

The callback should accept an error and an object representing a set of resources as well as pagination information. For example, a set of records will look like:

{
  "current_page": 1,
  "total_pages": 1,
  "total_count": 2,
  "per_page": 20000,
  "records": [
    {
      "status": null,
      "version": 1,
      "id": "c05ee229-5d91-4ac5-b3e4-00c5cc063f3f",
      "form_id": "512342b0-2bce-4e31-9d4a-8f29e929f7ac",
      "form_values": {
        "b799": [
          {
            "photo_id": "e5e4cd83-10cb-462f-91ea-9fee48f15d33"
          }
        ],
        "e659": {
          "choice_values": [
            "Deer Stand"
          ],
          "other_values": []
        }
      },
      "latitude": 35.2116941,
      "longitude": -81.6359073
    },
    {
      "status": null,
      "version": 1,
      "id": "42ec66d0-1c4b-4fef-aeea-ac96130f86a7",
      "form_id": "512342b0-2bce-4e31-9d4a-8f29e929f7ac",
      "form_values": {
        "b799": [
          {
            "photo_id": "71b64b8e-800a-40cd-a8ae-ae31a583171b"
          }
        ],
        "e659": {
          "choice_values": [
            "Deer Stand"
          ],
          "other_values": []
        }
      },
      "latitude": 35.2091085,
      "longitude": -81.636208
    }
  ]
}

var recordsFound = function (error, records) {
  if (error) {
    console.log('Error: ', error);
    return;
  }
  records.records.forEach(function(record) {
    console.log('Location is: ', record.latitude, record.longitude);
  });
};
fulcrum.records.search({form_id: '916474a7-b995-4b36-81db-8eda97f93a73'}, recordsFound);

create

Create an object. Parameters are an object and a callback. The object should represent the resource you are creating. Check the Fulcrum API Docs for examples of resource objects.

The callback should accept an error and an object representing the created resource.

var webhookCreated = function (error, webhook) {
  if (error) {
    console.log('Error: ', error);
    return;
  }
  console.log('I created a webhook and its id is', webhook.webhook.id);
};
var webhook_to_create = {
  "webhook": {
    "name": "My First Webhook",
    "url": "http://foo.com/fulcrum_webhook",
    "active": true
  }
};
fulcrum.webhooks.create(webhook_to_create, webhookCreated);

update

Update an object. Parameters are an id, an object and a callback.

The id is the unique id for the resource to be updated.

The object should represent the resource you are updating.

The callback should accept an error and an object representing the updated resource.

var webhookUpdated = function (error, webhook) {
  if (error) {
    console.log('Error: ', error);
    return;
  }
  console.log("My webhook's new name is", webhook.webhook.name);
};
var webhook_to_update = {
  "webhook": {
    "name": "The Best Webhook",
    "url": "http://foo.com/fulcrum_webhook",
    "active": false
  }
};
fulcrum.webhooks.update('bc53d884-a7a8-4697-9e35-e26192be724e', webhook_to_update, webhookUpdated);

delete

Delete an object. Parameters are an id and a callback.

The id is the unique id for the resource to be deleted.

The callback should accept an error. If there is no error the resource was deleted.

var recordDeleted = function (error) {
  if (error) {
    console.log('There was a problem deleting the record.');
  } else {
    console.log('The record was deleted.');
  }
};
fulcrum.records.delete('916474a7-b995-4b36-81db-8eda97f93a73', recordDeleted);

Supported Resources and Methods

Resource	Methods
Forms	find, search, create, update, delete
Records	find, search, create, update, delete, history
Photos	find, search
Projects	search
Changesets	find, search, create, update, close
Choice Lists	find, search, create, update, delete
Classification Sets	find, search, create, update, delete
Webhooks	find, search, create, update, delete

Development

Install dependencies:

cd fulcrum-node
npm install

Fulcrum Node is written in CoffeeScript. Use gulp to compile to JavaScript:

vim src/index.coffee
gulp compile

Or have gulp watch the src directory and compile when changes are made:

gulp watch

Building for the Browser

Use browserify to package all dependencies and output the built fulcrum.js.

browserify lib/index.js -s Fulcrum > fulcrum.js

Usage in the browser

In the example below our script src is set to the built file above and can be used as such:

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body>
    <div id="forms"></div>
    <script src="fulcrum.js"></script>
    <script>
      var fulcrum = new Fulcrum({api_key: 'abc123'});
      var formsFound = function(errors, forms) {
        console.log(forms);
      };
      fulcrum.forms.search(null, formsFound);
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Tests

Be sure you've compiled to javascript and then:

npm test