locu

Locu + Node = <3

Want to play with the Locu API? Awesome! Want to do it with node.js? Even more awesome! Here's a little wrapper for doing exactly that. This is unofficial, but should help you get going right away.

Installation

Either clone this repository (git clone [e-mail]:Locu-Unofficial/locu-node.git) or install it with the Node Package Manager (npm install https://github.com/Locu-Unofficial/locu-node/tarball/master). Boom.

Documentation

There are some good comments in the source, but you should definitely check out our REST API docs to figure out what parameters are allowed and what they do.

Usage

Find somewhere selling espresso in San Francisco:

> var locu = require('locu');
> var mclient = locu.MenuItemClient(KEY); // KEY is your API key, found on dev.locu.com
> mclient.search({name:'espresso', locality:'San Francisco'}, function(result){
... console.log(result.objects[0]);
... });

{ description: '',
  id: 'c2a0ff8d200d0632cfa3a5786c9ccb272f955fe318ddc38191e22833774c929e',
  name: 'Espresso\r',
  price: 2.5,
  resource_uri: '/v1_0/menu_item/c2a0ff8d200d0632cfa3a5786c9ccb272f955fe318ddc38191e22833774c929e/',
  venue: 
   { categories: [ 'restaurant' ],
     country: 'United States',
     id: 'a8f7e3e4d0b0f1d85500',
     lat: 37.796938,
     locality: 'San Francisco',
     long: -122.435926,
     name: 'Gamine',
     postal_code: '94123',
     region: 'CA',
     street_address: '2223 Union St.' } }
> ^D

Find Blue Bottle Coffee:

> var locu = require('locu');
> var my_api_key = 'foobar3foobar3'; // swap this out for your own
> var vclient = locu.VenueClient(my_api_key);
> var blue_bottle;
> vclient.search({name:'Blue Bottle Coffee', locality: 'San Francisco'}, function(resposne){
... blue_bottle = response.objects[0];
});
> blue_bottle;
{ categories: [ 'restaurant' ],
  country: 'United States',
  cuisines: [ 'coffee / tea' ],
  has_menu: true,
  id: 'd32b6888a6fbba7656c3',
  last_updated: '2012-09-05T06:00:37',
  lat: 37.782409,
  locality: 'San Francisco',
  long: -122.407711,
  name: 'Blue Bottle Coffee',
  postal_code: '94103',
  region: 'CA',
  resource_uri: '/v1_0/venue/d32b6888a6fbba7656c3/',
  street_address: '66 Mint St.',
  website_url: 'http://www.bluebottlecoffee.net/locations/mint-cafe/' }
> ^D

Find burgers between $5 and $7.

> var locu = require('locu');
> var my_api_key = 'foobar3foobar3'; // swap this out for your own
> var menu_client = locu.MenuItemClient(my_api_key);
> menu_client.search({ country: 'USA', name: 'burger', price__gte: 5, price__lt: 7}, function(r){
    console.log(r);
});

{ meta: { 'cache-expiry': 3600, limit: 100 },
  objects: 
   [ { description: 'We do the grilling you do the Ketchup. Let us know if you like cheese.',
       id: 'a31e1d0e1296b198f7374d63b2da58d7110d87eb5f66d070491305953fc2aa4a',
       name: 'Kids Burger and Fries',
       price: 5,
       resource_uri: '/v1_0/menu_item/a31e1d0e1296b198f7374d63b2da58d7110d87eb5f66d070491305953fc2aa4a/',
       venue: [Object] },
     { description: 'Red Goat Goat cheese, roasted red peppers, walnuts, Vermont cheddar (sandwich only)',
       id: '8906a464d580768e1ac853d2299d3f17073a4b4c3d089695af0e1e72c32321a4',
       name: 'You are ìSoyî Going to Like it Burger',
       price: 6,
       resource_uri: '/v1_0/menu_item/8906a464d580768e1ac853d2299d3f17073a4b4c3d089695af0e1e72c32321a4/',
       venue: [Object] } ] }

Get insights for particular venues.

> var locu = require('locu');
> var my_api_key = 'foobar3foobar3'; // swap this out for your own
> var vclient = locu.VenueClient(my_api_key);
> vclient.insight('category', {location:[37.775, -122.4183]}, function(results){console.log(results);});
{ meta: { 'cache-expiry': 3600 },
  objects: 
   { category: 
      { 'beauty salon': 9.3265,
        gym: 0.9655,
        'hair care': 3.1513,
        laundry: 2.0796,
        other: 0.7321,
        restaurant: 39.8418,
        spa: 2.1008 } } }
> ^D