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netlify/js-client

A Netlify OpenAPI client that works in the browser and Node.js.

Usage

const NetlifyAPI = require('netlify')
const client = new NetlifyAPI('1234myAccessToken')
const sites = await client.listSites()

Using OpenAPI operations

const NetlifyAPI = require('netlify')
const client = new NetlifyAPI('1234myAccessToken')

// Fetch sites
const sites = await client.listSites()

// Create a site. Notice `body` here for sending OpenAPI body
const site = await client.createSite({
  body: {
    name: `my-awesome-site`
    // ... https://open-api.netlify.com/#/default/createSite
  }
})

// Delete site. Notice `site_id` is a path parameter https://open-api.netlify.com/#/default/deleteSite
await client.deleteSite({
  site_id: siteId
})

API

client = new NetlifyAPI([accessToken], [opts])

Create a new instance of the Netlify API client with the provided accessToken.

accessToken is optional. Without it, you can't make authorized requests.

opts includes:

{
  userAgent: 'netlify/js-client',
  scheme: 'https',
  host: 'api.netlify.com',
  pathPrefix: '/api/v1',
  accessToken: '1234myAccessToken',
  globalParams: {} // parameters you want available for every request.
  // Global params are only sent of the OpenAPI spec specifies the provided params.
}

client.accessToken

A setter/getter that returns the accessToken that the client is configured to use. You can set this after the class is instantiated, and all subsequent calls will use the newly set accessToken.

client.basePath

A getter that returns the formatted base URL of the endpoint the client is configured to use.

OpenAPI Client methods

The client is dynamically generated from the OpenAPI definition file. Each method is is named after the operationId name of each operation. To see a list of available operations, please see the OpenAPI website.

Every OpenAPI operation has the following signature:

response = await client.operationId([params], [opts])

Performs a call to the given endpoint corresponding with the operationId. Returns a promise resolved with the body of the response, or rejected with an error with the details about the request attached. Rejects if the status > 400.

• params is an object that includes any of the required or optional endpoint parameters.
• params.body should be an object which gets serialized to JSON automatically. Any object can live here but refer to the OpenAPI specification for allowed fields in a particular request body. It can also be a function returning an object.
• If the endpoint accepts binary, params.body can be a Node.js readable stream or a function returning one (e.g. () => fs.createReadStream('./foo')). Using a function is recommended.

// example params
{
  any_param_needed,
  paramsCanAlsoBeCamelCase,
  body: {
    an: 'arbitrary js object'
  }
}

Optional opts can include any property you want passed to node-fetch. The headers property is merged with some defaultHeaders.

// example opts
{
  headers: { // Default headers
    'User-agent': 'netlify-js-client',
    accept: 'application/json'
  }
  // any other properties for node-fetch
}

All operations are conveniently consumed with async/await:

async function getSomeData() {
  // Calls may fail!
  try {
    return await client.getSiteDeploy({
      siteId: '1234abcd',
      deploy_id: '4567'
    })
  } catch (e) {
    // handle error
  }
}

If the response includes json in the contentType header, fetch will deserialize the JSON body. Otherwise the text of the response is returned.

API Flow Methods

Some methods have been added in addition to the open API operations that make certain actions simpler to perform.

accessToken = await client.getAccessToken(ticket, [opts])

Pass in a ticket and get back an accessToken. Call this with the response from a client.createTicket({ client_id }) call. Automatically sets the accessToken to this.accessToken and returns accessToken for the consumer to save for later.

Optional opts include:

{
  poll: 1000, // number of ms to wait between polling
  timeout: 3.6e6 // number of ms to wait before timing out
}

See the authenticating docs for more context.

// example:
async function login() {
  const ticket = await api.createTicket({
    clientId: CLIENT_ID
  })
  // Open browser for authentication
  await openBrowser(`https://app.netlify.com/authorize?response_type=ticket&ticket=${ticket.id}`)
  const accessToken = await api.getAccessToken(ticket)
  // API is also set up to use the returned access token as a side effect
  return accessToken // Save this for later so you can quickly set up an authenticated client
}

deploy = await client.deploy(siteId, buildDir, [opts])

Node.js only: Pass in a siteId, a buildDir (the folder you want to deploy) and an options object to deploy the contents of that folder. Sometimes this method needs to write to a tmpDir. By default tmpDir is a folder in the system temporary directory.

The following paths can be passed in the options:

• configPath (path to a netlify.toml file that includes redirect rules for the deploy, etc.)
• functionsDir (a folder with lambda functions to deploy)

Optional opts include:

{
  functionsDir: null, // path to a folder of functions to deploy
  configPath: null, // path to a netlify.toml file to include in the deploy (e.g. redirect support for manual deploys)
  draft: false, // draft deploy or production deploy
  message: undefined, // a short message to associate with the deploy
  deployTimeout: 1.2e6, // 20 mins
  parallelHash: 100, // number of parallel hashing calls
  parallelUpload: 15, // number of files to upload in parallel
  maxRetry: 5, // number of times to try on failed file uploads
  filter: filepath => { /* return false to filter a file  from the deploy */ },
  tmpDir: tempy.directory(), // a temporary directory to zip functions into
  statusCb: statusObj => {
    // a callback function to receive status events
    /* statusObj: {
            type: name-of-step
            msg: msg to print
            phase: [start, progress, stop]
        } */
    // See https://github.com/netlify/cli/blob/v2.0.0-beta.3/src/commands/deploy.js#L161-L195
    // for an example of how this can be used.
  }
 }

UMD Builds

A UMD build is provided for your convenience, however browser support is still experimental. Contributions to improve browser support are welcome.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more info on how to make contributions to this project.

License

MIT. See LICENSE for more details.

Changelog

v3.0.0 - 2019-11-26

Merged

• Update changelog #83
• Improve README #82
• Reorder package.json #81
• Fix npm published files #80
• Add Windows to CI tests #79
• Use GitHub actions #78
• fix (core): fix code coverage #76
• Improve OpenAPI logic #66
• Add many unit tests to the core logic #68
• Add new test to src/deploy/util.js #72
• Add unit test for the methods exported variable #71
• Re-order npm scripts #64
• Disable CI on Windows #74
• Remove existy helper function #65
• Allow accessToken to be specified as an option #70
• Fix CI setup #62
• Fix rate limiting bug #69
• Make .vscode/ developer-specific instead of repo-specific #63
• Make npm test fail faster #61
• Group require() statements #60
• Fixing variable naming consistency in code block in the README.md file #73
• Fix linting and prettifying #59
• Simplify Ava configuration #58
• Remove util.promisify dependency #57

Commits

• Add unit tests for the methods exported variable 561a59d
• Add unit tests 3441a75
• Merge pull request #67 from netlify/feature/improve-client-methods 4f7ffea