node-box-view

Node-box-view

Node.js client library for Box View API.

Installation

npm install node-box-view

Usage

var boxViewLib = require('node-box-view'),
	boxView = new boxViewLib(YOUR_API_KEY);

For general API documentaion, please review the Box View API Documentation.

getList(options, callback)

Fetches a list of all documents uploaded using this API Key.

• options (object):
  • limit (int) - The number of documents to return (default=10, max=50)
  • created_before (Date) - An upper limit on the creation timestamps of documents returned (default=now)
  • created_after (Date) - A lower limit on the creation timestamps of documents returned
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data

Response example:

	{
		"document_collection": {
			"total_count": 1,
				"entries": [
					{
						"type": "document",
						"id": "e460608a44c84c02b70a020e7f516de3",
						"status": "done",
						"name": "",
						"created_at": "2013-09-12T19:01:34Z"
					}
				]
			}
	}

getDocument(documentId, fields, callback)

Retrieves the metadata for a single document.

• documentId - Document ID
• fields ()- Array of fields to return (id and type are always)
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data

Response example:

	{
		"type": "document",
		"id": "documentId",
		"status": "done",
		"name": "Leaves of Grass",
		"created_at": "2013-08-30T00:17:37Z"
	}

uploadFile(file_path, options, callback)

Uploading a document from url.

• file_path (string) - A path to a file to read
• options (object):
  • fileName (string) - The name of the file. If options.params.name is not set, it will be inferred from the file path.
  • thumnails(string) - Comma-separated list of thumbnail dimensions of the format {width}x{height} (e.g. '128×128,256×256') – width can be between 16 and 1024, height between 16 and 768
  • non_svg (boolean) - Whether to also create the non-svg version of the document, default=false. read more here
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data

Response example:

	{
		"type": "document",
		"id": "2da6cf9261824fb0a4fe532f94d14625",
		"status": "processing",
		"name": "",
		"created_at": "2013-08-30T00:17:37Z"
	}

uploadFromUrl(url, callback)

Uploading a document from file.

• url (string) - The URL of the ocument to be converted.
• options (object):
  • fileName (string) - The name of the file. If options.params.name is not set, it will be inferred from the file path.
  • thumnails(string) - Comma-separated list of thumbnail dimensions of the format {width}x{height} (e.g. '128×128,256×256') – width can be between 16 and 1024, height between 16 and 768
  • non_svg (boolean) - Whether to also create the non-svg version of the document, default=false. read more here
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data

Response example:

	{
		"type": "document",
		"id": "2da6cf9261824fb0a4fe532f94d14625",
		"status": "done",
		"name": "",
		"created_at": "2013-08-30T00:17:37Z"
	}

getDocumentThumbnail(documentId, width, height, file, callback)

Retrieve a thumbnail image of the first page of a document. Thumbnails can have a width between 16 and 1024 pixels and a height between 16 and 768 pixels.

• documentId (string) - Document ID.
• width (int) - The width of the thumbnail in pixels, between 16 and 1024
• heigth (int) - The height of the thumbnail in pixels, between 16 and 768
• file (string) - PNG thumbnail destination file path (include file name and extention)
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data

updateDocument(documentId, options, callback)

Updates the metadata of a specific document.

• documentId (string) - Document ID
• options (object):
  • name (string) - The name of the document
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data

deleteDocument(documentId, callback)

Removes a document completely from the View API servers.

• documentId (string) - Document ID.
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data

getDocumentSession(documentId, callback)

Create a session to view the document.

• documentId (string) - Document ID.
• callback (function) - A callback with the following arguments:
  • an error object or null
  • JSON-parsed response data