title: JavaScript SDK
Platform API Javascript Client
A JavaScript library to interface with the PureCloud Platform API. View the documentation on the PureCloud Developer Center. Browse the source code on Github.
CommonJS
For node.js via NPM:
npm install purecloud-platform-client-v2
// Obtain a reference to the platformClient object
const platformClient = require('purecloud-platform-client-v2');
For direct use in a browser script:
<!-- Include the CJS SDK -->
<script src="https://sdk-cdn.mypurecloud.com/javascript/52.1.0/purecloud-platform-client-v2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Obtain a reference to the platformClient object
const platformClient = require('platformClient');
</script>
AMD
<!-- Include requirejs -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/require.js/2.3.5/require.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Obtain a reference to the platformClient object
requirejs(['https://sdk-cdn.mypurecloud.com/javascript/amd/52.1.0/purecloud-platform-client-v2.min.js'], (platformClient) => {
console.log(platformClient);
});
</script>
ES6 Classes and Other Entry Points
The node package's package.json file contains the following entry points for use with various packaging systems:
- jsnext:main
- Entry point: src/purecloud-platform-client-v2/index.js
- The main ES6 class in the source code
- main
- Entry point: dist/node/purecloud-platform-client-v2.js
- The CJS module for node apps
- browser
- Entry point: dist/web-cjs/purecloud-platform-client-v2.min.js
- The Browserifyed CJS module for standalone use in a browser
Usage
Authentication
After authentication has completed, the access token is stored on the ApiClient
instance and the access token will be sent with all API requests.
Node.js Client Credentials grant
The Client Credentials grant only works when used in node.js. This is restricted intentionally because it is impossible for client credentials to be handled securely in a browser application.
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
client.loginClientCredentialsGrant(clientId, clientSecret)
.then(() => {
// Do authenticated things
})
.catch((err) => {
// Handle failure response
console.log(err);
});
Web Implicit grant
The Implicit grant only works when used in a browser. This is because a node.js application does not have a browser interface that can display the PureCloud login window.
Optional parameters may be specified in the optional third parameter for loginImplicitGrant
. This parameter accepts an object with key/value pairs. Supported properties:
state
- An arbitrary string used to associate a login request with a login response. This value will be provided in the state
property on the object when the promise is resolved. The state in the resolved promise will be identical to what was passed into loginImplicitGrant
, except when the state is retrieved from the auth hash upon completing a login; in that case, the state from the auth hash will override the passed in state.
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
client.loginImplicitGrant(clientId, redirectUri, { state: state })
.then((data) => {
console.log(data);
// Do authenticated things
})
.catch((err) => {
// Handle failure response
console.log(err);
});
Any platform Provide an existing auth token
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
client.setAccessToken(yourAccessToken);
// Do authenticated things; no authentication function needed
Environments
If connecting to a PureCloud environment other than mypurecloud.com (e.g. mypurecloud.ie), set the environment on the ApiClient
instance with the PureCloudRegionHosts object.
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
client.setEnvironment(platformClient.PureCloudRegionHosts.eu_west_1);
Access Token persistence
In a web environment, it is possible to persist the access token to prevent an authentication request from being made on each page load. To enable this function, simply enable settings persistence prior to attempting a login. To maintain multiple auth tokens in storage, specify the prefix to use for storage/retrieval when enabling persistence. Otherwise, the prefix is optional and will default to purecloud
.
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
client.setPersistSettings(true, 'optional_prefix');
Making Requests
All API requests return a Promise which resolves to the response body, otherwise it rejects with an error. After authenticating using one of the methods defined above, the following code will make an authenticated request:
Node.js
// Create API instance
const authorizationApi = new platformClient.AuthorizationApi();
// Authenticate
client.loginClientCredentialsGrant(clientId, clientSecret)
.then(() => {
// Make request to GET /api/v2/authorization/permissions
return authorizationApi.getAuthorizationPermissions();
})
.then((permissions) => {
// Handle successful result
console.log(permissions);
})
.catch((err) => {
// Handle failure response
console.log(err);
});
Web
// Create API instance
const usersApi = new platformClient.UsersApi();
// Authenticate
client.loginImplicitGrant(clientId, redirectUri)
.then(() => {
// Make request to GET /api/v2/users/me?expand=presence
return usersApi.getUsersMe({ 'expand': ["presence"] });
})
.then((userMe) => {
// Handle successful result
console.log(`Hello, ${userMe.name}!`);
})
.catch((err) => {
// Handle failure response
console.log(err);
});
Extended Responses
By default, the SDK will return only the response body as the result of an API function call. To retrieve additional information about the response, enable extended responses. This will return the extended response for all API function calls:
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
client.setReturnExtendedResponses(true);
Extended response object example (body
and text
have been truncated):
{
"status": 200,
"statusText": "",
"headers": {
"inin-ratelimit-allowed": "180",
"inin-ratelimit-count": "3",
"inin-ratelimit-reset": "3",
"pragma": "no-cache",
"inin-correlation-id": "ec35f2a8-289b-42d4-8893-c50eaf81a3c1",
"content-type": "application/json",
"cache-control": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate",
"expires": "0"
},
"body": {},
"text": "",
"error": null
}
Using a Proxy (Node.js only)
Using a proxy is accomplished in two steps:
- Apply the
superagent-proxy
package to the client.superagent
object - Set proxy settings on the
client
object
After both steps have been completed, the configured proxy server will be used for all requests.
NOTE: SDK proxy configuration is only available in the node.js package due to superagent-proxy
's incompatibility with browserify. Additionally, superagent-proxy
is not included a dependency of the SDK and must be provided by your node application's dependencies.
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
require('superagent-proxy')(client.superagent);
// Configure settings for your proxy here
// Documentation: https://www.npmjs.com/package/proxy-agent
client.proxy = {
host: '172.1.1.100',
port: 443,
protocol: 'https',
};
Error Responses
Error responses will always be thrown as an extended response object. Note that the error
property will contain a JavaScript Error object.
Example error response object:
{
"status": 404,
"statusText": "",
"headers": {
"inin-ratelimit-allowed": "300",
"inin-ratelimit-count": "6",
"inin-ratelimit-reset": "38",
"pragma": "no-cache",
"inin-correlation-id": "d11bd3b3-ab7e-4fd4-9687-d04af9f30a63",
"content-type": "application/json",
"cache-control": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate",
"expires": "0"
},
"body": {
"status": 404,
"code": "not.found",
"message": "The requested operation failed with status 404",
"contextId": "d11bd3b3-ab7e-4fd4-9687-d04af9f30a63",
"details": [],
"errors": []
},
"text": "{\"status\":404,\"code\":\"not.found\",\"message\":\"The requested operation failed with status 404\",\"contextId\":\"d11bd3b3-ab7e-4fd4-9687-d04af9f30a63\",\"details\":[],\"errors\":[]}",
"error": {
"original": null
}
}
Debug Logging
There are hooks to trace requests and responses. To enable debug tracing, provide a log object. Optionally, specify a maximum number of lines. If specified, the response body trace will be truncated. If not specified, the entire response body will be traced out.
const client = platformClient.ApiClient.instance;
client.setDebugLog(console.log, 25);
Versioning
The SDK's version is incremented according to the Semantic Versioning Specification. The decision to increment version numbers is determined by diffing the Platform API's swagger for automated builds, and optionally forcing a version bump when a build is triggered manually (e.g. releasing a bugfix).
Support
This package is intended to be forwards compatible with v2 of PureCloud's Platform API. While the general policy for the API is not to introduce breaking changes, there are certain additions and changes to the API that cause breaking changes for the SDK, often due to the way the API is expressed in its swagger definition. Because of this, the SDK can have a major version bump while the API remains at major version 2. While the SDK is intended to be forward compatible, patches will only be released to the latest version. For these reasons, it is strongly recommended that all applications using this SDK are kept up to date and use the latest version of the SDK.
For any issues, questions, or suggestions for the SDK, visit the PureCloud Developer Forum.