This is a module for building HTTP API clients.

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Initialize a new client.

Your client should inherit the prototype methods from this constructor and call it in your client's constructor.

Options

• baseUrl (String): base URL, should not include trailing slash
• headers (Object<String, String>, optional): defaults headers to include in every request
• type (String, optional, supports: form, json, text): default request body encoding type
• encoders (Object<String, Function>, optional): an object that maps a mime type to a function. The function should accept an object and return a Buffer.
• decoders (Object<String, Function>, optional): an object that maps a mime type to a function. The function should accept a Buffer or String (must support both) and return an object.
• tags (String[], optional): tags included in _log calls
• timeout (Number, optional): default number of milliseconds before request is aborted

Usage

var papi = require('papi');
var util = require('util');

function GitHub(opts) {
  opts = opts || {};
  opts.baseUrl = 'https://api.github.com';
  opts.header = { accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json' };
  opts.timeout = 15 * 1000;

  papi.Client.call(this, opts);
}

util.inherits(GitHub, papi.Client);

Make an HTTP request.

Your client should use this or the shortcut methods listed below to execute HTTP requests in your client methods.

Arguments

• request (Object): request options
• callback... (Function<request, next>, optional): middleware functions that can mutate request.err or request.res. Call next without arguments to continue execution, next(err) to break with an error, or next(false, arguments...) to trigger the final callback with the given arguments.
• callback (Function<err, res>): request callback function.

Request

• path (String): request path, can include variable segments defined by curly braces (ex: /user/{id})
• method (String): request method
• headers (Object<String, String>, optional): request headers
• params (Object<String, String>, optional): sets variables in request path
• query (Object<String, String|String[]>, optional): query parameters
• body (Object|Buffer|Readable, optional): request body
• type (String, optional, supports: form, json, text): request body encoding type
• ctx (EventEmitter, optional): emit cancel to abort request
• timeout (Number, optional): number of milliseconds before request is aborted
• tags (String[], optional): tags included in _log calls

There are also _get, _head, _post, _put, _delete (_del), _patch, and _options shortcuts with the same method signature as _request.

Usage

GitHub.prototype.gists = function(username, callback) {
  var opts = {
    path: '/users/{username}/gists',
    params: { username: username },
  };

  this._get(opts, function(err, res) {
    if (err) return callback(err);

    callback(null, res.body);
  });
};

Result

statusCode 200
body [ { url: 'https://api.github.com/gists/9458207',
...

Emit log events.

Arguments

• tags (String[]): tags associated with event
• data (optional): remaining arguments

Usage

client.on('log', function(tags) {
  console.log({
    tags: tags,
    data: Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1),
  });
});;

client._log(['github', 'gist'], 'silas');

Result

{ data: [ 'silas' ], tags: [ 'debug', 'github', 'gist' ] }

Register an extension function.

Arguments

• event (String): event name
• callback (Function): function to execute at a specified point during the request

Usage

client._ext('onRequest', function(request, next) {
  console.log('request', request.opts.method + ' ' + request.opts.path);

  request.start = new Date();

  next();
});

client._ext('onResponse', function(request, next) {
  var duration = new Date() - request.start;
  var statusCode = request.res ? request.res.statusCode : 'none';

  console.log('response', request.opts.method, request.opts.path, statusCode, duration + 'ms');

  next();
});

Result

request GET /users/{username}/gists
response GET /users/{username}/gists 200 1141ms

Register a plugin.

Arguments

• plugin (Object): plugin module
• options (Object, optional): plugin options

Usage

client._plugin(require('papi-retry'));

Shortcuts for making one-off requests.

See client request for full options list, with the exception that path is replaced with url.

Request

• url (String): request url (ex: http:https://example.org/)

There are also get, head, post, put, delete (del), patch, and options shortcuts with the same method signature as request.

Usage

var papi = require('papi');

papi.get('https://api.github.com/users/silas/gists', function(err, res) {
  if (err) throw err;

  res.body.forEach(function(gist) {
    console.log(gist.url);
  });
});

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */

var papi = require('papi');
var util = require('util');

/**
 * GitHub API client
 */

function GitHub(opts) {
  opts = opts || {};

  if (!opts.baseUrl) {
    opts.baseUrl = 'https://api.github.com';
  }
  if (!opts.headers) {
    opts.headers = {};
  }
  if (!opts.headers.accept) {
    opts.headers.accept = 'application/vnd.github.v3+json';
  }
  if (!opts.headers['user-agent']) {
    opts.headers['user-agent'] = 'PapiGitHub/0.1.0';
  }
  if (opts.tags) {
    opts.tags = ['github'].concat(opts.tags);
  } else {
    opts.tags = ['github'];
  }
  if (!opts.timeout) {
    opts.timeout = 60 * 1000;
  }

  papi.Client.call(this, opts);

  if (opts.debug) {
    this.on('log', console.log);
  }
}

util.inherits(GitHub, papi.Client);

/**
 * Get user gists
 */

GitHub.prototype.gists = function(username, callback) {
  var opts = {
    path: '/users/{username}/gists',
    params: { username: username },
  };

  return this._get(opts, callback);
};

/**
 * Print gists for user `silas`
 */

function main() {
  var github = new GitHub({ debug: true });

  github.gists('silas', function(err, res) {
    if (err) throw err;

    console.log('----');

    res.body.forEach(function(gist) {
      if (gist.description) console.log(gist.description);
    });
  });
}

/**
 * Initialize
 */

if (require.main === module) {
  main();
} else {
  module.exports = GitHub;
}

This work is licensed under the MIT License (see the LICENSE file).