https://github.com/j3k0/ganomede-base-client

Base HTTP client that extends restify's JsonClient
https://github.com/j3k0/ganomede-base-client

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Base HTTP client that extends restify's JsonClient

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/j3k0/ganomede-base-client
• Owner: j3k0
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2017-04-11T07:19:18.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-04-11T09:36:00.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-17T08:48:01.678Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 31.3 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# ganomede-base-client

Simple wrapper around [`restify.JsonClient`](http://restify.com/#jsonclient) to

start with when writing own API Clients. Changes:

  - single `request()`-like method (`#apiCall({method, path, body, headers, qs}, callback)`), meaning:

    - base urls;

    - per request headers;

    - easier query string;

  - supports path prefixes (useful if you want to have something like `/api/v1` in front of all requests);

  - if `body` or `qs` contain `req_id` param, sets `x-request-id` header to value of it.

## Basic Usage

Import `BaseClient` and define higher-level APIs.

``` js

const BaseClient = require('ganomede-base-client');

class MyApi extends BaseClient {

  constructor ({hostname = 'my-api.example.org', version = 1, apiKey}) {

    super(

      `https://${hostname}/version-${version}`,  // base url

      {headers: {'X-API-Key': apiKey}}           // more options

    );

  }

  ping (callback) {

    // Will issue HTTP GET to

    // https://my-api.example.org/version-1/ping?check-auth=1

    //

    // Callback will contain JSON response (if any, otherwise empty object),

    // see restify docs for more details at:

    // https://github.com/restify/clients

    //

    // `call` is what restify methods return (like #get(), #post(), etc.).

    const call = this.apiCall(

      {method: 'get', path: '/ping', qs: {'check-auth': 1}},

      callback

    );

  }

}

```

## Custom defaults

Some defaults are changed from those of restify:

  - up to 3 attempts on establishing TCP connections

    with exponential timeout between 1 and 5 seconds;

  - default headers:

    - `accept` of `application/json`;

    - `accept-encoding` of `gzip,deflate`.