Chuck Norris FTW

README

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+Chuck is a node.js module for accessing the icndb Jokes API.
+Run the demo to see what it can do.

example.coffee

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+chuck = require './index'
+
+# New chuck instance. First and last names are optional.
+jokes = new chuck 'Chuck', 'Norris'
+
+# Here's some spiffy examples.
+jokes.id 1, (err, joke) -> console.log joke
+jokes.random (err, joke) -> console.log joke
+jokes.random 5, (err, jokes) -> console.log jokes
+jokes.count (err, count) -> console.log count
+jokes.categories (err, cats) -> console.log cats

index.coffee

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+http = require 'http'
+
+module.exports = class ChuckNorris
+  constructor: (@fname='Chuck', @lname='Norris') ->
+
+  # Joke interface.
+  id: (id, cb) -> @_joke 'jokes/'+id, cb
+  random: (c, cb) -> if not cb then @_joke 'jokes/random', c else @_jokes 'jokes/random/'+c, cb
+
+  # Utility interface
+  count: (cb) -> @_value 'jokes/count', cb
+  categories: (cb) -> @_value 'categories', cb
+
+  # Make requests of varying data depth.
+  _joke: (f, cb) -> @_value f, (err, data) -> if err then cb err else cb null, data.joke
+  _jokes: (f, cb) -> @_value f, (err, data) -> if err then cb err else cb null, data.map (val) -> val.joke
+  _value: (f, cb) -> @_req f, (err, data) -> if err then cb err else cb null, data.value
+  _req: (f, cb) ->
+    opts = 
+      path:'/'+f+'?firstName='+@fname+'&lastName='+@lname
+      host: 'api.icndb.com'
+      port: 80
+    http.get opts, (res) ->
+      data = ''
+      res.on 'data', (chunk) => data += chunk
+      res.on 'end', =>
+        try cb null, JSON.parse data catch err then cb err

package.json

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+{
+  "name":"chucknorris",
+  "version":"0.0.1",
+  "dependencies":{
+    "coffee-script":"1.1.1"
+  }
+}