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Node.js Cheddar API wrapper

This module will simplify the process of integrating Cheddar into your existing node.js apps.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Basic usage
• Implemented methods
• Using a proxy
• Running tests
• Credits

Installation

npm install cheddar

Also install the peer dependencies:

npm install request

Basic usage

import Cheddar from 'cheddar';

const cheddar = new Cheddar({
  username: "email@example.com",
  password: "passwordExample",
  productCode: "PRODUCT_CODE",
});

cheddar.getPlans()
  .then(plans => console.log(plans))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

// When inside an async function, you can simply await any Cheddar function
const plans = await cheddar.getPlans();

Or using ES5:

var Cheddar = require("cheddar");

var cheddar = new Cheddar({
  username: "email@example.com",
  password: "passwordExample",
  productCode: "PRODUCT_CODE",
});

cheddar.getPlans()
  .then(function (plans) { console.log(plans); })
  .catch(function (err) { console.error(err); });

Implemented methods

• getPlans()
• getPlan(planCode)
• getCustomers([query])
• getCustomer(customerCode)
• searchCustomers([query])
• createCustomer(customerData)
• editCustomerAndSubscription(customerData)
• editCustomer(customerCode, customerData)
• editSubscription(customerCode, customerData)
• deleteCustomer(customerCode)
• cancelSubscription(customerCode)
• addItem(customerCode, itemCode, [amount])
• removeItem(customerCode, itemCode, [amount])
• setItemQuantity(customerCode, itemCode, amount)
• addCustomCharge(customerCode, chargeCode, quantity, amount, description)
• deleteCustomCharge(customerCode, chargeId)
• resendInvoiceEmail(idOrNumber)
• oneTimeInvoice(customerCode, invoiceData)
• getPromotions([query])
• getPromotion(promotionCode)

All methods return a promise with the requested data in JSON format.

Using a proxy

You might want to set up a proxy to communicate with Cheddar. Cheddar blocks most of the Heroku servers (a range of AWS IPs):

Recently, a large block of IPs on the Heroku platform were listed by DenyHosts due to a spike in SSH brute force attacks coming from the Heroku platform. In short, you need to be coming from an IP that isn't listed.

A proxy url is easily set with the CHEDDAR_PROXY_URL environment variable:

CHEDDAR_PROXY_URL=https://example.com:1234 node your-server.js

Running tests

First add a config file (config.json) with all your Cheddar credentials:

{
  "username": "EMAIL",
  "password": "PASSWORD",
  // User either productCode OR productId
  "productCode": "PRODUCTCODE",
  "productId": "PRODUCTID",
  "planCode": "PLANCODE",
  "itemCode": "ITEMCODE",
  "promoCode": "PROMOCODE"
}

Now you can install all dependencies and run the tests:

npm install
npm test

WARNING: Only run the tests on a development account to prevent any side effects in production

NOTE: Not all API calls have been fully tested yet.

Credits

Original work was done by Kevin Smith.