request-ajax

HTTP request client for APIs, based on request

Install

$ npm install --save request-ajax

Usage

Below is a example of usage.

var express = require('express');
var ajax = require('request-ajax');

var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res, next){
  ajax({
    // only JSON API is supported
    url: 'http://my-api.com/users.json'
    // your API auth
    clientId: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
    clientSecret: process.env.CLIENT_SECRET,
    // callbacks
    error: function(apiRequestError, apiResponse, statusCode) {
      next(apiRequestError || new Error('API error: ' + apiResponse.body));
    },
    success: function(data, apiResponse, statusCode) {
      var userCount = data.length;
      res.send('user count: ' + userCount);
    },
    complete: function(apiRequestError, isApiSuccess, apiResponse) {
      // ...
    }
  });
});

Options

url, required

API url, https will be removed from the url

prefilterUrl

default undefined

if function: this function will be called to let you replace the url with something different. For example: replacing https:// with http:// or using a local DNS/IP.

ajax({
  url: 'https://my-api.com/users.json',
  prefilterUrl: function(url) {
    return url && url.replace(new RegExp('^https://'), 'http://');
  }
});

method

default 'GET'

HTTP method to use for the request e.g. 'POST'

type

same as method

headers

default {}, custom headers

headers: {
  'X-FOO': 'BAR'
}

locale

default undefined, sets Accept-Language header

accessToken

default undefined, sets Bearer

requestOptions.auth = {
  bearer: options.accessToken
};

more about request auth option

apiClientId, origin

default undefined, sets Authorization header

requestOptions.headers.Authorization = 'Basic ' + new Buffer(options.apiClientId + ':').toString('base64');
requestOptions.headers.Origin = options.origin;

clientId, clientSecret

default undefined, sets Bearer

requestOptions.auth = {
  user: options.clientId,
  pass: options.clientSecret
};

more about request auth user/pass option

auth note:

accessToken wins over apiClientId, origin wins over clientId, clientSecret

timeout

default undefined, proxy to the request timeout option

Callbacks

success(json, apiResponse, statusCode)

error(moduleError, [apiResponse, statusCode])

complete(moduleError, isApiSuccess, [apiResponse, statusCode])

• json object
• apiResponse request response object
• statusCode int
• moduleError Error instance

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Backbone tests were copied form artsy/backbone-super-sync