ApiClient

This small daemon can query APIs based on AMQP messages and push the result into a queue.

Designed to work especially with APIs which have time interval quotas, like Hypixel API (120 requests/min).

Example

Examples can be found here: Example Requests.

Installation

There are two ways to use this software:

Manual way

Node.js >= 10.0.0 and npm is required to be installed. Furthermore a RabbitMQ instance is required.

1. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/maxikg/api-client.git
2. cd into the cloned repository: cd api-client
3. Install npm dependencies: npm install
4. Configure (modify config.js or use environment variables as they are used in config.js)

To run this software just type: node index.js.

For production use you should take a look at PM2.

Using docker

This app ships with a Docker image which you can use to run this app. Please install Docker and follow the instructions:

1. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/maxikg/api-client.git
2. cd into the cloned repository: cd api-client
3. Build Docker image: docker build -t maxikg/api-client .

Now you can run this software by using the docker command:

docker run -e "AMQP_URL=<amqp-url>" \
           -e "HYPIXEL_KEY=<hypixel-api-key>" \
           -e "HYPIXEL_QUEUE=<hypixel-queue-name>" \
           -e "MOJANG_UUID_QUEUE=<mojang-uuid-queue-name>" \
           --restart=on-failure \
           -d maxikg/api-client

In this case some environment variables are configured as well as the restart policy.

License

This library is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3. A copy is shipped within the LICENSE.txt file.