UIM Client SDK for Node

A simple and easy client for the UIM API

Installation

npm install @uimkit/uim-node

Usage

Use UIM's Getting Started Guide to get set up to use UIM's API.

Import and initialize a client using an integration token or an OAuth access token.

const Client = require('@uimkit/uim-node');

// Initializing a client
const client = new Client(process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN, {});

Make a request to any UIM API endpoint.

See the complete list of endpoints in the API reference.

(async () => {
  const response = await client.listIMAccounts({});
})();

Each method returns a Promise which resolves the response.

console.log(response);

[
  {
    "id": "Sax3MES_sIdvV0sQO9-co",
    "user": {
      "id": "douyin|8b3f7f39-d27b-4e73-8290-d2949a79bc21",
      "connection_id": "F7-I0jScfZ0pa2_Y76Q9x",
      "user_id": "8b3f7f39-d27b-4e73-8290-d2949a79bc21"
      // ...
    },
    "presence": 0
  }
  // ...
]

Endpoint parameters are grouped into a single object. You don't need to remember which parameters go in the path, query, or body.

const response = await client.listContacts({
  im_account_id: '897e5a76-ae52-4b48-9fdf-e71f5945d1af',
  limit: 50,
});

Send accounts' commands to UIM API

See the complete list of commands in the API reference.

await client.sendPrivateMessage({
  account_id: '897e5a76-ae52-4b48-9fdf-e71f5945d1af@douyin',
  user_id: '897e5a76-ae52-4b48-9fdf-e71f5945d1af@douyin',
  message: {
    type: MessageType.Text,
    body: {
      content: 'hello',
    },
  },
});

Handle accounts' events from UIM API.

See the complete list of events in the API reference.

client.onNewMessageReceived((evt: MessageReceivedEvent) => {
  console.log(`new message id: ${evt.data.id}`);
});

Handling errors

If the API returns an unsuccessful response, the returned Promise rejects with a APIResponseError.

The error contains properties from the response, and the most helpful is code. You can compare code to the values in the APIErrorCode object to avoid misspelling error codes.

const { Client, APIErrorCode } = require('@uimkit/uim-node');

try {
  const response = await client.listContacts({
    account_id: '897e5a76-ae52-4b48-9fdf-e71f5945d1af',
  });
} catch (error) {
  if (error.code === APIErrorCode.ObjectNotFound) {
    //
    // For example: handle by asking the user to select a different database
    //
  } else {
    // Other error handling code
    console.error(error);
  }
}

Logging

The client emits useful information to a logger. By default, it only emits warnings and errors.

If you're debugging an application, and would like the client to log response bodies, set the logLevel option to LogLevel.DEBUG.

const { Client, LogLevel } = require('@uimkit/uim-node');

const client = new Client(process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN, {
  logLevel: LogLevel.DEBUG,
});

You may also set a custom logger to emit logs to a destination other than stdout. A custom logger is a function which is called with 3 parameters: logLevel, message, and extraInfo. The custom logger should not return a value.

Client options

The Client supports the following options on initialization. These options are all keys in the single constructor parameter.

Option	Default value	Type	Description
logLevel	LogLevel.WARN	LogLevel	Verbosity of logs the instance will produce. By default, logs are written to stdout.
timeoutMs	60_000	number	Number of milliseconds to wait before emitting a RequestTimeoutError
baseUrl	"https://api.uimkit.chat/client/v1"	string	The root URL for sending API requests. This can be changed to test with a mock server.
logger	Log to console	Logger	A custom logging function. This function is only called when the client emits a log that is equal or greater severity than logLevel.
agent	Default node agent	http.Agent	Used to control creation of TCP sockets. A common use is to proxy requests with https-proxy-agent

TypeScript

This package contains type definitions for all request parameters and responses.

Because errors in TypeScript start with type any or unknown, you should use the isUIMClientError type guard to handle them in a type-safe way. Each UIMClientError type is uniquely identified by its error.code. Codes in the APIErrorCode enum are returned from the server. Codes in the ClientErrorCode enum are produced on the client.

try {
  const response = await client.listContacts({
    /* ... */
  });
} catch (error: unknown) {
  if (isUIMClientError(error)) {
    // error is now strongly typed to UIMClientError
    switch (error.code) {
      case ClientErrorCode.RequestTimeout:
        // ...
        break;
      case APIErrorCode.ObjectNotFound:
        // ...
        break;
      case APIErrorCode.Unauthorized:
        // ...
        break;
      // ...
      default:
        // you could even take advantage of exhaustiveness checking
        assertNever(error.code);
    }
  }
}

Requirements

This package supports the following minimum versions:

• Runtime: node >= 12
• Type definitions (optional): typescript >= 4.2

Earlier versions may still work, but we encourage people building new applications to upgrade to the current stable.

Getting help

If you want to submit a feature request for UIM's API, or are experiencing any issues with the API platform, please email us at contact@uimkit.chat.

To report issues with the SDK, it is possible to submit an issue to this repo. However, we don't monitor these issues very closely. We recommend you reach out to us at contact@uimkit.chat instead.