idiot

A simple JSON REST client

• Lightweight for the browser and Node.js
• Supports Promises and callbacks

Install

npm install --save idiot

Usage

const client = require('idiot')({
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8080/api'
});

return client.get('/movies').then(data => {
  // got a 2xx response from http://localhost:8080/api/movies
});

Documentation

new Idiot( options )

• options {Object}
  • baseUrl {String} (required) each request url is formed by appending the uri to this value
  • Promise {Function} (optional) specify your own Promise library

client.delete( uri, [query], [cb] )

• uri {String}
• query {Object} (optional) querystring values
• cb {Function} (optional) callback

client.get( uri, [query], [cb] )

• uri {String}
• query {Object} (optional) querystring values
• cb {Function} (optional) callback

client.patch( uri, body, [query], [cb] )

• uri {String}
• body {Object}
• query {Object} (optional) querystring values
• cb {Function} (optional) callback

client.post( uri, body, [query], [cb] )

• uri {String}
• body {Object}
• query {Object} (optional) querystring values
• cb {Function} (optional) callback

client.put( uri, body, [query], [cb] )

• uri {String}
• body {Object}
• query {Object} (optional) querystring values
• cb {Function} (optional) callback

client.request( options, [cb] )

• options
  • method
  • uri
  • body
  • query
  • aborter
• cb (optional)