Quickly and easily access any RESTful or RESTful-like API.
If you are looking for the SendGrid API client library, please see this repo.
Announcements
All updates to this library are documented in our CHANGELOG.
Table of Contents
Installation
Prerequisites
- Node.js version 0.10, 0.12 or 4
Install Package
npm install sendgrid-restQuick Start
GET /your/api/{param}/call
var Client = require('sendgrid-rest').Client
var client = new Client()
var request = client.emptyRequest()
var param = 'myparam'
request.host = 'api.example.com'
request.method = 'GET'
request.path = '/your/api/' + param + '/call'
client.API(request, function (response) {
console.log(response.statusCode)
console.log(response.body)
console.log(response.headers)
})POST /your/api/{param}/call with headers, query parameters and a request body.
var Client = require('sendgrid-rest').Client
var client = new Client()
var request = client.emptyRequest()
request.host = 'api.example.com'
request.headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer XXXXXX'
request.queryParams['limit'] = 100
request.queryParams['offset'] = 0
request.method = 'POST'
var param = 'myparam'
request.path = '/your/api/' + param + '/call'
requestBody = {
'some': 0,
'awesome': 1,
'data': 3
}
request.body = requestBody
client.API(request, function (response) {
console.log(response.statusCode)
console.log(response.body)
console.log(response.headers)
})Usage
Following is an example using SendGrid. You can get your free account here.
First, update your environment with your SENDGRID_API_KEY.
echo "export SENDGRID_API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY'" > sendgrid.env
echo "sendgrid.env" >> .gitignore
source ./sendgrid.envHere is the full working code.
To run the example:
node examples/exampleRoadmap
If you are interested in the future direction of this project, please take a look at our milestones. We would love to hear your feedback.
How to Contribute
We encourage contribution to our libraries, please see our CONTRIBUTING guide for details.
About
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nodejs-http-client is maintained and funded by SendGrid, Inc. The names and logos for nodejs-http-client are trademarks of SendGrid, Inc.