CloudSignal NodeJS SDK

The Cloudprinter.com CloudSignal NodeJS SDK is a package that helps your app respond to events from Cloudprinter.com

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Installation

The CloudSignal SDK can be installed with NPM. Run this command:

npm i @cloudprinter/cloudsignal

Prerequisites

• npm (for installation)
• node 6.0 or above
• Cloudprinter.com Print API account

Your RESTful API endpoint

Each client can have one RESTful API endpoint for use with CloudSignal Webhooks. You need a public URL where the app can begin receiving events. To register this url need to the Cloudprinter.com Dashboard.

CloudSignal Api Key

To each account is associated an API key, which is used as authentication in all API calls. Each webhook request includes a Webhook API key, which is different from the account API key. This Webhook API key sould be validated on each request. It can be found in the Cloudprinter.com Dashboard.

Usage

These examples show how to get started using the most common features. You'll find more information in CloudSignal documentation

Initialize the event handler.

Event handler starts the server. Starting the server requires a port for it to listen on.

const CloudSignal = require('@cloudprinter/cloudsignal');

// The port the server is going to listen on. Defaults to 8100.
const port = 8100;

const cloudSignalApiKey = '*';
const eventHandler = new CloudSignal.EventHandler(cloudSignalApiKey, port);

Handle CloudSignal events.

// handle ItemShipped signal
eventHandler.on('ItemShipped', (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

// handle ItemCanceled signal
eventHandler.on('ItemCanceled', (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

// handle ItemError signal
eventHandler.on('ItemError', (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

// handle ItemPacked signal
eventHandler.on('ItemPacked', (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

// handle ItemProduced signal
eventHandler.on('ItemProduced', (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

// handle CloudprinterOrderCanceled signal
eventHandler.on('CloudprinterOrderCanceled', (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

// handle CloudprinterOrderValidated signal
eventHandler.on('CloudprinterOrderValidated', (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

Handle more than one event.

eventHandler.onAny(['ItemShipped', 'ItemCanceled'], (signalData) => {
    // handle
});

Handle errors

In case an error is thrown inside a listener, it must be handled, to prevent your application from terminating unexpectedly. This event handler allows you to define an error handler for catching errors thrown inside any of the listeners, using the .on(‘error’, handlerFn) method. It is best practice to log any errors.

eventHandler.on('error', (errorData) => {
    // handle
});