Source Node.js Library

| :bangbang: | This SDK is still in beta, and may change significantly before its public release. | | :--------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

The Source Node library provides access to the Source Health API from applications written in server-side JavaScript/TypeScript.

Our SDK is written in TypeScript and compiled to ES6.

Known Limitations

This is an early releaes of our TypeScript SDK, and it comes with some known limitations:

• Does not currently support file uploads to Source (see below).
• Some types may be defined as unknown as we improve our type generation

Getting Started

Getting started with the Source Health client is easy. First, install the package via NPM:

yarn add @source-health/client # or npm install @source-health/client

Then, create an instance of the client:

import { Source } from '@source-health/client'

const source = new Source()

By default, we'll look for credentials in the environment variables SOURCE_API_KEY_ID AND SOURCE_API_KEY_SECRET. If you'd like to capture your credentials from elsewhere, you can just pass them in:

import { Source, ApiKeyAuthentication } from '@source-health/client'

const source = new Source(new ApiKeyAuthentication('KEY_ID', 'KEY_SECRET'))

And, finally, start querying the API!

const members = await source.members.list()

Signing Member Tokens

You can also use the Source SDK to generate tokens that can be combined with Source Elements or your own frontend application for accessing data on behalf of your members. This token must be created by your own backend application, since it requires the secret API key. Read more about member tokens in the Source API documentation.

const jwt = await source.tokens.generate({
  subject: 'mem_123',
  expiration: new Date(Date.now() + 1000 * 60 * 5), // 5 minutes
})

// jwt now contains a member-scoped token that can be used with the API as a bearer token.

To create a member token for an authorized member that has a relationship with another member, put the authorized member's ID in the actor field:

const jwt = await source.tokens.generate({
  subject: 'mem_123',
  actor: 'mem_456',
  expiration: new Date(Date.now() + 1000 * 60 * 5), // 5 minutes
})

File Uploads

The generated SDK client code for file uploads does not use a 'multipart/form-data' content type which the API requires, thus the source.files.create() SDK method will always fail.

As a workaround, you can use the lower-level request() method in the client SDK to upload a form using the form-data NPM package.

import * as FormData from 'form-data'

const filename = './image.png'
const formData = new FormData()
const fileStream = createReadStream(filename)
formData.append('file', fileStream, 'image.png')
formData.append('purpose', 'photo')
const response = await client.request('POST', '/v1/files', {
  data: formData,
  contentType: 'multipart',
})