vk-api — JavaScript Driver for vk.com API

An alternative library for interacting with vk.com with solid and exceptionally convenient API.

Install

The driver is packaged as an UMD and is published to:

• NPM: npm install --save @vk-x/vk-api
• Bower: bower install vk-api
• jsDelivr CDN: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/vk-api/latest/vk-api.min.js
• A smaller version without method shortcuts is also available: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/vk-api/latest/vk-api-no-shortcuts.min.js

Use

After you've included and loaded the script, you can use it either with Promises or with callbacks.

// Authenticate on your website.
vk.authWebsite("app-id", ["permissions"]).then(function() {
  vk.users.get()
}).then(function(currentUser) {
  // https://vk.com/dev/users.get
})

// Alternatively, obtain the access token yourself.
vk.accessToken = "obtained-access-token"
vk.users.get().then(function(currentUser) {
  // https://vk.com/dev/users.get
})

Documentation

• Driver API
• API Documentation (vk.com)

Roadmap

• [x] Basic vk.method() support with callbacks
• [x] Promises
• [x] Method aliases: vk.users.get() instead of vk.method("users.get")
• [x] Documentation
• [x] Release to npm, Bower, jsDelivr
• [x] Separate builds with and without method aliases
• [x] Auto-retry on 'too many requests' error
• [ ] Queue requests to avoid spamming retries
• [ ] API error handling (meanwhile, here's a list of error codes)
• [ ] Full-fledged server-side support, including vk.getAuthUrl() and aliases for secure methods
• [ ] Better website-type apps support, including automated authentication
• [ ] Build size optimization

License — MIT