Node.js client API for Applidok

This Node.js API allows to call PDF templating features exposed by Applidok.

Get started

This package can be installed as NPM package: npm install applidok

Then applidok module can be required in your Node.js code: var applidok = require("applidok")

The main function to merge data (e.g. form submission) with PDF template managed on Applidok is applidok.merge:

var applidok = require("applidok");

applidok.merge(options/* see details bellow */);

Example

Some examples using this module are available in the repository: see simple example.

var applidok = require("applidok");

applidok.merge({
    // Mandatory options
    token:"a610e9b1048499110433bb790489303a07182aac"/*replace by your token*/,
    template:"ca62e08d-2082-4cd4-837c-d46a362091e3"/*replace by your template*/,
    success: function(res){ // Success handler
        console.log("Will save merged document as document.pdf file");
        res.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("document.pdf"));
    },
    error: function(httpStatus){ // Optional, custom error handler
        console.error("Oups! Got an error: " + httpStatus)
    },
    parameters: { // Name-value pairs corresponding to template areas
        'firstName': "First name"
    }
});

API reference

The module is exposing following Applidok functions.

merge

.merge(options): Merge values with specified template; Object options is expecting following properties.

• token: Applidok application token (string).
• template: ID of Applidok template (string).
• parameters: Name/value pairs to be merged with areas (object).
• success: Success callback, is given a HTTP response as argument; Optional function, if undefined default handler (console.log) is used.
• error: Error callback, is given HTTP error code (int) as argument; Optional function, if undefined default handler (console.error) is used.

Application token and template ID are visible in Integration tab on Template screen of Applidok management.

See code sample

auth

.auth(options): Authenticate and get the administration token to be able to manage the corresponding Applidok account.

• email: Applidok login (string).
• password: Applidok password (string, cleartext)
• success: Success callback, is given the admin token as argument; Optional, if undefined default handler (console.log) is used.
• error: Error callback, is given error details as argument (e.g. {'code':123, 'cause':"Error cause"}; Optional, if undefined default handler (console.error) is used.

See code sample

Template list

.templateList(options): List the templates of Applidok account specified by the given administration token.

var dok = require("applidok");

dok.templateList({
    // replace by your admin token, see `dok.auth`
    token: "c64ca212064c8588b9c5f4a2d9165399b99aa83c",
    success: function(res){ // Success handler
        // res = http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_event_response
        console.log("List of Applidok templates: " + JSON.stringify(res));
    },
    error: function(httpStatus){ // Optional, custom error handler
        console.error("Oups! Got an error: " + httpStatus)
    }
});

The success handler is given an object with following properties.

```javascript
{
  "token": "app_token",
  "activePlan": { "credits":1 },
  "templates": [
    { "id": "tmpl-1", "name": "Template #1", "expiration":1418833775372 },
    { "id": "tmpl-2", "name": "Second template" },
    { "id": "tmpl-3", "name": "The third one" },
    { "id": "tmpl-4", "name": "Template #4",
      "expiration":1418228986489, "trial":true }
  ]
}