About The Project

This project was made since there is no developed wrapper that I know of for SFU's API. The goal is to not simply return the JSON data from the API, but custom classes with useful methods.

Also, this package has zero runtime dependencies! The package.json file only has "devDependencies", and no "dependencies".

This project is not endorsed or supported by Simon Fraser University.

Getting Started

Install the package from npm: npm install course-api-wrapper

Usage

Example usage of this API wrapper are shown below. For more detail, including all the properties each class has, see the TypeDoc Documentation.

Note that the API wrapper functions are the default export, while classes returned by the API wrapper functions and types used by this API wrapper are named exports.

Full Basic Example

In a non-async environment:

import courseApiWrapper from 'course-api-wrapper';

courseApiWrapper
    .courseSection('cmpt', '120', 'd100', 2021, 'fall')
    .then((courseSection) => {
        console.log(courseSection);
    });

In an async environment:

import courseApiWrapper from 'course-api-wrapper';

(async () => {
    const courseSection = await courseApiWrapper.courseSection(
        'cmpt',
        '105w',
        'd100',
        2022,
        'fall',
    );
    console.log(courseSection);
})();

Wrapper Functions

Get a course:

const course = await courseApiWrapper.course('cmpt', '120', 2021, 'fall');

Get a course offering:

const courseSection = await courseApiWrapper.courseSection(
    'cmpt',
    '120',
    'd100',
    2021,
    'fall',
);

Course Class

For the examples, assume an instance of class Course (found in Course.ts) called course has been created.

Check if a course has a given section:

const hasSection = await course.hasSection('d100');

Get a section of a course:

const courseSection = await course.getSection('d100');

Get all course offering sections of a course:

const courseSections = await course.getSections();

Loop through all course offering sections of a course:

for await (const courseSection of course) {
    console.log(courseSection);
}

Contributing

Feel free to fork and create a pull request, or open an issue.

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

Ewan Brinkman

Project Link: https://github.com/ewanbrinkman/sfu-course-api-wrapper

Acknowledgments

• SFU's Course Outlines REST API documentation
  • https://www.sfu.ca/outlines/help/api.html