Goodreads - Use NodeJS to tap into the Goodreads API

This is a dead simple wrapper for the Goodreads API when using NodeJS. I've only exposed a few GR API functions so far but would be happy to entertain adding more if there's demand.

• Goodreads API: http://goodreads.com/api
• Github: https://github.com/bdickason/node-goodreads
• Twitter: @bdickason
• E-mail: [email protected]

Installation

1. Install npm: curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
2. Grab this module from npm: npm install goodreads
3. Include it in your program:

• Coffeescript: goodreads = require 'goodreads'
• Javascript: goodreads = require('goodreads');

4. create a new instance of the Goodreads client:

• Coffeescript: gr = new goodreads.client { 'key': key, 'secret': secret }
• Javascript: gr = new goodreads.client({ 'key': key, 'secret': secret });

5. Go get a goodreads developer key/secret from http://www.goodreads.com/api/keys
6. (optional) Add your key/secret to your environment variables so Nodejs can access them

• Key: export GOODREADS_KEY=yourkey
• Secret: export GOODREADS_SECRET=yoursecret

7. Try it out! Maybe do a node examples/booklist.js to get an idea how things work

Functions

showUser - get user info with userName

• input - valid userName
• output - json (as callback)
• Example: getShelves 'your_username', (json) ->
• You must have created a username. You can do so here.

getShelves - Get all shelves for a given user

• Input: userId
• Output: json (as callback)
• Example: getShelves '4085451', (json) ->

getSingleShelf - Get a specific list by ID

• Input: shelfOptions object with userID (required), shelf (required), page (optional), and per_page (optional) properties.
• Output: json (as callback)
• Example: getSingleShelf {'userID': '4085451', 'shelf': 'web', 'page': 1, 'per_page': 200}, (json) ->

requestToken - OAUTH: calls back an object with oauthToken, oauthTokenSecret, and the URL!

• Input: none
• Output: json { oauthToken: 'iu1iojij14141411414', oauthTokenSecret: 'j1kljklsajdklf132141', url: 'http://goodreads.com/blah'}
• Example: requestToken (callback) ->

processCallback - expects: oauthToken, oauthTokenSecret, authorize (from the query string) Note: call this after requestToken!

• Input: oauthToken, oauthTokenSecret, authorize
• Output: json { 'username': 'Brad Dickason', 'userid': '404168', 'success': 1, 'accessToken': '04ajdfkja', 'accessTokenSecret': 'i14k31j41jkm' }
• Example: processCallback oauthToken, oauthTokenSecret, params.query.authorize, (callback) ->

More to come!

Help, I need an adult!

First step: Check out the /examples folder. It's decently documented.

If you're still having issues, you can submit them here: https://github.com/bdickason/node-goodreads/issues

Changelog

v0.0.5 - Removed OAuth workarounds

• {showUser} method added - can get user information given their username.

v0.0.2 - Removed OAuth workarounds

• OAuth Callback (processCallback) now properly returns an Access Token (accessToken) and Access Token Secret (accessTokenSecret)

v0.0.1 - First release! Woohoo!!

• Added support getting a list of a user's shelves (getShelves)
• Added support for getting all books on a single shelf (getSingleShelf)
• Added support for an OAuth round trip via requestToken and processCallback
• Started this ugly manual