kefir-fetch

Kefir wrapper around fetch with JSON-friendly defaults

Installation

npm install kefir-fetch

Usage

fetch$(method, path, options?)

The optional options argument may include:

• body: JSON request body
• query: JSON query object, which is encoded and appended to the URL
• headers: Override HTTP headers, which by default are:
  • "Accept": "application/json"
  • "Content-Type": "application/json"
• base_url: Base URL to prepend path to, useful for non-web apps

Default options

fetch$.setDefaultOptions(options)

To override the default options for all requests, use setDefaultOptions.

Examples

fetch$ = require 'kefir-fetch'

# Get an item

fetch$('get', '/item/55.json').onValue (item) ->
    console.log "Got item:", item

# Update some item, using the body option

update = {score: 0.43}

fetch$('put', '/items/55.json', {body: update}).onValue (updated) ->
    console.log "Updated item:", updated

# Search for some items, using the query option

search = {q: "some"}

fetch$('get', '/items.json', {query: search}).onValue (items) ->
    console.log "Found items:", items