#mosaic-rest-js

About

This is a js library for Backbase REST API.

Example:

nodejs

var BBRest = require('mosaic-rest-js'),
var bbrest = new BBRest({
   portal: 'myPortal'
 });

AMD module

require(['bbrest'], function(BBRest) {
  var bbrest = new BBRest({
    portal: 'myPortal'
  });
})

// list portals
bbrest.server().get().then(function(value) {
 if (value.statusCode === 200) {
   console.log('Response OK');
 }
});

// add portal
bbrest.server().post('addPortal.xml').then(function(d) {
  console.log(d);
});
 
// update portal
bbrest.server().put('updatePortal.xml').then(function(d) {
 console.log(d);
}); 

// list 5 items from catalog
bbrest.catalog().query({ps:5}).get().then(function(d) {
 console.log(d);
});

Automation:

npm install // install nodejs dependencies
bower install // install bower dependecies
gulp node // build node distribution file
gulp jquery // build browser jQuery based ditribution file
gulp angular // build browser Angular based ditribution file
gulp min // minify browser distribution files
gulp test-node // run node tests (requires running portal)
gulp test-jq // run jQuery phantomjs tests (requires running portal)
gulp test-ng // run Angular phantomjs tests (requires running portal)

BBRest methods

constructor(config:Object)

BBRest Constructor.

• config - extends default configuration

configuration defaults:

{
  scheme: 'http',
  host: 'localhost', 
  port: '7777',
  context: 'portalserver',
  username: 'admin',
  password: 'admin',
  portal: null // name of the targeted portal,
  plugin: null // function to pre-process data
}

server()

Prepares request on server domain. API Reference

• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.server().get(); // returns list of portals
bbrest.server().post('path.to.xml'); // creates a portal
bbrest.server().put('path.to.xml'); // updates portal(s)

portal()

Prepares request on portal domain. API Reference

• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.portal().put('path.to.xml'); // updates portal
bbrest.portal().delete(); // deletes the portal

bbrest.portal().get(); // returns portal data

bbrest.portal().rights().get(); // returns portal rights
bbrest.portal().rights().put('path.to.xml'); // updates portal rights

bbrest.portal().tags().get(); // returns portal tags
bbrest.portal().tags().post('path.to.xml'); // creates a tag
bbrest.portal().tags('myTag').delete(); // deletes a tag

catalog(item)

Prepares request on server catalog. API Reference

• item - name of the item in server catalog
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.catalog().get(); // returns server catalog
bbrest.catalog().post('path.to.xml'); // add item(s) to server catalog
bbrest.catalog().put('path.to.xml'); // updates item(s) in server catalog
bbrest.catalog().delete('path.to.xml'); // batch delete items from the server catalog

bbrest.catalog('myItem').get(); // returns item from the server catalog
bbrest.catalog('myItem').delete(); // deletes item from the server catalog

portalCatalog(item)

Prepares request on portal catalog. API Reference

• item - name of the item in porta catalog
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.portalCatalog().get(); // returns portal catalog
bbrest.portalCatalog().post('path.to.xml'); // add item(s) to portal catalog
bbrest.portalCatalog().put('path.to.xml'); // updates item(s) in portal catalog
bbrest.portalCatalog().delete('path.to.xml'); // batch delete items from the portal catalog

bbrest.portalCatalog('myItem').get(); // returns item from the portal catalog
bbrest.portalCatalog('myItem').delete(); // deletes item from the portal catalog

page(name:String)

Prepares page request. API Reference

• name - name of the page to target
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.page().get(); // returns portal pages
bbrest.page().post('path.to.xml'); // creates page(s)
bbrest.page().put('path.to.xml'); // updates page(s)

bbrest.page('name').get(); // returns page
bbrest.page('name').put('path.to.xml'); // updates page
bbrest.page('name').delete(); // deletes page

bbrest.page('name').rights().get(); // returns page rights
bbrest.page('name').rights().put('path.to.xml'); // updates page rights

container(name:String)

Prepares container request. API Reference

• name - name of the container to target
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.container().get(); // returns portal containers
bbrest.container().post('path.to.xml'); // creates a container(s)
bbrest.container().put('path.to.xml'); // updates container(s)

bbrest.container('name').get(); // returns container
bbrest.container('name').put('path.to.xml'); // updates container
bbrest.container('name').delete(); // deletes container

bbrest.container('name').rights().get(); // returns container rights
bbrest.container('name').rights().put('path.to.xml'); // updates container rights

widget(name:String)

Prepares widget request. API Reference

• name - name of the widget to target
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.widget().get(); // returns portal widgets
bbrest.widget().post('path.to.xml'); // creates a widget(s)
bbrest.widget().put('path.to.xml'); // updates widget(s)

bbrest.widget('name').get(); // returns widget
bbrest.widget('name').put('path.to.xml'); // updates widget
bbrest.widget('name').delete(); // deletes widget

bbrest.widget('name').rights().get(); // returns widget rights
bbrest.widget('name').rights().put('path.to.xml'); // updates widget rights

link(name:String)

Prepares link request. API Reference

• name - name of the link to target
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.link().get(); // returns portal links
bbrest.link().post('path.to.xml'); // creates link(s)
bbrest.link().put('path.to.xml'); // updates link(s)

bbrest.link('name').get(); // returns link
bbrest.link('name').put('path.to.xml'); // updates link
bbrest.link('name').delete(); // deletes link

bbrest.link('name').rights().get(); // returns link rights
bbrest.link('name').rights().put('path.to.xml'); // updates link rights

template(name:String)

Prepares template request. API Reference

• name - name of the template to target
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.template().get(); // returns portal templates
bbrest.template().post('path.to.xml'); // creates template(s)

bbrest.template('name').get(); // returns template
bbrest.template('name').put('path.to.xml'); // updates template

bbrest.template('name').rights().get(); // returns template rights
bbrest.template('name').rights().put('path.to.xml'); // updates template rights

user(name:String, showGroups:Boolean, groupName:String)

Prepares user request. API Reference

• name - name of the user to target
• showGroups - if true, user groups are targeted
• groupName - name of the group to delete user from
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.user().get(); // returns list of users
bbrest.user().post('path.to.xml'); // creates a user

bbrest.user('user').get(); // returns user
bbrest.user('user').put('path.to.xml'); // updates user
bbrest.user('user').delete(); // deletes user

bbrest.user('user', true).get(); // returns groups that user belongs to
bbrest.user('user', true).post('path.to.xml'); // adds user to group(s)
bbrest.user('user', true, 'group').delete(); // removes user from a group

group(name:String, showUsers:Boolean)

Prepares group request. API Reference

• name - name of the group to target
• showUsers - if true, group's users are targeted
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.group().get(); // returns list of groups
bbrest.group().post('path.to.xml'); // creates a group

bbrest.group('group').get(); // returns group
bbrest.group('group').put('path.to.xml'); // updates group
bbrest.group('group').delete(); // deletes group

bbrest.group('group', true).get(); // returns users that belong to a group
bbrest.group('group', true).post('path.to.xml'); // adds user(s) to group
bbrest.group('group', true, 'user').delete(); // removes user from a group

audit(meta:Boolean)

Prepares audit trails request. API Reference

• meta - if true, targets audit metadat, otherwise it targets audit events
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.audit().get(); // returns auditEvents
bbrest.audit(true).get(); // returns auditMetaData

cache(type:String)

Prepares cache request. API Reference

• type - possible values: global, widget, chrome, closure, url, web, gmodel
• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.cache('all').delete(); // sends all of the below requests one by one

bbrest.cache('globalModelCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('retrievedWidgetCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('widgetChromeStaticCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('serverSideClosureCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('urlLevelCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('webCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('gModelCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('uuidFromExtendedItemNamesCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('springAclSidCacheRegion').delete();
bbrest.cache('contextNameToItemNameToUuidCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('widgetCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('uuidToContentReferencesCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('springAclCacheRegion').delete();
bbrest.cache('itemUuidToReferencingLinkUuidsCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('uuidToCacheKeysCache').delete();
bbrest.cache('versionBundleCache').delete();

You can get bookmarklet to delete all caches at once.

auto(data)

Performs POST or PUT request by finding the right BBRest method from the data.

• data - if string, represents path of the xml file which content will be sent. If object, it is first sent to config.plugin function
• returns promise with response value

Valid Request, returning promises:

bbrest.auto('path.to.xml');

import()

Imports portal. API Reference

• returns instance of the BBReq

Valid Requests, returning promises:

bbrest.import().post('path.to.xml'); // imports xml
bbrest.import().file('/path/to/exported.zip').post(); // uploads and imports zip archive

export(uuid:String)

Exports portal. API Reference

• uuid - id of the exported file on the server. Use when you need to download file
• returns instance of the BBReq

To get archive of the portal from the server, you need to make 2 requests. In first one, we send type of export and get back the id of exported archive in response. With second request we pass that id and local path where archive will be downloaded.

Valid Requests, returning promises:

// export as xml in response
bbrest.export().get();
// prepare file export
bbrest.export().post('path.to.xml').then(data) {
    // data is xml or js object if plugin is used
    var id = data.body.exportResponse.identifier; // get id of the archive
    return bbrest.export(id).file('local.path.zip').get(); // returns promise
}

BBReq methods

rights()

Modifies request to target rights.

• returns instance of the BBReq

tag(name:String)

Modifies request to target tags

• returns instance of the BBReq

query(obj:Object)

Defines modifiers. API Reference

• obj - object with querystring values to be appended to the uri
• returns instance of the BBReq

file(path:String)

Defines path to the file where export is downloaded.

• returns instance of the BBReq

get()

Performs GET request

• returns promise with response value

post(data)

Performs POST request

• data - if string, represents path of the xml file which content will be sent. If object, it is first sent to config.plugin function
• returns promise with response value

bbrest.config.plugin = function(data) {
    return jxon.jsToString(data); // converts js object in jxon notation to XML string which will be posted
}
bbrest.widget('myWidget').post(jxonObj);

put(data)

Performs PUT request

• data - if string, represents path of the xml file which content will be sent. If object, it is first sent to config.plugin function
• returns promise with response value

delete(data)

Performs DELETE request

• data - if string, represents path of the xml file which content will be sent. If object, it is first sent to config.plugin function
• returns promise with response value

response value:

{
  error: // true if is error
  statusCode: // http status code
  statusInfo: // http status code description or error infor
  body: // contains body of the server response,
  href: // request location,
  method: // request method,
  reqBody: // request body,
  file: // file name,
  headers: // response headers
}