Node of Cards

Check out the original Deck of Cards API

Installation (via npm)

$ npm install node-of-cards

Quick Start

Using node-of-cards is simple:

var cards = require('node-of-cards');

Create a new deck

cards.shuffle(options, function (err, data) {
    // play around with data
  });

Response data is of type

{
  deck_id: 'slq5ewnxdrl1' // useful in case you want to keep track of multiple decks,
  success: true,
  shuffled: true,
  remaining: 52 // number of cards remaining in the deck
}

The options object is optional and contains the following parameters:

• number_of_decks: number -- specify how many decks you want to play with (number of cards in one deck: 52). Default is 0.
• cards: array -- an array of strings used to only include some cards in the deck. These are of format card+suit (AS = Ace of Spaces, 8H = 8 of Hearts, 0C = 10 of Clubs). Defaults is [].

Example:

{
  number_of_decks: 4,
  cards: ['AS', 'KS', 'QS', 'JS', '0S', '9S', '8S', 'AD', 'KD', 'QD', 'JD', '0D', '9D', '8D']
};

Draw a card

cards.draw(options, function (err, data) {
  // play around with data
});

Response data is of type

{
  deck_id: 'slq5ewnxdrl1',
  success: true,
  remaining: 52,
  cards: [
    {
      suit: 'CLUBS',
      images: {
        png: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/0C.png',
        svg: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/0C.svg'
      },
      image: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/0C.png',
      value: '10',
      code: '0C'
    },
    {
      suit: 'SPADES',
      images: {
        png: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/0S.png',
        svg: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/0S.svg'
      },
      image: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/0S.png',
      value: '10',
      code: '0S'
    }
  ]
}

The options object is optional and contains the following parameters:

• number_of_cards: number -- specify how many cards you want to draw. Default is 1

Example:

{
  number_of_cards: 10
};

Reshuffle a deck

cards.reshuffle(options, function (err, data) {
  // play around with data
});

Response data is of type

{
  deck_id: 'slq5ewnxdrl1',
  success: true,
  shuffled: true,
  remaining: 52
}

The options object is optional and contains the following parameters:

• deck_id: string -- specify which deck to reshuffle. Default is last deck shuffled.

Example:

{
  deck_id: 'slq5ewnxdrl1'
};

Get an unshuffled deck

cards.pristine(options, function (err, data) {
  // play around with data
});

Response data is of type

{
  deck_id: 'slq5ewnxdrl1',
  success: true,
  shuffled: false,
  remaining: 52
}

Cards in an unshuffled deck are in the following order: A-spades, 2-spades, 3-spades... followed by diamonds, clubs, then hearts.

Add Cards to a Pile

cards.addToPile(name, cards, function (err, data) {
  // play around with data
});

where name is the name of the pile you wish to create and cards is an array of cards to be added. !!! Cards added to a pile need to be first drawn from the deck.

Example:

cards.addToPile('player_one', ['AS', 'AD', 'JH', '3H'], function (err, data) {
  // play around with data
});

Reponse data is of type

{
  deck_id: 'slq5ewnxdrl1',
  success: true,
  piles: {
    // name of the pile that you defined
    player_one: {
      remaining: 4
    }
  },
  remaining: 48
}

Draw cards from a Pile

cards.drawFromPile(name, cards, function (err, data) {
  // play around with data
});

where name is the name of the pile you wish to create and cards is an array of cards to be drawn. The cards parameter is optional. If omitted, the top card of the pile will be drawn.

Example 1:

cards.drawFromPile('player_one', function (err, data) {
  // play around with top card of the pile
});

Example 2:

cards.drawFromPile('player_one', ['AS', 'AD'], function (err, data) {
  // play around with data
});

Reponse data is of type

{
  deck_id: 'slq5ewnxdrl1',
  success: true,
  cards: [
    {
      suit: 'HEARTS',
      images: {
        png: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/3H.png',
        svg 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/3H.svg':
      },
      image: 'http://deckofcardsapi.com/static/img/3H.png',
      value: '3',
      code: '3H'
    }
  ],
  piles: {
    player_one: {
      remaining: 3
    }
  }
}

Author

Dan Moldovan ([email protected])

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 dan12mol

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