stpnut

A simple module for monitoring a pnut.io App Stream.

Client

Creating, removing, and editing an App Stream requires an App Token obtained by authorizing a properly configured Client object.

Configure a Client object with your app's clientId and clientSecret:

const pnut = require('stpnut');

var config = {
    clientId: 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID',
    clientSecret: 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'
};

var client = new pnut.Client(config);

Note: These values can be found in the "Develop" section of your pnut.io Account.

Next, authenticate your Client object:

client.authenticate(function(err) {
    if (err) {
        return console.error(err);
    }

    client.isAuthenticated(); // true
});

Alternatively, you can pass in an App Token during configuration:

var client = new pnut.Client({ token: 'YOUR_APP_TOKEN' });
client.isAuthenticated(); // true

Streams

Once you have an authenticated Client object you can create, remove, and edit App Streams:

var stream = {
    key: 'main',
    objectTypes: ['bookmark', 'follow', 'post']
};

client.retrieveOrCreateStream(stream, function(err, meta, data) {
    if (err) {
        return console.error(err);
    }

    // Success!
});

Note: meta and data correspond to values of the response object detailed here.

Notifications

Once you have created an App Stream you can easily monitor it and parse notifications:

var endpoint = data.endpoint + '?access_token=' + client.token + '&key=' + data.key;

client.monitorWebSocket(endpoint, function(eventName, eventData) {
    if (eventName === 'message') {
        var note = pnut.Notification.createNotificationFromAppStreamPayload(eventData);

        if (note) {
            console.log(note.message); // @dasdom mentioned you: @shawn What are App Streams? Is this something like web sockets?
        }
    }
});

Note: Currently, pnut.Notification.createNotificationFromAppStreamPayload only supports creating follow, bookmark, mention, and repost notifications.

Contact

If you have questions, I'm @shawn on pnut.