UserBadges Client - Node.js

A UserBadges.com Javascript API client for Node.js.

• UserBadges.com API Documentation

Installation

Install the client library via npm:

npm install userbadges

Usage

The client is fairly simple to use, with just a few methods. Start by instantiating a client instance with your API secret key:

var userbadges = require('userbadges');

// Create a client with your API key
var client = new userbadges.Client('my-secret-key');

// Or create a client to hit a specific endpoint URL
var client = new userbadges.Client('my-secret-key', 'http://foo.com')

Then you can start making calls:

// Get a list of badges for the 'test' service sorted reverse alphabetically
client.getServiceBadges({service: 'test', sort: '-name'}, function (data) {
   console.log(data); 
});

// Add a badge type called test2
client.addServiceBadges({service: 'test', badges: [{name: 'test2', description: 'Test description', myCustomField: 'foo'}]});

// Update a user with badges
client.addUserBadges({service: 'test', user: 'daniel', badges: ['test1', 'test2']}, function (data) {
   console.log(data); 
});

Reference

The userbadges library has one object available:

Client (key, [endpoint])

Create a new client instance, optionally giving the endpoint URL to use.

The following methods are available:

Client.prototype.getServiceBadges (options, callback)

Get a list of badges for a service. The callback should take a single data parameter, which is the returned JSON object from the API call. The options object can contain:

• service Service name; required
• sort Sort method; optional and one of name, -name, count, -count, date, -date

Client.prototype.addServiceBadges (options, callback)

Add or update a service's list of badges. The callback should take a single data parameter, which is the returned JSON object from the API call. The options object can contain:

• service Service name; required
• badges Array of badge objects to add including custom fields; required

Client.prototype.delServiceBadges (options, callback)

Delete badges from a user's list of badges. The callback should take a single data parameter, which is the returned JSON object from the API call. The options object can contain:

• service Service name; required
• badges Array of badge names to remove; required

Client.prototype.getUsers (options, callback)

Get a list of users for a service, optionally filtered by name or badges. The callback should take a single data parameter, which is the returned JSON object from the API call. The options object can contain:

• service Service name; required
• names Only get uses with these names; optional, comma-seperated list
• badges Only get users with these badges; optional, comma-seperated list
• sort Sort method; optional and one of name, -name, count, -count, date, -date

Client.prototype.addUserBadges (options, callback)

Add a list of badges to a user by name. The callback should take a single data parameter, which is the returned JSON object from the API call. The options object can contain:

• service Service name; required
• user User name; required
• badges Comma-seperated list of badge names to add; required

Client.prototype.delUserBadges (options, callback)

Remove a list of badges from a user by name. The callback should take a single data parameter, which is the returned JSON object from the API call. The options object can contain:

• service Service name; required
• user User name; required
• badges Comma-seperated list of badge names to add; required

Contributing

Contributions are welcome - just fork the project and submit a pull request when you are ready!

Getting Started

First, create a fork on GitHub. Then:

git clone ...
cd userbadges-node
npm install

Unit Tests

Before submitting a pull request, please add any relevant tests and run them via:

npm test

Changes that cause tests to fail will not be accepted.

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel G. Taylor

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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