Clarityboard Node.js Library

The Clarityboard Node library provides convenient access to the Clarityboard API from applications written in server-side JavaScript.

This library is heavily influenced by the Stripe Node.js Library

Please keep in mind that this package is for use with server-side Node that uses Clarityboard keys. This package should not be used for client-side code.

Documentation

See the API docs.

Installation

Install the package with:

npm install clarityboard --save

Usage

The package needs to be configured with your account's master key which is available in your Clarityboard API Settings. Require it with the key's value:

var clarityboard = require('clarityboard')('your_key...');
 
var dashboard = await clarityboard.dashboards.create(
  { name: 'My Example Dashboard' }
);

Or with versions of Node.js prior to v7.9:

var clarityboard = require('clarityboard')('your_key...');
 
clarityboard.dashboards.create(
  { name: 'My Example Dashboard' },
  function(err, dashboard) {
    err; // null if no error occurred
    dashboard; // the created dashboard object
  }
);

Or using ES modules, this looks more like:

import clarityboardPackage from 'clarityboard';
const clarityboard = clarityboardPackage('your_key...');
//…

Or using TypeScript:

import * as Clarityboard from 'clarityboard';
const clarityboard = new Clarityboard('your_key...');
//…

Using Promises

Every method returns a chainable promise which can be used instead of a regular callback:

// Create a new dashboard and then a new report for that dashboard:
clarityboard.dashboards.create({
  name: 'My Example Dashboard'
}).then(function(dashboard){
  return clarityboard.reports.create({
    dashboardId: dashboard.id,
    name: 'My Report',
    chart: 'timeline',
    rules: [
      {
        type: 'record-group',
        value: 'd290f1ee-6c54-4b01-90e6-d701748f0851',
      },
      {
        type: 'field',
        value: 'Q/A',
      },
      {
        type: 'date-constraint',
        value: 'Submitted'
      }
    ]
  });
}).then(function(charge) {
  // New charge created on a new customer
}).catch(function(err) {
  // Deal with an error
});

Configuring Timeout

Request timeout is configurable (the default is Node's default of 120 seconds):

clarityboard.setTimeout(20000); // in ms (this is 20 seconds)

Configuring a Proxy

An https-proxy-agent can be configured with setHttpAgent.

To use clarityboard behind a proxy you can pass to sdk:

if (process.env.http_proxy) {
  const ProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
  clarityboard.setHttpAgent(new ProxyAgent(process.env.http_proxy));
}

Examining Responses

Some information about the response which generated a resource is available with the lastResponse property:

charge.lastResponse.statusCode

request and response events

The Clarityboard object emits request and response events. You can use them like this:

var clarityboard = require('clarityboard')('your_key...');
 
function onRequest(request) {
  // Do something.
}
 
// Add the event handler function:
clarityboard.on('request', onRequest);
 
// Remove the event handler function:
clarityboard.off('request', onRequest);

request object

{
  method: 'POST',
  path: '/v/dashboards'
}

response object

{
  method: 'POST',
  path: '/v/dashboards',
  status: 200
}

Writing a Plugin

If you're writing a plugin that uses the library, we'd appreciate it if you identified using clarityboard.setAppInfo():

clarityboard.setAppInfo({
  name: 'MyAwesomePlugin',
  version: '1.2.34', // Optional
  url: 'https://myawesomeplugin.info', // Optional
});

This information is passed along when the library makes calls to the Clarityboard API.

More Information

• Error Handling
• Passing Options

Development

Run all tests:

$ npm install
$ npm test

Run a single test suite:

$ npm run mocha -- test/Error.spec.js

Run a single test (case sensitive):

$ npm run mocha -- test/Error.spec.js --grep 'Populates with type'