Iris
Iris is a library for handling HTTP (through XMLHttpRequest) and JSONP requests in a more high-level way. It uses promises to allow for more declarative and flexible handling of the responses from either side.
// HTTP examplevar http = http http // in seconds // JSONP examplevar jsonp = jsonp jsonp
Requirements and Supported Platforms
Iris depends on the following libraries:
Additionally, there's a dependency on the set of safely shim-able ECMAScript 5 features, which can be provided by a library like es5-shim.
Installing
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you'll need node.js and npm. As soon as you got your hands on those beautiful thingies, you can just run the following in your project's directory.
$ npm install iris -
Then require
iris
in your script:var iris =irishttp -
Then compile it (use
--watch
for added development-phase awesomeness):$ browserify your-script.js -o bundle.js -
Finally, just put it all in your page:
{{ ... }}{{ lots of things may go here, too }}
Downloading
Iris is nicely hosted (and developed) on Github. You can download the lastest snapshot or clone the entire repository:
$ git clone git://github.com/killdream/iris.git
Getting support
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Use the Github tracker to report bugs or request features. Like a boss!
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Fork, do your changes and send me a pull request if you want to~
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For general support, you can send me an e-mail on
quildreen@gmail.com
Licence
Iris is licensed under the delicious and permissive MIT
licence. You can happily copy, share, modify, sell or whatever — refer
to the actual licence text for less
information:
$ less LICENCE.txt