@hoodie/client

Client API for the Hoodie server

@hoodie/client integrates Hoodie’s client core modules:

• account-client
• store-client
• connection-status
• log

Example

var Hoodie = require('@hoodie/client')
var hoodie = new Hoodie({
  url: 'https://myhoodieapp.com',
  PouchDB: require('pouchdb')
})

hoodie.account.signUp({
  username: 'pat@Example.com',
  password: 'secret'
}).then(function (accountAttributes) {
  hoodie.log.info('Signed up as %s', accountAttributes.username)
}).catch(function (error) {
  hoodie.log.error(error)
})

API

• Constructor
• hoodie.url
• hoodie.account
• hoodie.store
• hoodie.connectionStatus
• hoodie.log
• hoodie.request
• hoodie.plugin
• hoodie.on
• hoodie.one
• hoodie.off
• hoodie.trigger
• Events

Constructor

new Hoodie(options)

<tr>
  <th align="left">Argument</th>
  <th align="left">Type</th>
  <th align="left">Description</th>
  <th align="left">Required</th>
</tr>

<th align="left">options.PouchDB</th>
<td>Constructor</td>
<td>
  PouchDB constructor, see also <a href="https://pouchdb.com/custom.html">PouchDB custom builds</a>
</td>
<td>Yes</td>

<th align="left">options.url</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  Set to hostname where Hoodie server runs, if your app runs on
  a different host
</td>
<td>Yes</td>

<th align="left">options.account</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  <a href="https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-account-client#constructor">account options</a>.
  <code>options.url</code> is always set to <code>hoodie.url</code> + '/account/api'
</td>
<td>No</td>

<th align="left">options.store</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  <a href="https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-store#constructor">store options</a>.
  <code>options.PouchDB</code> is always set to <a href="#constructor">Hoodie Client’s constructor</a>’s <code>options.PouchDB</code>.
  <code>options.dbName</code> is always set to <code>'store'</code>.
  <code>options.remote</code> is always set to <code>hoodie.url + '/store/api/user%2f' + account id</code>.
</td>
<td>No</td>

<th align="left">options.task</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  <a href="https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-client-task#constructor">task options</a>.
  <code>options.userId</code> is always set to <code>account id</code>.
  <code>options.remote</code> is always set to <code>hoodie.url</code> + '/task/api'
</td>
<td>No</td>

<th align="left">options.connectionStatus</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  <a href="https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-connection-status#constructor">connectionStatus options</a>.
  <code>options.url</code> is always set to <code>hoodie.url</code> + '/connection-status/api'.
  <code>options.method</code> is always set to <code>HEAD</code>
</td>
<td>No</td>

hoodie.url

Read-only

hoodie.url

full url to the hoodie server, e.g. http://example.com/hoodie

hoodie.account

hoodie.account is an instance of hoodie-account-client. See account API

hoodie.store

hoodie.store is an instance of hoodie-store. See store API

hoodie.connectionStatus

hoodie.connectionStatus is an instance of hoodie-connection-status. See connectionStatus API

hoodie.log

hoodie.log is an instance of hoodie-log. See log API

hoodie.request

Sends an http request

hoodie.request(url)
// or
hoodie.request(options)

<tr>
  <th align="left">Argument</th>
  <th align="left">Type</th>
  <th align="left">Description</th>
  <th align="left">Required</th>
</tr>

<th align="left">url</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  Relative path or full URL. A path must start with <code>/</code> and sends a <code>GET</code>
  request to the path, prefixed by <code>hoodie.url</code>. In case a full URL is passed,
  a <code>GET</code> request to the url is sent.
</td>
<td>Yes</td>

<th align="left">options.url</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  Relative path or full URL. A path must start with <code>/</code> and sends a <code>GET</code>
  request to the path, prefixed by <code>hoodie.url</code>. In case a full URL is passed,
  a <code>GET</code> request to the url is sent.
</td>
<td>Yes</td>

<th align="left">options.method</th>
<td>String</td>
<td>
  <em>Defaults to <code>GET</code></em>. One of <code>GET</code>,
  <code>HEAD</code>, <code>POST</code>, <code>PUT</code>, <code>DELETE</code>.
</td>
<td>No</td>

<th align="left">options.data</th>
<td>Object, Array, String or Number</td>
<td>
  For <code>PUT</code> and <code>POST</code> requests, an optional payload
  can be sent. It will be stringified before sending the request.
</td>
<td>No</td>

<th align="left">options.headers</th>
<td>Object</td>
<td>
  Map of Headers to be sent with the request.
</td>
<td>No</td>

Examples

// sends a GET request to hoodie.url + '/foo/api/bar'
hoodie.request('/foo/api/bar')
// sends a GET request to another host
hoodie.request('https://example.com/foo/bar')
// sends a PATCH request to /foo/api/bar
hoodie.request({
  method: 'PATCH',
  url: '/foo/api/bar',
  headers: {
    'x-my-header': 'my value'
  },
  data: {
    foo: 'bar'
  }
})

hoodie.plugin

Initialise hoodie plugin

hoodie.plugin(methods)
hoodie.plugin(plugin)

<tr>
  <th align="left">Argument</th>
  <th align="left">Type</th>
  <th align="left">Description</th>
  <th align="left">Required</th>
</tr>

<th align="left">methods</th>
<td>Object</td>
<td>
  Method names as keys, functions as values. Methods get directly set on
  <code>hoodie</code>, e.g. <code>hoodie.plugin({foo: function () {}})</code>
  sets <code>hoodie.foo</code> to <code>function () {}</code>
</td>
<td>Yes</td>

<th align="left">plugin</th>
<td>Function</td>
<td>
  The passed function gets called with `hoodie` as first argument, and
  can directly set new methods / properties on it.
</td>
<td>Yes</td>

Examples

hoodie.plugin({
  sayHi: function () { alert('hi') }
})
hoodie.plugin(function (hoodie) {
  hoodie.sayHi = function () { alert('hi') }
})

hoodie.on

Subscribe to event.

hoodie.on(eventName, handler)

Example

hoodie.on('account:signin', function (accountProperties) {
  alert('Hello there, ' + accountProperties.username)
})

hoodie.one

Call function once at given event.

hoodie.one(eventName, handler)

Example

hoodie.one('mycustomevent', function (options) {
  console.log('foo is %s', options.bar)
})
hoodie.trigger('mycustomevent', { foo: 'bar' })
hoodie.trigger('mycustomevent', { foo: 'baz' })
// logs "foo is bar"
// DOES NOT log "foo is baz"

hoodie.off

Removes event handler that has been added before

hoodie.off(eventName, handler)

Example

hoodie.off('connectionstatus:disconnect', showNotification)

hoodie.trigger

Trigger custom events

hoodie.trigger(eventName[, option1, option2, ...])

Example

hoodie.trigger('mycustomevent', { foo: 'bar' })

Events

<th align="left"><code>account:*</code></th>
<td>events, see <a href="https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-account-client#events">account events</a></td>

<th align="left"><code>store:*</code></th>
<td>events, see <a href="https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-store#events">store events</a></td>

<th align="left"><code>connectionStatus:*</code></th>
<td>events, see <a href="https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-connection-status#events">connectionStatus events</a></td>

Testing

Local setup

git clone https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie-client.git
cd hoodie-client
npm install

Run all tests

npm test

Run test from one file only

node tests/specs/id

Contributing

Have a look at the Hoodie project's contribution guidelines. If you want to hang out you can join our Hoodie Community Chat.

License

Apache 2.0