pnet

pnet

pnet is an API client for the phish.net API. It comes with sane defaults, a command line interface and a module interface.

Install

npm install pnet

If you're planning on using the CLI, it's probably best to install it globally:

npm install -g pnet

Module Interface

get(method, params, callback) → undefined

Performs a GET against the phish.net API with the specified method and params.

• method {String} - The phish.net API method. Preceeding 'pnet.' is optional.
• params {Object} - Params to be passed in the API call.
• callback {Function} - The function to be called when the request completes or errors out. The function will be passed three arguments, the first argument is an Error object if one has occurred or null. The second argument is the requested URL and the third is the parsed JSON response from the phish.net API.

apikey(key) → String or undefined

Sets a default phish.net API key. When called with no args, it returns the API key.

• key {String|undefined|null} - When passed a value other than null or undefined, it sets the default API key to key. When called with 0 arguments, it returns the value that was set or undefined. When called explicitly with null or undefined, it unsets the current value of the API key from the default params.

Examples

var pnet = require('pnet');
var method = 'pnet.shows.query';
var params = {
  year: 2013,
  month: 8
}

// Set default API key to be used
pnet.apikey("a1b2c3");
pnet.apikey(); // => "a1b2c3"

pnet.get(method, params, function(err, url, parsedJSONResource){
  // do stuff
});

// Remove default apikey
pnet.apikey(undefined); // or:  pnet.apikey(null);
pnet.apikey(); // => undefined

Command Line Interface

USAGE: pnet method [options]

pnet shows.setlists.get -d 2013-10-31 -o ~/setlists/halloween_2013.json

-d, --date              Specify a `showdate` param to be used in API call.
                        Shorthand for '-p showdate:YYYY-MM-DD'
-o, --output            Output to file instead of STDOUT
-p, --params            Specify colon-delimited key value pairs as arguments to
                        the phish.net API; i.e. '-p venueid:123456 -p year:2012'

--configure             Specify colon-delimited key value pairs to be used as
                        defaults for all phish.net API calls through the CLI. i.e.
                        '--configure apikey=your-api-key --configure api:2.0'
--defaults              Print the defaults that have been set via the --configure
                        flag and exit
--list                  List the available phish.net API methods
--help                  Display this message and exit
--url-only              Print phish net API url and exit instead of
                        requesting the resource
--version               Print current version of this package and exit

CLI Examples

> pnet -p method:pnet.shows.setlists.get -p showdate:2013-10-31 -o ~/shows/halloween_2013.json

The following is shorthand for the above (optional preceeding "pnet." for the method):

> pnet shows.setlists.get -d 2013-10-31 -o ~/shows/halloween_2013.json

Since you're likely to have defaults for your API calls (i.e. apikey, api version, format), you can configure pnet with defaults.

> pnet --configure apikey:123456 --configure format:json --configure api:2.0

The above command will write those defaults to a file at ~/.pnet and will be used on subsequent API calls through the CLI. To list the defaults you have set, you can use the defaults flag.

> pnet --defaults
{
    "format": "json",
    "api": "2.0",
    "apikey": "123456"
}

The pnet CLI comes with its own set of defaults which can be found in config.json file in the root of this repository. The defaults are:

• API base URL: https://api.phish.net/api.js
• format: json
• api: 2.0

If you want to print the phish.net request URL to STDOUT, you can provide the --url-only flag, i.e.

> pnet shows.setlists.get -d 2013-10-31 --url-only
https://api.phish.net/api.js?api=2.0&format=json&apikey=123456&method=pnet.shows.setlists.get&showdate=2013-10-31

Lastly, if you want to see all the methods phish.net exposes, just --list them:

License

MIT