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Node VCAP Services Parser
A parser for VCAP_SERVICES environmental variable used
by CloudFoundry applications. It can return all of the
services bound to an application or a subset of them.
Usage
// Import the module
var vcapServices = require('vcap-services-parser');
// Create a parser with plugins for supported Bluemix services
var parser = new vcapServices.Parser(vcapServices.bluemix);
// Resolve all services
var services = parser.resolveAll();
console.log(services.cloudant.host);
// Resolve a specific service
var speechToText = parser.resolve('speech-to-text');
console.log(speechToText.url);
// Resolve several services
var selectedServices = parser.resolve(['speech-to-text', 'cloudant']);
console.log(selectedServices['speech-to-text'].url);
console.log(selectedServices.cloudant.host);
Services
When multiple services are resolved an object is returned
that maps from the service name to a description of the
service. When a single service is resolved a description
of the service is returned. Included in all service
descriptions are the instance name, plan and service
tags. Different services can have different properties.
Supported services
Bluemix
Availability monitoring
Uses the name monitoring for service descriptions.
The description includes the properties url, id and
pass.
Cloudant
Uses the name cloudant for service descriptions.
The description includes the properties host, port,
url, username and password.
Reappt
Uses the name reappt for service descriptions.
The description includes the properties host,
principal and credentials.
Push notifications
Uses the name push-notifications for service descriptions.
The description includes the properties url,
admin_url and appSecret.
Speech to Text
Uses the name speech-to-text for service descriptions.
The description includes the properties url,
username and password.
Twitter insights
Uses the name twitter-insights for service descriptions.
The description includes the properties host, port,
url, username and password.
Unsupported services
Unsupported services copy all entries from the
credentials property onto the service description. The
service name is taken from the VCAP_SERVICES value.