Lamernews-api NPM

lamernews-api

Installation

Install with npm:

npm install --save lamernews-api

API

new LamernewsAPI(root);

Instantiates a new LamernewsAPI object and set its root property.

Parameters

`root` (required) String

The root of the API. For example, if you want to use the API of EchoJS, you have to set http://echojs.com/ as root.

Usage

"use strict";

var LamernewsAPI = require("lamernews-api");

var api = new LamernewsAPI("http://echojs.com/api/");

LamernewsAPI#getNews(options, callback)

Returns news asynchronously.

Parameters

`options` (optional) Object

count Number: How many news should be returned (default: 30, max: 30)
start Number: Return news starting at start (default: 0)
type String: top or latest (default: latest)

`callback(err, response)` (required) Function

err Null, Error
response Object

Usage

"use strict";

var LamernewsAPI = require("lamernews-api");

var api = new LamernewsAPI("http://echojs.com/api/");
var options = {
  count: 5,
  type: "top"
};

api.getNews(options, function onDone(err, response) {
    if (err) {
        throw err;
    }

    console.log(response.news);
});

LamernewsAPI#query(signature, callback)

Performs a asynchronous API query.

`signature` (String)

API signature. Please take a look at the source of Lamernews for documentation.

`callback(err, response)` (required) Function

err Null, Error
response Object

Usage

"use strict";

var LamernewsAPI = require("lamernews-api");

var api = new LamernewsAPI("http://echojs.com/api/");
var signature = "/login?username=sbruchmann&password=thisisnotmypassword";

api.query(signature, function onDone(err, response) {
    if (err) {
        throw err;
    }

    console.log(response);
});