ntumblr v0.0.41

Tumblr REST client API for node.js

Inspired by ntwitter .

Installation

npm install ntumblr

Setup API

consumerKey and consumerSecret can be obtained from Tumblr.

accessTokenKey and accessTokenSecret can be obtained via OAuth: instruction is below .

Minimal server that returns your accessTokenKey and accessTokenSecret can be found at /server/app.coffee

Tumblr = require('ntumblr')

tumblr = new Tumblr
  consumerKey:       'TumblrConsumerKey'
  consumerSecret:    'TumblrConsumerSecret'
  accessTokenKey:    'AccessTokenKey'
  accessTokenSecret: 'AccessTokenSecret'

Usage

Get blog info

tumblr.get 'info', (err, data, response)->
  blogInfoData = JSON.parse( data ).response.blog
  { title,
    posts,
    name,
    url,
    updated,
    description,
    ask,
    ask_anon,
    likes } = blogInfoData

Get posts

tumblr.get 'posts', (err, data, response)->
  postsData = JSON.parse(data).response.posts
  postsData.forEach (post)->
    {
      blog_name,
      id,
      post_url,
      type,
      date,
      timestamp,
      format,
      reblog_key,
      tags,
      highlighted,
      note_count,
      title,
      body,
    } = post

Get text posts

tumblr.get 'posts', type: 'text', (err, data, response)->
  postsData = JSON.parse(data).response.posts

Get one text post

Other request parameters can be found at Request Parameters

filterParam =
  type: 'text'
  limit: 1

tumblr.get 'posts', filterParam, (err, data, response)->
  postData = JSON.parse(data).response.posts[0]

Creating new Text Post as draft

Requires AccessTokenKey and AccessTokenSecret

postObj =
  type: 'text'
  title: 'Demo Post'
  body: 'Having a nice day :D'
  status: 'draft'

tumblr.post postObj, (err, data, response)->
  {
    meta,
    response
  } = JSON.parse(data)

  if meta.status is 201 then console.log meta.msg is 'Created'
  newPostId = response.id

Creating new Photo Post doesn't work yet

Requires AccessTokenKey and AccessTokenSecret

postObj =
  type: 'photo'
  data: [fs.readFileSync('photo.jpg')]

tumblr.post postObj, (err, data, response)->
  {
    meta,
    response
  } = JSON.parse(data)

  if meta.status is 201 then console.log meta.msg is 'Created'
  newPostId = response.id

Test

Make sure you have got access tokens

$ mocha

Getting Access Tokens

1. Copy config-sample.json to config.json and fill required fields
2. Run simple server by coffee server then go to http://localost:3000 to allow the app.
3. Check your config.json. it should have access tokens in place.
4. You can run test by $ mocha :)

by mnmly