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: '[e-mail]',
  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)

Argument	Type	Description	Required
options.PouchDB	Constructor	PouchDB constructor, see also PouchDB custom builds	Yes
options.url	String	Set to hostname where Hoodie server runs, if your app runs on a different host	Yes
options.account	String	account options. options.url is always set to hoodie.url + '/account/api'	No
options.store	String	store options. options.PouchDB is always set to Hoodie Client’s constructor’s options.PouchDB. options.dbName is always set to 'store'. options.remote is always set to hoodie.url + '/store/api/user%2f' + account id.	No
options.task	String	task options. options.userId is always set to account id. options.remote is always set to hoodie.url + '/task/api'	No
options.connectionStatus	String	connectionStatus options. options.url is always set to hoodie.url + '/connection-status/api'. options.method is always set to HEAD	No

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)

Argument	Type	Description	Required
url	String	Relative path or full URL. A path must start with / and sends a GET request to the path, prefixed by hoodie.url. In case a full URL is passed, a GET request to the url is sent.	Yes
options.url	String	Relative path or full URL. A path must start with / and sends a GET request to the path, prefixed by hoodie.url. In case a full URL is passed, a GET request to the url is sent.	Yes
options.method	String	Defaults to GET. One of GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE.	No
options.data	Object, Array, String or Number	For PUT and POST requests, an optional payload can be sent. It will be stringified before sending the request.	No
options.headers	Object	Map of Headers to be sent with the request.	No

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)

Argument	Type	Description	Required
methods	Object	Method names as keys, functions as values. Methods get directly set on hoodie, e.g. hoodie.plugin({foo: function () {}}) sets hoodie.foo to function () {}	Yes
plugin	Function	The passed function gets called with `hoodie` as first argument, and can directly set new methods / properties on it.	Yes

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

account:*	events, see account events
store:*	events, see store events
connectionStatus:*	events, see connectionStatus events

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