requestbin

RequestBin API methods for Node.js

Usage

var requestbin = require ('requestbin');
 
requestbin.create (false, function (err, data) {
  if (err) { return console.log (err); }
 
  console.log ('Send requests to: http://requestb.in/' + data.name);
  console.log ('Inspect requests: http://requestb.in/' + data.name + '?inspect');
});

Installation

npm install requestbin

Callback & errors

The callback receives only one parameter err in case of an error. This will be aninstanceof Error with stack trace and sometimes more properties to describe the error.

When everything seems fine the err param is null and a second param data contains the result.

function callback (err, data) {
  if (!err) {
    console.log (data);
  } else {
    console.log (err);          // message + info properties, ie. details
    console.log (err.stack);    // what caused it
  }
}

Errors

message	description
request failed	Request can't be made
invalid response	API did not return JSON data
HTTP error	HTTP error like 404

.config ( object )

Set configuration options.

name	type	default	description
timeout	integer	5000	Request time out in ms
iface	string		Outbound interface to use
baseURL	string	http://requestb.in/api/v1/	API Base URL
userAgent	string	requestbin.js (https://github.com/fvdm/nodejs-requestbin)	User Agent

requestbin.config ({
  iface: '1.2.3.4'
});

.create ( [isPrivate], callback )

Create a new bin.

param	type	required	default	description
isPrivate	boolean	no	true	Set to true to make this request bin private.
callback	function	yes		Callback function

// make it public
requestbin.create (false, console.log);

{ color: [ 70, 150, 120 ],
  name: 'oiwxgloi',
  private: false,
  request_count: 0 }

The test URL is http://requestb.in/NAME The inspect URL is http://requestb.in/NAME?inspect

.get ( binName, callback )

Get details about a bin.

param	type	required	default	description
binName	string	yes		Bin name/ID to retrieve
callback	function	yes		Callback function

requestbin.get ('oiwxgloi', console.log);

{ color: [ 70, 150, 120 ],
  name: 'oiwxgloi',
  private: false,
  request_count: 1 }

.requests ( binName, callback )

Get a list of the requests made to a bin.

param	type	required	default	description
binName	string	yes		Bin name/ID to retrieve
callback	function	yes		Callback function

requestbin.requests ('oiwxgloi', console.log);

[ { content_length: null,
    body: '',
    form_data: [],
    remote_addr: '1.2.3.4',
    method: 'GET',
    headers:
     { Host: 'requestb.in',
       Connection: 'keep-alive',
       Accept: '*/*',
       'User-Agent': 'curl/7.27.0' },
    content_type: null,
    time: 1358144300.182959,
    query_string: '',
    path: '/oiwxgloi',
    id: 'sz42lo' } ]

.request ( binName, requestId, callback )

Get details about one request made to a bin.

param	type	required	default	description
binName	string	yes		Bin name/ID to retrieve
requestId	string	yes		Request ID to retrieve
callback	function	yes		Callback function

requestbin.request ('oiwxgloi', 'sz42lo', console.log);

The output is much like the previous example, but it's an object instead of array.

Unlicense

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

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Author

Franklin van de Meent