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Version: 1.53.4

Programmatic API

It is possible to use the Platformatic client without the generator.

OpenAPI Client

Basic Usage

import { buildOpenAPIClient } from '@platformatic/client'

const client = await buildOpenAPIClient({
url: `https://yourapi.com/documentation/json`,
// path: 'path/to/openapi.json',
headers: {
'foo': 'bar'
}
})

const res = await client.yourOperationName({ foo: 'bar' })

console.log(res)

Accessing Operation Mapping

Once you have a client generated from buildOpenAPIClient, you can access a mapping between operation IDs and method/path by leveraging the Symbol.for('plt.operationIdMap') property

const client = await buildOpenAPIClient({
// ... your client settings
})

const mapping = client[Symbol.for('plt.operationIdMap')]

console.log(mapping)

Example Output

{
getOperationFoo: { path: '/operation-foo/', method: 'get' },
postOperationBar: { path: '/operation-bar/', method: 'post' },
}

Dynamic Headers

You can pass an asynchronous function to modify the headers for each request with the getHeaders option. This function will be executed before each request. Note that headers and getHeaders can work together:

import { buildOpenAPIClient } from '@platformatic/client'

const client = await buildOpenAPIClient({
url: `https://yourapi.com/documentation/json`,
headers: {
'foo': 'bar'
},
getHeaders(options) {
const { url, method, body, headers, telemetryHeaders } = options

// generate your dynamic headers

return {
myDynamicHeader: 'my-value',
}
}
})

const res = await client.yourOperationName({ foo: 'bar' })

console.log(res)

Optional properties

You can also pass the following properties to buildOpenAPIClient:

import { buildOpenAPIClient } from '@platformatic/client'

const client = await buildOpenAPIClient({
url: 'string', // the URL of the service to be called
path: 'string', // the path to the Open API schema
fullResponse: true, // require or not a full response object
fullRequest: true, // require or not a full request object
throwOnError: true, // if there is an error, the client will throw depending ton this option
headers: {}, // additional headers to be passed
bodyTimeout: 900000, // body timeout passed to the undici request method
headersTimeout: 900000, // headers timeout passed to the undici request method
validateResponse: true, // validate or not the response received against the expected schema
queryParser: (query) => `${query.toString()}[]` // override the default query parser logic
})

TypeScript Support

If you use Typescript, you can take advantage of the generated types file:

import { buildOpenAPIClient } from '@platformatic/client'
import Client from './client'
//
// interface Client {
// getMovies(req: GetMoviesRequest): Promise<Array<GetMoviesResponse>>;
// createMovie(req: CreateMovieRequest): Promise<CreateMovieResponse>;
// ...
// }
//

const client: Client = await buildOpenAPIClient<Client>({
url: `https://yourapi.com/documentation/json`,
// path: 'path/to/openapi.json',
headers: {
'foo': 'bar'
}
})

const res = await client.getMovies()
console.log(res)

GraphQL Client

To create a GraphQL client, use the buildGraphQLClient function:

import { buildGraphQLClient } from '@platformatic/client'

const client = await buildGraphQLClient({
url: `https://yourapi.com/graphql`,
headers: {
'foo': 'bar'
}
})

const res = await client.graphql({
query: `
mutation createMovie($title: String!) {
saveMovie(input: {title: $title}) {
id
title
}
}
`,
variables: {
title: 'The Matrix'
}
})

console.log(res)