Node js

[bentleyj68]

Has anyone got any Node js examples of accessing Caspio data using OAUTh2?

[douvega]

Not sure why you would use Node js to access the API but I would recommend using this third party service to make proper API calls: https://www.futuresuite.net/products/api-library.php

[Harbinger]

Hi @bentleyj68 what in specific are you looking at in using Node.js with Oauth2? Do you have a self-built API? 

[douvega]

In case someone is looking to connect to the CASPIO API using NodeJS, here is the code sample to get the authentication token.

const https = require('https');
const querystring = require('querystring');

const data = querystring.stringify({
	"grant_type": "client_credentials",
    "client_id": "[INSERT CLIENT ID HERE]",
    "client_secret": "[INSERT CLIENT SECRET HERE]"
});

const options = {
	protocol: 'https:',
	host: '[INSERT CASPIO ACCOUNT HERE].caspio.com',
    path: '/oauth/token',
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    process.stdout.write(d);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();

 

[SinJunYoung]

Just to add links for reference, here's: https://howto.caspio.com/web-services-api/

 

[aaronthesoftwaremechanic]

On 12/10/2019 at 11:39 AM, douvega said:

In case someone is looking to connect to the CASPIO API using NodeJS, here is the code sample to get the authentication token.

const https = require('https');
const querystring = require('querystring');

const data = querystring.stringify({
	"grant_type": "client_credentials",
    "client_id": "[INSERT CLIENT ID HERE]",
    "client_secret": "[INSERT CLIENT SECRET HERE]"
});

const options = {
	protocol: 'https:',
	host: '[INSERT CASPIO ACCOUNT HERE].caspio.com',
    path: '/oauth/token',
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    process.stdout.write(d);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();

 

query params is legacy, but does not work either way.