SolarNetwork Core API - JavaScript

This project contains JavaScript code to help access the SolarNetwork API. To include the library in your NPM-based project, run the following:

npm i solarnetwork-api-core
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API docs

The latest API documentation is published here, or you can build the API documentation by running the apidoc script:

npm run apidoc
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That will produce HTML documentation in docs/html.

Example

Here's an example use of the library, targeted for use in a browser using the Fetch API to access the /datum/stream/reading SolarNetwork API:

import {
    Aggregations,
    DatumFilter,
    DatumReadingTypes,
} from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/domain";
import {
    AuthorizationV2Builder,
    HttpContentType,
    HttpHeaders,
    HttpMethod,
    SolarQueryApi,
} from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/net";
import { DatumStreamMetadataRegistry } from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/util";
import { datumForStreamData } from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/util/datum";

// declare a basic "datum" interface for the data returned from SN
interface GeneralDatum extends Object {
    nodeId: number;
    sourceId: string;
    date: Date;
    [index: string]: any;
}

/**
 * Fetch hourly reading data for a datum stream using the stream API.
 *
 * @param nodeId - the node ID to fetch data for
 * @param sourceId  - the source ID to fetch data for
 * @param startDate - the minimum date
 * @param endDate - the maximum date
 * @param token - the security token to authenticate with
 * @param tokenSecret - the security token secret
 * @returns the data, as an array of general datum
 */
async function fetchReadingDatumStream(
    nodeId: number,
    sourceId: string,
    startDate: Date,
    endDate: Date,
    token: string,
    tokenSecret: string
): Promise<GeneralDatum[]> {
    const filter = new DatumFilter();
    filter.aggregation = Aggregations.Hour;
    filter.nodeId = nodeId;
    filter.sourceId = sourceId;
    filter.startDate = startDate;
    filter.endDate = endDate;

    // encode the URL request for the /datum/stream/reading API
    const urlHelper = new SolarQueryApi();
    const streamDataUrl = urlHelper.streamReadingUrl(
        DatumReadingTypes.Difference,
        filter
    );

    // create URL and auth headers for API request
    const auth = new AuthorizationV2Builder(token);
    const authHeader = auth.snDate(true).url(streamDataUrl).build(tokenSecret);
    const headers = new Headers({
        Authorization: authHeader,
        Accept: HttpContentType.APPLICATION_JSON,
    });
    headers.set(HttpHeaders.X_SN_DATE, auth.requestDateHeaderValue!);

    // make API request and get response as JSON
    const res = await fetch(streamDataUrl, {
        method: HttpMethod.GET,
        headers: headers,
    });
    const json = await res.json();

    // convert stream result into GeneralDatum objects
    const result: GeneralDatum[] = [];
    const reg = DatumStreamMetadataRegistry.fromJsonObject(json.meta);
    if (!reg) {
        return Promise.reject("JSON could not be parsed.");
    }
    for (const data of json.data) {
        const meta = reg.metadataAt(data[0]);
        if (!meta) {
            continue;
        }
        const d = datumForStreamData(data, meta)?.toObject();
        if (d) {
            result.push(d as GeneralDatum);
        }
    }
    return Promise.resolve(result);
}
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Upgrading from 1.x

The 2.x version of this library has changed somewhat as the 1.x library was ported to TypeScript and updated to ES2022. Most of the same classes and methods have been preserved, but some things have moved namespaces. Thankfully the move to TypeScript makes refactoring an application using the 1.x API pretty straightforward, as your IDE can usually offer the correct import path to use for a given class.

For example, in the 1.x API you might have:

import {
    Aggregations,
    AuthorizationV2Builder,
    DatumFilter,
    DatumReadingTypes,
    DatumStreamMetadataRegistry,
    NodeDatumUrlHelper,
    streamDatumUtils,
} from "solarnetwork-api-core";
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Most of those exist in the 2.x API, just under different import paths:

import {
    Aggregations,
    DatumFilter,
    DatumReadingTypes,
} from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/domain";
import {
    AuthorizationV2Builder,
    SolarQueryApi, // <-- this replaces the NodeDatumUrlHelper!
} from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/net";
import { DatumStreamMetadataRegistry } from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/util";
import { datumForStreamData } from "solarnetwork-api-core/lib/util/datum";
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One area that has changed somewhat significantly is the net namespace. The various *UrlHelper classes have been reworked into Solar*Api classes, such as SolarQueryApi and SolarUserApi. The methods offered on those classes remain mostly the same as in the 1.x library, but be sure to confirm with the API docs. Here again your IDE will generally be able to point out broken API usage, thanks to the TypeScript definitions included in the library.

Building

The build uses NPM and requires Node 17+. First, initialize the dependencies:

npm ci
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Then you can run the build script:

npm run build:dist
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That will produce ES2022 modules with an entry point in lib/index.js.

You can also produce an ES2022 bundle by running npm run build:bundle. That will produce a single bundled file at lib/solarnetwork-api-core.es.js.

Releases

Releases are done using the gitflow branching model. Gitflow must be installed on your host system. Then you can run

npm run release
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to version, build, commit, and publish the release. See the generate-release site for more information.

Unit tests

The unit tests can be run by running the test script:

npm test
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That will output the test results and produce a HTML code coverage report at coverage/index.html.

Having a well-tested and reliable library is a core goal of this project. Unit tests are executed automatically after every push into the develop branch of this repository and their associated code coverage is uploaded to Codecov.