Cordra Client Library - JavaScript Version

This Cordra Client Library can be used to develop JavaScript and TypeScript applications that are based on Cordra.

This library supports browsers and Node.js. All modern browsers are supported including IE11 (that leverages the included fetch polyfill).

The client library is written in TypeScript; type definitions are included in the release distribution for use in your applications.

Installation

You can install the client library using npm as follows:

npm install @cnri/cordra-client

The following artifacts are included in the distribution:

dist/node/ : Node.js version of cordra-client library.

dist/cordra-client.js, dist/cordra-client.min.js : Browser versions of the library suitable for including in <script> HTML tags, both un-minimized and minimized. These can also be used as a CommonJS module. Copies are supplied with the version number in the filename.

dist/cordra-client.esm.js : Browser version of the library as a standard ES module, suitable for use in applications built using an ESM-aware module bundler like Rollup or webpack 2+.

dist/types/ : A directory of .d.ts files for use with TypeScript projects.

The .js files all come with corresponding .js.map JavaScript source map files.

Getting Started

This Cordra client library is simple to get started with. Here is an example of searching Cordra for all Schema objects:

import { CordraClient } from '@cnri/cordra-client';

const client = new CordraClient("https://localhost:8443");
client.search("type:Schema")
    .then(response => {
        console.log("Number of results: " + response.size);
        response.results.forEach(result => { console.log(result.content.name) });
    });

This will print the name of each Schema object to the console.

Authentication

Cordra client methods generally take a final optional Options argument which defines the user credentials used for sending the request to Cordra. The default options can be set when the CordraClient is instantiated, or later by setting the property defaultOptions.

If no defaultOptions is set, calls will be made anonymously.

Cordra client tracks authentication tokens automatically. If you wish to check whether an authentication token can be successfully obtained, call client.authenticate(options). Otherwise authentication tokens will be automatically obtained as needed.

Example Password Authentication

const options = {
    username: "testUser",
    password: "password"
};
const client = new CordraClient(cordraBaseUri, options);

Example Private Key Authentication

const privateKey = {
    "kty": "RSA",
    "n": "4zExVGqSPDNAIooQyNDm_g8ew9RwdDcRCGuWBjIZrfIHVGlJn1VbT4reseduDJ0MVELdDp64RTH8jVxboWQlpQ",
    "e": "AQAB",
    "d": "CPmfhkMzhbdMmFC1-wjtpym3wGq7CoxGWvvNEGOV2h47gJaMBAsh4XYszToaNOKOg-OpCQ73dn8FsvIKmh5VQQ",
    "p": "_sgNIghoOHpnYjmcsQ09VXLg73oGOqtVd48C8ZJmfFE",
    "q": "5Edcl0pHnl-p79KtefVPwVFMFUJT0QKG-BfJfWxXAxU",
    "dp": "VAbKPgUjyiykWALEKKhDKCFBCfnmgEbtowapY95yqmE",
    "dq": "OTDTtqeKZ9gpuAa9JXfbAmC-wfi7DPsoG1HCTiTta70",
    "qi": "n2lKEca8FCHWS5Q81N0ioJ60Ny8a1dce7Yl9JzayjTM"
};
const options = {
    userId: 'testUser',
    privateKey
};
const client = new CordraClient(cordraBaseUri, options);

API Docs

Full API documentation that corresponds to this version of the client library release can be produced by running npm run build:docs, and will be built into the dist/docs folder.

Development Setup

If you prefer to update the source code, you can use the following commands to build the source code:

npm install

To build the client library, run:

npm run clean

and then:

npm run build

This will generate the compiled bundles in the dist folder and the Node.js version of the library in dist/node. Type declarations will also be built into dist/types.

If you prefer, you can also generate unbundled ES2017 javascript using this command:

npm run build:es2017

This code will be generated under dist/es2017.

Running the Tests

Running the tests requires that you have a local Cordra server running with the default settings and schemas. You should set the password to 'password', or change the password in test/cordra.test.js. Also, allow the cordra to allow HTTP connections only for running the tests, which can be done by setting the flag allowInsecureAuthentication=true on the Cordra's design object.

To run the tests on the compiled bundle, run

npm run test

or equivalently

npm test

To run the tests on the unbundled ES2017 module, run

npm run test:es2017

Versioning

Cordra client versions will have an X.Y.Z format. The first two digits will match the first two digits of the version of Cordra server software the client works with. The last digit will increment independently from Cordra server versions. So, for example, Cordra client versions 2.0.2 or 2.0.3 will work with Cordra server version 2.0.0.

Versions from 2.0.0 to 2.3.* are compatible: you can use cordra-client 2.3.1 with Cordra server 2.0.0 and vice versa.

License

See the LICENSE.txt file for details.