social-media-links

Generate social media sharing links on the client or server

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Install

$ npm install social-media-links --save

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Example

import socialMediaLinks from 'social-media-links';

let socialData = {
    account: 'twitter',
    url: 'https://some-cool-url.com',
    title: 'This is a sweet title',
    via: 'coolaccount44',
    hashtags: [
      'coolhashtag',
      'anothercoolhashtag'
    ]
};

let twitterLink = socialMediaLinks.create(socialData);
//=> https://twitter.com/share?url=https://some-cool-url.com&text=This is a sweet title&via=coolaccount44&hashtags=coolhashtag,anothercoolhashtag

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API

socialMediaLinks.create(options)

Generate a link for sharing on social media.

• Returns: string

options

account

Social media account type for the link.

• Type: string
• Default: 'email'
• Options:
  • email
  • twitter
  • pinterest
  • facebook
  • googlePlus
  • linkedIn
  • buffer

url

Url for the link.

• Type: string
• Default: ''

title (optional)

Title for the link.

• Type: string
• Default: ''

img (optional)

Image thumbnail for the link.

• Type: string
• Default: ''

via (optional)

Username of content author. Don't include the @ as this will be added automatically.

• Type: string
• Default: ''

hashtags (optional)

List of hashtags for the link. Don't include the # as this will be added automatically.

• Type: array of strings
• Default: ['']

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Tests

$ npm test

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Contributing

PRs are welcome! Just follow these steps:

1. Clone
2. npm install
3. Follow code style in project
4. npm run lint
5. npm test

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License

MIT © Trevor D. Miller