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Cosential compass.js

Cosential compass.js

Author: Cosential, Inc.

Description: A Client library written in JS for Compass (Cosential's general purpose RESTful API).

It is highly recommended to test the library on the UAT Environment before moving to our production environment.

Getting Started (Install using npm)

npm install compass-client-js --save
https://www.npmjs.com/package/compass-client-js

Full Library Reference

https://cosential.github.io/compass-client-js

Initialize the client and get the authenticated user

import * as compass from 'compass-client-js';

let client = new compass.Client({
    apiKey: '68BC02D5-5C17-4A40-8043-942B79DA34B7',
    compassUrl: 'https://compass.uat.cosential.com/api',
    firmId: 1234,
    username: 'john',
    password: 'P@sSw0rd!'
});

client.get<User[]>('/user').then(res => { 
      if (res.success) { 
          // The API call was successful

          // This api endpoint always returns a single element array
          let user = res.result[0]; 

          // Because user is an API response object, properties are proper case, not camel case.
          document.write('<h2>Hi, ' + user.FirstName + '! You are authenticated</h2>'); *          
      } else {
          // Something went wrong
          document.write('<h2>Error</h2><div>' + res.message + '</div>');
      }
 });

Reconfigure the client with a new user / pass

client.config.username = 'Jane';
client.config.password = '0th3Rp@Ss!';

client.get('/user').then( //... );

Building compass.js:

  • Clone the project.
  • From within the project folder run the command 'npm install'.
  • Rename the file 'test-client-config.ts.example' to 'test-client-config.ts' in the './src/services' folder.
  • Open file 'test-client-config.ts' from the './src/unit-tests' folder. Enter your API Key, and credentials for a test firm and save the file.
  • From within the project folder run the command 'npm run build'.
  • From within the project folder run the command 'npm run test'.
  • To run an individual unit test, from within the project folder run the command 'npx ts-node node_modules/jasmine/bin/jasmine src/unit-tests/schema.spec.ts'.

If tests pass, authentication and comunication with Compass was successful.

Folder Structure:

./src - Contains the source code (.ts) and unit test spec (.spec.ts) files. This is where developers should work.

./dist - Contains the compiled (.js) files (UMD Bundles). These files will be used for consumption.

./lib - Contains the compiled (.js) files (ES5 commonjs), along with typescript definitions.

./lib-esm - Contains the compiled (.js) files (ES5 esmodule), along with typescript definitions.

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