@southsocialai/pinterest

pinterest-node-api (Pinterest Node Rest API)

This API supported Pinterest standard REST API that accepts/returns JSON requests. Here is the [API reference] (https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/api/overview/)

You can find examples of JavaScript And TypeScript. This will help you for faster implementation of Pinterest APIs.

It does supports EcmaScript 5, EcmaScript 6, EcmaScript 8, TypeScript, async-await, Promises, Callback!!!

It does also supports for AWS Lambda like serverless cloud function call.

It supports pure JSON response.

All methods support Promise and Callback both.

Get started

Using the Pinterest API wrapper for Node.js is really simple. Given that you already have a Node.js project with NPM setup just follow these steps:

Install the dependency

npm install --save pinterest-node-api

Get Access Token From Using Below Link and Overview Details

https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/api/overview/

Configuration Using JavaScript

export PINTEREST_USER_TOKEN=ACCESS_TOKEN

var pinterest = require('pinterest-node-api')('YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN');

Configuration Using TypeScript

import * as PinterestAPI from 'pinterest-node-api';
const pinterest = new PinterestAPI();
pinterest.setUserToken('YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN');

Test Cases

npm run test.mocha

Debugging

export DEBUG=pinterest:*

Originally by [Vijay Patoliya](https://github.com/vijaypatoliya) ([e-mail]).

Examples

Users

Get own information
/* Return the logged in user's information */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserOwnInfo(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get boards list
/* Return the logged in user's Boards */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserBoards(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get board suggestions list
/* Return Board suggestions for the logged in user */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  pin: '806144402026290934'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserBoardSuggestions(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get user's pins
/* Return the logged in user's Pins */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserPins(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Search user's boards
/* Search the logged in user's Boards */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  query: 'board 1',
  fields: 'counts,id,name,url'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.searchUserBoards(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Search user's pins
/* Search the logged in user's Pins */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  query: 'test',
  fields: 'id,board,link,note,url'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.searchUserPins(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Follow a Board
/* Follow a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  board: '4teebeat/bodybuilding-t-shirts'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.followBoard(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Follow a user
/* Follow a user */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  user: '4teebeat'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.followUser(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get user's followers
/* Return the users that follow the logged in user */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserFollowers(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get user's following boards
/* Get the Boards that the logged in user follows */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserFollowingBoards(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get user's following interested topics
/* Return the Interests the logged in user follows */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserFollowingInterests(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get user's following users list
/* Return the users that the logged in user follows */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserFollowingUsers(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Unfollow a board
/* Unfollow a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var board = '4teebeat/bodybuilding-t-shirts'
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.unfollowBoard(board);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Unfollow a user
/* Unfollow a User */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var user = '4teebeat'
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.unfollowUser(user);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get user's information
/* Return a user's information */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var user = '4teebeat'
try {
    var response = pinterest.users.getUserInfo(user);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}

Boards

Create a Board
/* Create a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  name: 'test board',
  description: 'it\'s a test board'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.boards.createBoard(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get board's information
/* Retrieve information about a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var board = 'pideveloper/test-board';
try {
    var response = pinterest.boards.getBoard(board);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get board's pins list
/* Retrieve the Pins on a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var board = 'pideveloper/test-board';
try {
    var response = pinterest.boards.getBoardPins(board);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get boards list
/* Return the logged in user's Boards */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.boards.getUserBoards(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Edit a board
/* Edit a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  name: 'Board 11',
  description: 'it\'s a board no 11.'
};
var board = 'pideveloper/test-board';
try {
    var response = pinterest.boards.updateBoard(board, data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Edit a board
/* Edit a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var board = 'pideveloper/board-11';
try {
    var response = pinterest.boards.deleteBoard(board);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}

Pins

Create a Pin
/* Create a Pin */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {
  board: 'pideveloper/board-2',
  note: 'it\'s a test pin desc.',
  image_url: 'https://localhost:8080/aerospace-engineering.jpg'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.pins.createPin(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get pin information
/* Return information about a Pin */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var pin = '806144402027821208';
try {
    var response = pinterest.pins.getPin(pin);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get board's pins list
/* Retrieve the Pins on a Board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var board = 'pideveloper/test-board';
try {
    var response = pinterest.pins.getBoardPins(board);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get user's pins
/* Return the logged in user's Pins */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var data = {};
try {
    var response = pinterest.pins.getUserPins(data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Edit a Pin
/* Edit a Pin's information */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var pin = '806144402027821208';
var data = {
  board: 'pideveloper/board-2',
  note: 'it\'s a aerospace test pin.',
  link: 'https://aerospace.org/'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.pins.updatePin(pin, data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Delete a Pin
/* Delete a Pin */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var pin = '806144402027821208';
try {
    var response = pinterest.pins.deletePin(pin);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}

Sections

Create a section of board
/* Creates a new board section */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var board = '806144470738408510';
var data = {
  title: 'test section',
  // initial_pins: '806144402026288820'
};
try {
    var response = pinterest.sections.createBoardSection(board, data);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get board's sections list
/* Gets sections for a board */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var board = '806144470738408510';
try {
    var response = pinterest.sections.getBoardSections(board);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Get pins of board section
/* Gets the pins for a board section */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var section = 'pideveloper/board-2/lighting';
try {
    var response = pinterest.sections.getBoardSectionPins(section);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}
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Delete a board section
/* Deletes a board section */

pinterest.setUserToken(userToken);
var section = '5007816082331826124';
try {
    var response = pinterest.sections.deleteBoardSection(section);
} catch (error) {
    return;
}