oauthic-weibo

Yet another beautiful wrapped mikeal/request with OAuth 2.0 feature for Sina Weibo.

Install

npm install oauthic-weibo

Quick-start

Authorize

require('oauthic-weibo')
  .client(clientInfo)
  .credentical(code, function (err, credentical, userInfo) {
    // ...
  })

Request

var client = require('oauthic-weibo').client(clientInfo)
  .token(accessToken, expiresAt)
  .expired(onExpired)
 
client.get('/statuses/user_timeline.json', function (err, res, timeline) {
  // ...
})

oauthic.client(clientInfo)

Create a new client instance.

Arguments

• clientInfo Object - Client informations
  • clientId String - App Key
  • clientScrect String - App Secret
  • callbackUri String - URL to be redirected to by the provider.

Returns

• oauthic.Client - Client instance

Class: oauthic.Client

Client, a wrapped mikeal/request instance.

client.authorize([options])

Build the URL of the authorization page.

Arguments

• options - Additional parameters
  • scope String | Array - Additional scopes. Should be an array or a string separated by ,
  • state String - A parameter that would be in the query string in redirectUri. It's useful in avoiding CSRF attacking
  • display String - Determine how the authorization page would looks. Should be:
    • default - For desktop browsers
    • mobile - For mobile devices
    • wap - For cellphones that support WAP only
    • client - For desktop clients
  • forcelogin Boolean - Determine whether to force a login.
  • language String - Language of the authorization page. Would be Simplified-Chinese without this parameter. For English set it to en.

Returns

• String - URL of the authorization page

client.credentical(code, callback)

Get Access Token with an Authorization Code and get ready for making a request.

Arguments

• code String - Authorization Code
• callback(err, credentical, userInfo) Function - Callback
  • err Error | null - Error object
  • credentical Object - Token informations
    • accessToken String - Access Token
    • expiresAt Date - The time when Access Token expires
  • userInfo Object - Additional user informations
    • id String - The user's unique ID
    • picture String - The URL of user's avatar picture
    • ...

Returns

• oauthic.Client - Client instance

client.token(accessToken[, expiresAt])

Set the Access Token.

Arguments

• accessToken String - Access Token
• expiresAt Date | Number - Optional. The time when Access Token expires

Returns

• oauthic.Client - Client instance

client.expired(onExpired)

Registers a handler that would be called when the Access Token is expired and could not be refreshed.

Arguments

• onExpired(token) Function - Handler function
  • token String - The expired Access Token

client.get(uri[, options][, callback]), client.post(uri[, options][, callback])

Wrapped methods from mikeal/request. General parameters (e.g. access token) is added. URL could be written in short form, e.g. /statuses/update.json for https://api.weibo.com/2/statuses/update.json.

Actually, Sina Weibo supports GET and POST only, so other methods is not tested or documented.

Errors

• oauthic.TokenExpiredError - The Access Token is expired and could not be refreshed

client.accessToken

• String

Returns the current user's Access Token. Useful when you'd prefer building request parameters manually.

oauthic.TokenExpiredError

Occurs when the Access Token is expired and could not be refreshed.

Properties

• token String - The expired Access Token

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2013 XiNGRZ <[e-mail]>

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