quip.js

Simple Node.js wrapper (browser included) and CLI for Quip REST API.

See Quip API Reference.

Installation

Just install the module using npm.

$ npm install quip.js

If you want to save it as a dependency, just add the --save option.

$ npm install quip.js --save

If you want to install with the CLI executable, just add the --global option.

$ npm install quip.js --global

Quip API

This is a simple presentation of the Quip API and its methods. To get more information (parameters, response data, ...) use the Quip API Reference

Javascript wrapper

var Quip = require('Quip');
var Quip = new Quip({
    // Quip Access Token (required)
    accessToken: 'accessToken'
});

This is how to use an API on the Quip object

Quip.api.method(params, callback);

All arguments are optional by default :

• params : object hash with request parameters
• callback : function called with 2 arguments (error, data)

The data arguments passed to the callback is an object hash, holding the response data. (see API documents)

Both the params and callback are optional, so you can call any method these ways :

// Both params and callback
Quip.api.method(params, callback);
// Only params parameter
Quip.api.method(params);
// Only callback parameter
Quip.api.method(callback);
// No parameter
Quip.api.method();

N.B : If the params parameter is not passed, but the method expects required parameters, an Error will be thrown.

Examples

// Threads API - Get recent threads
Quip.th.getRecentThreads(callback);
// Threads API - Create a new document
Quip.th.createDocument({title: 'Title', content: '<h1>Title</h1><p>First paragraph</p>'}, callback);
// Threads API - Edit a document by prepending content
Quip.th.editDocument({thread_id: 'threadId', content: '<p>New Section</p>', location: Quip.Operation.PREPEND}, callback);
// Messages API - Create a new message in a thread_id
Quip.msg.newMessage({thread_id: 'threadId', content: 'New Message'}, callback);
// Folders API - Create a new folder with a green cover
Quip.fdr.newFolder({title: 'My New Folder', color: Quip.Color.GREEN}, callback);
// Folders API - Update folder_id with a red cover
Quip.fdr.updateFolder({folder_id: 'folderId', color: Quip.Color.RED}, callback);
// Users API - Get all user's contacts
Quip.usr.getContacts(callback);

CLI

$ quip --help
Usage: quip [options]

  Quip Rest API Command Line

  Options:

    -h, --help                 output usage information
    -V, --version              output the version number
    -c, --config <path>        Quip Configuration file. Default to ~/.quip-cli/config.yaml
    -t, --accessToken <token>  Quip Access Token
    -d, --debug                Enabling Debugging Output

  Commands:

    threads|th [options] <method> Quip Threads API
    messages|msg [options] <method> Quip Messages API
    folders|fdr [options] <method> Quip Folders API
    users|usr [options] <method> Quip Users API

  Examples:

    $ quip threads|th getRecentThreads
    $ quip messages|msg getMessages --payload '{"thread_id": "threadId"}' --pretty
    $ quip folders|fdr newFolder --payload '{"title": "My New Folder"}' --pretty
    $ quip users|usr getAuthenticatedUser

Examples

# Threads API - Get recent threads
$ quip th getRecentThreads --pretty
# Threads API - Create a new document
$ quip th createDocument --payload '{"title": "Title", "content": "<h1>Title</h1><p>First paragraph</p>"}' --pretty
# Threads API - Edit a document by prepending content
$ quip th editDocument --payload '{"thread_id": "threadId", "content": "<p>New Section</p>", "location": 1}' --pretty
# Messages API - Create a new message in a thread_id
$ quip msg newMessage --payload '{"thread_id": "threadId", "content": "New Message"}' --pretty
# Folders API - Create a new folder with a green cover
$ quip fdr createFolder --payload '{"title": "My New Folder", "color": 3}' --pretty
# Folders API - Update folder_id with a red cover
$ quip fdr updateFolder --payload '{"folder_id": "folderId", "color": 1}' --pretty
# Users API - Get all user's contacts
$ quip usr getContacts --pretty

CLI Authentication

Without a configuration file

$ quip th getRecentThreads --accessToken accessToken --pretty

With a configuration file

# Example config file, by default it should be located at:
# ~/.quip-cli/config.yaml

auth:
  accessToken: accessToken

$ quip th getRecentThreads --pretty

With QUIP_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable

Notes: Override --accessToken and configuration file.

$ QUIP_ACCESS_TOKEN=accessToken quip th getRecentThreads --pretty

More usage examples in the wiki.

Browser

Note

Be sure to disable same-origin policy in your browser.

Example

<html>
  <head>
  <script src="quip.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  var Quip = require('quip.Quip');
  var Quip = new Quip({
      // Quip Access Token (required)
      accessToken: 'accessToken'
  });

  Quip.th.getRecentThreads(function(error, data) {
    console.log(data)  
  });
  </script>
  </head>
<html>

Demo

A demo is available online or in the test/browser folder.

Authors

• Quentin Rousseau

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Quentin Rousseau <[email protected]>

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