@opendatasoft/api-client

This package implements a Typescript/Javascript client library for Opendatasoft's Explore API v2.1.

• Installation
• Get started
• Usage
  • ApiClient
  • Query builder
• Versioning
• Frameworks
• Resources
• Contributing
• License

Installation

The client is available as an npm package.

With npm:

npm install @opendatasoft/api-client

With yarn:

yarn add @opendatasoft/api-client

> ⚠️ Warning: You have to polyfill fetch in older browsers and node. You can use cross-fetch to do both at once.

Get started

Here is a quick example to get you started:

import { ApiClient, fromCatalog } from '@opendatasoft/api-client';

// Initialize the Client by indicating the domain to request.
const client = new ApiClient({ domain: 'documentation-resources' });

// Create the query to run.
const query = fromCatalog() // From the domain catalog
    .dataset('doc-geonames-cities-5000') // ... we'll use the dataset "doc-geonames-cities-5000"
    .records() // call the records endpoint
    .where("country_code:'FR'") // // Filter records where country_code === "FR".
    .groupBy('name as city, population') // Select the fields "name" and "population".
    .orderBy('-population') // Sort by population in descending order.
    .limit(10) // But we only want the first 10 most populated cities.
    .toString(); // Then finally, we convert our query into a string.

// Now, run the query.
client
    .get(query)
    .then(response => console.log(response))
    .catch(error => console.error(error));

CodeSandbox sample

Usage

ApiClient

The ApiClient class can be used to send API request and get back an API response.

It takes an optional configuration object.

import { ApiClient } from '@opendatasoft/api-client';

const client = new ApiClient({
    /* (Optional) authenticate through an API key */
    apiKey: 'secret',

    /* (Optional) The Opendatasoft domain identifier or url.
         If missing, in the browser, the client will use the current host. */
    domain: 'public' || 'https://public.opendatasoft.com',

    /* (Optional) A fetch-compatible API for making a request. */
    fetch: window.fetch,

    /* (Optional) Allow you to update the request before it is send. */
    interceptRequest: async request => {
        console.log(request);
        request.headers.append('x-custom', 'custom');
        return request;
    },

    /* (Optional) Allow you to intercept the response before it is returned */
    interceptResponse: async response => {
        const apiResponse = await response.json();
        delete apiResponse['links'];
        return apiResponse;
    },
    /* (Optional) Hide the deprecated warning. Useful when in production environment */
    hideDeprecatedWarning: true, 
});

You can reuse client instances.

Use the method get to call the API. It accepts an url or a query object. It return a promise containing the API response or throw an error.

import { ApiClient } from '@opendatasoft/api-client';

(async () => {
    const client = new ApiClient();
    const response = await client.get('catalog/datasets?limit=10');
    console.log(response);
    /*
       {
        total_count: 10,
        results: [...]
      }
      */
})();

In case of failure, the Error returned will always be one of the following type.

import {
    AuthenticationError,
    NotFoundError,
    ServerError,
    UserError,
} from '@opendatasoft/api-client/client/error';

You can use that to display a better error message.

Query builder

The client also includes a query builder.

Start with one of the following entry points:

• fromCatalog(): access the domain catalog

• fromMonitoring(): access monitoring datasets

• fromDataNetwork(): access any datasets on Opendatasoft's data network

From there, your IDE should provide autocompletion.

import { ApiClient, fromCatalog, fromDataNetwork, fromMonitoring } from '@opendatasoft/api-client';

const client = new ApiClient({
    interceptRequest: async request => {
        console.log(request.url); // Log the url
        return request;
    },
});

// ../monitoring/
client.get(fromMonitoring().itself());

// ../catalog/datasets/
client.get(fromCatalog().datasets());

// ../opendatasoft/datasets/sirene@data/facets/?lang=fr
client.get(
    fromDataNetwork()
        .dataset('sirene@data')
        .facets()
        .lang('fr')
);

// ../catalog/datasets/?select=dataset_id%2C+records_count
client.get(
    fromCatalog()
        .datasets()
        .select('dataset_id, records_count')
);

// ../catalog/datasets/my-dataset/records/2ee92a48178f784a5babfc06cb42d210cab57f55/
client.get(
    fromCatalog()
        .dataset('my-dataset')
        .record('2ee92a48178f784a5babfc06cb42d210cab57f55')
);

The Query interface expose convenient parameters of an API request.

import {
    ApiClient,
    fromCatalog,
    field,
    string,
    dateTime,
    date,
    all,
    one,
} from '@opendatasoft/api-client';

fromCatalog()
    .dataset('doc-geonames-cities-5000')
    .records()
    .select('count(*), avg(f)') // You can select fields
    .select(list('f1', 'f2', 'avg(f3) as n')) // There is also a helper to select multiple fields
    .select(previous => list(previous, 'avg(f4)')) // You can also reuse the previous value, list() will ignore it if it undefined
    .where('field2 > 2') // Add a where clause
    .where('field3 > 3') // This replace the previous clause
    .where(condition => condition + ' AND field4: 4') // This combine both conditions
    .where(filter => all(filter, 'field4:4', 'field5: 5')) // condition1 AND condition2...
    .where(one('field4:4', 'field5:5')) //condition1 OR condition2...
    .where(`${field('name')}:${string('paul')}`) // string and field escaping
    .where(`${field('day')} < ${date(new Date())}`) // format Date with date or dateTime
    .where(searchTerm && `${field('name')}:${string(searchTerm)}`) // Each function ignore undefined or null values
    .groupBy(`${field('day')} , ${field('a')}+${field('b')}`) // Add a group by clause
    .orderBy('count(*)') // Or and order by clause
    .limit(10) // Set a limit
    .offset(10) // Or an offset
    .limit(currentLimit => currentLimit + 10) // useful for pagination
    .refine('field:value') // Use facet refine for faceted navigation
    .exclude('field:value') // Same for excluding
    .lang('fr'); // Force a language

Versioning

The client will follow Opendatasoft's Explore API evolution. However, versioning is handled differently by the two projects. This package follows Semantic Versioning but not the Opendatasoft's Explore API (between the 2.0 and 2.1 there are some breaking changes).

The table below shows how the API client follows Opendatasoft's Explore API evolution according to the type of change that may occur. These are examples and may not represent the exact versions of Explore API in the future.

Frameworks

You can use the client with any frontend frameworks.

Here are some samples to get you started.

React

⚠️ FIXME: Add CodeSandbox sample.

Angular

⚠️ FIXME: Add CodeSandbox sample.

Vue

⚠️ FIXME: Add CodeSandbox sample.

Svelte

⚠️ FIXME: Add CodeSandbox sample.

Resources

• Opendatasoft's APIv2.1 documentation
• Data Network API Console

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions! To do so, take a look at our Contributing Guide. It contains setup instructions, tools and scripts that can be useful if you need to work on all packages at the same time.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license.