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canada-api

v5.1.5

Published

Cross platform API to fetch data from canada.ca

Downloads

911

Readme

(Français)

canada-api

NPM Version License: MIT

Cross platform API for fetching public data from canada.ca.

Browser

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script>

Node 18+

Install

npm install canada-api

Usage

import ca from 'canada-api'

Testing

npm test

Tests use the built-in Node.js test runner (node:test) and require Node 18 or later.

API

ca.normalize(url)

  • url {string|URL} - Full URL or relative path (e.g. '/en/page' or 'https://www.canada.ca/en/page')
  • Returns: {URL} Normalized URL object with cleaned pathname

Validates and normalizes a canada.ca URL. Strips the /content/canadasite prefix, file extensions, and trailing slashes.

Throws {TypeError} if url is not a string or URL object. Throws {Error} if the URL is not on canada.ca or the path does not start with /en/ or /fr/.

ca.children(url)

  • url {string|URL} - Absolute or relative URL
  • Returns: {Promise} Fulfills with a response whose data is an array of sitemap entries

Fetches and parses the sitemap for the given page, returning its child pages. Entries without a <loc> element are skipped.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "path": "/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf",
      "lastmod": "2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "text/xml"
  }
}

ca.content(url)

  • url {string|URL} - Absolute or relative URL
  • Returns: {Promise} Fulfills with a response whose data is the raw HTML string

Retrieves the HTML content of the page.

{
  "data": "<!DOCTYPE html>...",
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "text/html"
  }
}

ca.meta(url)

  • url {string|URL} - Absolute or relative URL
  • Returns: {Promise} Fulfills with a response whose data is a formatted metadata object

Fetches JCR metadata for the given page. The following transformations are applied:

  • String "true" / "false" values are converted to booleans
  • @TypeHint properties are removed
  • Empty arrays are removed
  • Date strings are converted to ISO 8601
  • Keys are sorted alphabetically
  • A normalized peer field is added when gcAltLanguagePeer is present
{
  "data": {
    "cq:lastModified": "2022-10-25T19:16:28.000Z",
    "fluidWidth": false,
    "peer": "/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/feuille-erable"
  },
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/json"
  }
}

ca.request

  • url {string|URL} - Absolute or relative URL
  • options {RequestInit} - Optional fetch options
  • Returns: {Promise} Fulfills with a response object

Raw HTTP client with https://www.canada.ca as the base URL. Use this for any requests not covered by the methods above. No URL transformation is applied. Response bodies with a application/json content type are automatically parsed.

const response = await ca.request('/en/department-national-defence.html');

All methods return the same response shape:

{
  "data": "...",
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "text/html"
  }
}

canada-api

NPM Version License: MIT

API multiplateforme pour récupérer des données publiques de canada.ca.

Navigateur

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script>

Node 18+

Installation

npm install canada-api

Utilisation

import ca from 'canada-api'

API

ca.normalize(url)

  • url {string|URL} - URL complète ou chemin relatif (p. ex. '/fr/page' ou 'https://www.canada.ca/fr/page')
  • Retourne: {URL} Objet URL normalisé avec un chemin nettoyé

Valide et normalise une URL de canada.ca. Supprime le préfixe /content/canadasite, les extensions de fichier et les barres obliques finales.

Lève {TypeError} si url n'est pas une chaîne ou un objet URL. Lève {Error} si l'URL n'est pas sur canada.ca ou si le chemin ne commence pas par /en/ ou /fr/.

ca.children(url)

  • url {string|URL} - URL absolue ou relative
  • Retourne: {Promise} Résout avec une réponse dont data est un tableau d'entrées du plan de site

Récupère et analyse le plan de site de la page donnée, retournant ses pages enfants. Les entrées sans élément <loc> sont ignorées.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "path": "/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/feuille-erable",
      "lastmod": "2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "text/xml"
  }
}

ca.content(url)

  • url {string|URL} - URL absolue ou relative
  • Retourne: {Promise} Résout avec une réponse dont data est la chaîne HTML brute

Récupère le contenu HTML de la page.

{
  "data": "<!DOCTYPE html>...",
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "text/html"
  }
}

ca.meta(url)

  • url {string|URL} - URL absolue ou relative
  • Retourne: {Promise} Résout avec une réponse dont data est un objet de métadonnées formaté

Récupère les métadonnées JCR de la page donnée. Les transformations suivantes sont appliquées :

  • Les valeurs "true" / "false" sont converties en booléens
  • Les propriétés @TypeHint sont supprimées
  • Les tableaux vides sont supprimés
  • Les chaînes de date sont converties en ISO 8601
  • Les clés sont triées alphabétiquement
  • Un champ peer normalisé est ajouté lorsque gcAltLanguagePeer est présent
{
  "data": {
    "cq:lastModified": "2022-10-25T19:16:28.000Z",
    "fluidWidth": false,
    "peer": "/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf"
  },
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/json"
  }
}

ca.request

  • url {string|URL} - URL absolue ou relative
  • options {RequestInit} - Options fetch optionnelles
  • Retourne: {Promise} Résout avec un objet réponse

Client HTTP brut avec https://www.canada.ca comme URL de base. Utilisez-le pour toute requête non couverte par les méthodes ci-dessus. Aucune transformation d'URL n'est appliquée. Les corps de réponse avec un type de contenu application/json sont automatiquement analysés.

const response = await ca.request('/fr/ministere-defense-nationale.html');

Toutes les méthodes retournent la même structure de réponse :

{
  "data": "...",
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "text/html"
  }
}