CiviCRM API

JavaScript (and TypeScript) client for the CiviCRM API.

Installation

npm install civicrm-api

Usage

import { createClient } from "civicrm-api";

const client = createClient({
  baseUrl: "https://example.com/civicrm",
  auth: { apiKey: "<your-api-key>" },
  entities: { contact: "Contact" },
});

const contactRequest = client.contact.get({ where: { id: 1 } }).one();

API v3

You can optionally create an API v3 client by providing the relevant configuration:

const client = createClient({
  // ...
  api3: {
    enabled: true,
    entities: {
      contact: {
        name: "Contact",
        actions: {
          getList: "getlist",
        },
      },
    },
});

const contactsRequest = client.contact.getList();

API

createClient(options: ClientOptions): Client

Configure a CiviCRM API client.

options.baseUrl

The base URL of the CiviCRM installation.

options.auth

The API key, JWT, or username and password that will be used to authenticate requests. Refer to the CiviCRM authentication documentation.

const client = createClient({
  // ...

  auth: { apiKey: "api-key" },
  //=> X-Civi-Auth: Bearer api-key

  auth: { jwt: "jwt" },
  //=> X-Civi-Auth: Bearer jwt

  auth: { username: "user", password: "pass" },
  //=> X-Civi-Auth: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz
});

options.entities

An object containing entities the client will be used to make requests for. Keys will be used to reference the entity within the client, and values should match the entity in CiviCRM:

const client = createClient({
  // ...
  entities: {
    contact: "Contact",
    activity: "Activity",
  },
});

options.requestOptions

Set default request options for all requests.

Accepts the same options as fetch.

Headers will be merged with the default headers.

options.debug

Enable logging request and response details to the console.

options.api3.enabled

Enable API v3 client.

const client = createClient({
  // ...
  api3: {
    enabled: true,
  },
});

options.api3.entities

An object containing entities and actions the API v3 client will be used to make requests for. Keys will be used to reference the entity within the client. The value contains the name of the entity in API v3, and an object of actions, where the key is used to reference the action within the client, and the value is the action in API v3.

const client = createClient({
  // ...
  api3: {
    enabled: true,
    entities: {
      contact: {
        name: "Contact",
        actions: {
          getList: "getlist",
        },
      },
    },
  },
});

client.<entity>: Api4.RequestBuilder

Create a request builder for a configured entity.

Request builder

Request builders are used to build and execute requests.

Methods can be chained, and the request is executed by calling .then() or starting a chain with await.

// Using .then()
client.contact
  .get({ where: { id: 1 } })
  .one()
  .then((contact) => {
    //
  });

// Using await
const contact = await client.contact.get({ where: { id: 1 } }).one();

get(params?: Api4.Params): Api4.RequestBuilder

create(params?: Api4.Params): Api4.RequestBuilder

update(params?: Api4.Params): Api4.RequestBuilder

save(params?: Api4.Params): Api4.RequestBuilder

delete(params?: Api4.Params): Api4.RequestBuilder

getChecksum(params?: Api4.Params): Api4.RequestBuilder

Set the action for the request to the method name, and optionally set request parameters.

params

An object accepting parameters accepted by CiviCRM including select, where, having, join, groupBy, orderBy, limit, offset and values.

Alternatively accepts a key-value object for methods like getChecksum.

one(): Api4.RequestBuilder

Return a single record (i.e. set the index of the request to 0).

chain(label: string, requestBuilder: Api4.RequestBuilder): Api4.RequestBuilder

Chain a request for another entity within the current API call.

const contact = await client.contact
  .get({ where: { id: 1 } })
  .chain(
    "activity",
    client.activity.get({ where: { target_contact_id: "$id" } }),
  )
  .one();

console.log(contact);
// => { id: 1, activity: [{ target_contact_id: 1, ... }], ... }

label

The label for the chained request, which will be used access the result of the chained request within the response.

requestBuilder

A request builder for the chained request.

options(requestOptions: RequestInit): Api4.RequestBuilder

Set request options.

requestOptions

Accepts the same options as fetch.

Headers will be merged with the default headers.

client.contact.get().options({
  headers: {
    "X-Custom-Header": "value",
  },
  cache: "no-cache",
});

client.api3.<entity>: Api3.RequestBuilder

Create an API v3 request builder for a configured entity.

Request builder

Request builders are used to build and execute requests.

Methods can be chained, and the request is executed by calling .then() or starting a chain with await.

// Using .then()
client.api3.contact.getList({ input: "example" }).then((contacts) => {
  //
});

// Using await
const contacts = await client.getList({ input: "example" });

<action>(params?: Api3.Params): Api3.RequestBuilder

Set the action for the request, and optionally set request parameters.

addOption(option: string, value: Api3.Value): Api3.RequestBuilder

Set API options.

client.api3.contact.getList().addOption("limit", 10);

options(requestOptions: RequestInit): Api3.RequestBuilder

Set request options.

requestOptions

Accepts the same options as fetch.

Headers will be merged with the default headers.

client.api3.contact.getList().options({
  headers: {
    "X-Custom-Header": "value",
  },
  cache: "no-cache",
});

Alternatives

• The civicrm package from Tech to The People offers a different approach to building requests.

Development

Install dependencies

npm install

Run tests

npm test

Build the package

npm run build

Releasing

1. Increment the version number and create a tag:

   npm version <major|minor|patch|prerelease>

2. Push the tag to GitHub:

   git push --tags

3. Create a release on GitHub. The package will be built and published to npm automatically by GitHub Actions.