This module is under heavy development.

Commonsense API module

Retrieve information from the CommonSense platform, using asynchronous http(s) calls. This module works for both Node.js as just in the browser. In the browser it depends upon the native XMLHttpRequest (or ancient ActiveXObject for IE ≤ 6) object. When used in Node.js, it uses the node-XMLHttpRequest package.

This API is heavily inspired by Commonsense-javascript-lib, although this can be seen as an replacement by providing asynchronous call. The naming convention of Commonsense-javascript-lib is changed to a more REST-style.

Install

NPM

Commonsense-node is available in NPM:

npm install commonsense

To include it in your node project, add "commonsense" to your package.json.

Bower

bower install commonsense

Usage

This library can be used within a Node.js application and in the browser.

When available in your project, the following is a typical beginning of a usecase.

  sense = new Sense()
  username = 'some_username'
  password = 'md5_of_password'

  sense.createSession username, password, (error, response) ->
    sense.devices (error, response) ->
      console.log 'Devices:', response.object

Please look at the examples for embedding in a Node.js application or a browser script.

Example projects

This is a list of public example projects which use this library:

• Secare (GitHub repo): An online segmentation tool for data from the CommonSense platform.
• Sense Power (GitHub repo): Model-Predictive-Control (MPC) of electronic devices hooked up to the CommonSense platform.

API calls

The following api calls on the Sense object are implemented. The calls follow the REST-style with the verbs (create, update, delete) prefixed. An index (list) action corresponds with the plural form and a single get with the single form. The callback is of the form next(err, response). The data argument is an optional object of headers.

  # H E L P E R  M E T H O D S #
  optimalInterval: (start, end, amount = 1000) ->

  # A U T H E N T I C A T I O N #
  createSession: (u, p, next) ->
  deleteSession: ([ data, ] next) ->

  # D A T A P R O C E S S O R S #
  dataProcessors: ([ data, ] next) ->
  dataProcessor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createDataProcessor: ([ data, ] next) ->
  updateDataProcessor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteDataProcessor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->

  # D A T A  P R O C E S S O R S  &  F I L E S #
  dataProcessorsFiles: ([ data, ] next) ->
  dataProcessorFile: (filename, [ data, ] next) ->
  createDataProcessorsFile: (filename, [ data, ] next) ->
  updateDataProcessorsFile: (filename, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteDataProcessorsFile: (filename, [ data, ] next) ->

  # D E V I C E S #
  devices: ([ data, ] next) ->
  device: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deviceSensors: (id, [ data, ] next) ->

  # E N V I R O N M E N T S #
  # TODO: implement subenvironments
  environments: ([ data, ] next) ->
  environment: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createEnvironment: ([ data, ] next) ->
  updateEnvironment: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteEnvironment: (id, [ data, ] next) ->

  # E N V I R O N M E N T S  &  S E N S O R S #
  environmentSensors: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createEnvironmentSensor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteEnvironmentSensor: (id, sensor, next) ->

  # G R O U P S #
  allGroups: ([ data, ] next) ->
  groups: ([ data, ] next) ->
  group: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createGroup: ([ data, ] next) ->
  updateGroup: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteGroup: (id, [ data, ] next) ->

  # G R O U P S  &  U S E R S #
  groupUsers: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  groupUser: (id, user, next) ->
  createGroupUser: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  updateGroupUser: (id, user, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteGroupUser: (id, user, next) ->

  # G R O U P S  &  S E N S O R S #
  groupSensors: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createGroupSensor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteGroupSensor: (id, sensor, next) ->

  # S E N S O R S #
  sensors: ([ data, ] next) ->
  sensor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createSensor: ([ data, ] next) ->
  updateSensor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteSensor: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  sensorsFind: (namespace, [ data, ] next) ->
  findOrCreateSensor: (sensor, next) ->

  # S E N S O R S  &  D A T A #
  sensorData: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createSensorData: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createSensorsData: ([ data, ] next) ->
  deleteSensorData: (id, data_id, [ data, ] next) ->

  # S E N S O R S  &  E N V I R O N M E N T S #
  sensorEnvironments: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  # S E N S O R S  &  D E V I C E S #
  sensorDevice: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createSensorDevice: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteSensorDevice: (id, [ data, ] next) ->

  # S E N S O R S  &  S E R V I C E S #
  sensorsAvailableServices: ([ data, ] next) ->
  sensorRunningServices: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  sensorAvailableServices: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createSensorService: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteSensorService: (id, service, next) ->
  sensorServiceMethods: (id, service, next) ->
  sensorServiceLearn: (id, service, [ data, ] next) ->
  sensorServiceMethod: (id, service, method, next) ->
  createSensorServiceMethod: (id, service, method, [ data, ] next) ->

  # M E T A T A G S #
  sensorsMetatags: ([ data, ] next) ->
  sensorMetatags: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createSensorMetatags: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  updateSensorMetatags: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteSensorMetaTags: (id, [ data, ] next) ->

  # U S E R S #
  currentUser: ([ data, ] next) ->
  users: ([ data, ] next) ->
  user: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  createUser: ([ data, ] next) ->
  updateUser: (id, [ data, ] next) ->
  deleteUser: (id, [ data, ] next) ->

Changelog

See the changelog for details of changes.

Testing

To test the library, please modify test/api_urls.coffee by providing your username and md5 password. Please rememeber to remove these before a commit.

Run npm test from the commandline to run the tests.

Contributing

1. Fork this repository
2. Clone it on your local machine
3. Install developer dependencies: npm install
4. Create a topic branch: git checkout -d feature
5. Make your changes
6. Verify that your changes do not break anything: npm test
7. Add tests if you introduced new functionality in test/
8. Push your changes to your fork: git push -u [YOUR_FORK] feature
9. Open a pull request describing your changes: git pull-request