Asynchronous FamilySearch client API for Node.js

fsapi is a client library for accessing the FamilySearch APIs from Node.js

Version 0.1.0

Installation

You can install fsapi and its dependencies with npm by adding it to your package.json, or running npm install fsapi.

"dependencies": {
  "fsapi": "0.1.0"
}

Getting started

There is a simple example Express application in the example directory. To run the example, you need to add your developer key in place of the developerKey: 'NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN', and then run:

node example.js

You can test the app in your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3113/ Ig you want to run it on a different host, then update the callbackURL: "http://127.0.0.1:"+PORT+"/auth/familysearch/callback" to match where you are running it.

Setup API

The developerKey listed below can be obtained from devnet.familysearch.org/.

var FSApi = require('fsapi');

var fsapi = require('../lib/fsapi')({
  developerKey: 'NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN',
  userAgent: "node-fsapi-example-express/0.1.0",
  referenceHost: "https://sandbox.familysearch.org",
  callbackURL: "http://127.0.0.1:"+PORT+"/auth/familysearch/callback"
});

The required parameters are developerKey and callbackURL, which must match the URL where your app can be reached.

If you leave referenceHost blank, it will default to https://api.familysearch.org

REST API

fsapi.pedigree('KWC8-Q7X', function (err, data) {
console.log(console.dir(data));

});

Search API

fsapi.search('Theras Orson Allred', function(err, data) {
	console.log(console.dir(data));
});

Contributors

• redbugz - initial author

TODO

• document the proxy
• search
• pedigree
• person read