LeanKit Node Client

The LeanKit client module for Node.js provides an easy-to-use set of functions designed to simplify the integration of external systems and utilities with your LeanKit account. The client supports both callbacks and promises. There is also a LeanKitEvents module for subscribing to board events.

Requirements

• Node.js
• A LeanKit account

Installing the client

npm install leankit-client

Client usage (callbacks)

var LeanKitClient = require( "leankit-client" );
var client = new LeanKitClient( "account-name", "[email protected]", "your-p@ssw0rd" );

client.getBoards( function( err, boards ) {
	console.log( boards );
} );

Client usage (promises)

var LeanKitClient = require( "leankit-client" );
var client = new LeanKitClient( "account-name", "[email protected]", "your-p@ssw0rd" );

client.getBoards().then( function( boards ) {
	console.log( boards );
}, function( err ) {
	console.log( "ERR:", err );
} );

Review the tests for a full list of client functions and how to use them.

Subscribe to events

The LeanKit Client includes a module for monitoring a board for events, such as when cards are created, moved, assigned, and so forth.

Events usage

var LeanKitEvents = require( "leankit-client/events" );
var events = new LeanKitEvents( client, boardId [, version] [, pollInterval] );
events.on( "event-name", function( e ) {
	// Do something with the event
} );
events.start();

Constructor options

Parameter	Description
client	An instance of the LeanKitClient.
boardId	The ID of the LeanKit Board to subscribe to.
version	Optional Board version number. If events have occurred since the given version, those will be returned immediately.
pollInterval	Optional polling interval in seconds. The default is 30 seconds.

Sample

var LeanKitClient = require( "leankit-client" );
var LeanKitEvents = require( "leankit-client/events" );
var client = new LeanKitClient( "account-name", "[email protected]", "your-p@ssw0rd" );
var boardId = 445566789; // The board ID to subscribe to
var events = new LeanKitEvents( client, boardId );
events.on( "card-creation", function( e ) {
	console.log( e );
} );
events.start();

Sample output when a card is added to the subscribed board:

{ cardId: 123456789,
  eventType: 'card-creation',
  eventDateTime: '11/06/2015 03:38:05 PM',
  message: 'David Neal created the Card [Sample Card 1] within Lane [ToDo].',
  toLaneId: 456789123,
  fromLaneId: null,
  requiresBoardRefresh: false,
  isBlocked: false,
  blockedComment: null,
  userId: 62984826,
  assignedUserId: 0,
  isUnassigning: false,
  commentText: null,
  wipOverrideComment: null,
  wipOverrideLane: 0,
  wipOverrideUser: 0,
  taskboardParentCardId: 0,
  taskboardId: 0,
  boardVersion: 2 }

Card events

Event	Description
card-creation	Occurs when a new card is added to a board.
card-move	Occurs when a card is moved on the board.
card-fields-changed	Occurs when a card's fields are modified (e.g. Title, Description, and so forth)
comment-post	Occurs when a user posts a comment on a card.
user-assignment	Occurs when users are assigned or unassigned from a card. Check the isUnassigning property to know whether the user is being assigned or unassigned.
attachment-change	Occurs when an attachment is added to a card.
card-blocked	Occurs when a card is blocked or unblocked. Check the isBlocked property to know whether the card was blocked or unblocked.
card-move-from-board	Occurs when a card is moved from the board being monitored to another board.
card-move-to-board	Occurs when a card is moved from another board to the board being monitored.
card-deleted	Occurs when a card is deleted.

Board events

Event	Description
board-edit	Occurs when the board layout/structure is modified.
activity-types-changed	Occurs when custom icons are modified.
board-card-types-changed	Occurs when card types for the board are modified.

Proxy support

To use the LeanKit client behind a proxy server, pass an options object to the module constructor that includes the proxy server. For example:

var LeanKitClient = require("leankit-client");
var client = LeanKitClient.createClient("account-name", "[email protected]", "your-p@ssw0rd", { "proxy": "http://localproxy.com" } );

This options object is the same object used by the request module.

Installing manually

• Install babel

• Clone or download the leankit-node-client Github repository.

• Open a Terminal window, change to the repository folder, and install dependent packages.

   npm install
  

• Create a folder in your node application's node_modules folder named leankit-client (e.g. `[project-name]/node_modules/leankit-client).

• Copy all the files and folders in the leankit-node-client folder to the leankit-client folder created in the previous step.

Running tests

• Set environment variables for the LeanKit account you wish to test with.

  OSX/Linux

   export LEANKIT_ACCOUNT=your-account-name
   export [email protected]
   export LEANKIT_PASSWORD=your-p@ssw0rd
   export LEANKIT_TEST_BOARD=name-of-your-test-board
  

  Windows

   setx LEANKIT_ACCOUNT "your-account-name"
   setx LEANKIT_EMAIL "[email protected]"
   setx LEANKIT_PASSWORD "your-p@ssw0rd"
   setx LEANKIT_TEST_BOARD "name-of-your-test-board"
  

  Note: On Windows, you will need to reopen your command prompt after setting environment variables.

• Install Mocha

   npm install -g mocha
  

• Open Terminal and change to the LeanKit Node Client directory

• Run tests

   npm test
  

Questions?

Visit support.leankit.com.

License

The LeanKit Node Client is licensed under MIT. Refer to license.txt for more information.