app-json-fetcher

A CORS-friendly webservice (and node module) for fetching app.json file content from GitHub and Bitbucket repos

Installation

Download node at nodejs.org and install it, if you haven't already.

npm install app-json-fetcher --save

Run it as a service

git clone https://github.com/app-json/app-json-fetcher
npm install
npm start

Use it programatically

npm install app-json-fetcher --save

var fetch = require("app-json-fetcher").fetch

// Github shorthand
fetch("github:zeke/slideshow", function(err, manifest) {
  console.log(err, manifest)
})

// Bitbucket shorthand
fetch("bitbucket:sikelianos/web-starter-kit", function(err, manifest) {
  console.log(err, manifest)
})

// Long URL with branch or commit
fetch("https://github.com/zeke/moby/tree/master", function(err, manifest) {
  console.log(err, manifest)
})

Sample endpoints

• https://app-json-fetcher.herokuapp.com/?repository=github:zeke/slideshow
• https://app-json-fetcher.herokuapp.com/?repository=bitbucket:sikelianos/web-starter-kit
• https://app-json-fetcher.herokuapp.com/?repository=https://github.com/zeke/slideshow/tree/master/app.json

Tests

npm install
npm test

License

MIT