endpoint.js
Turns GitHub REST API endpoints into generic request options
@octokit/endpoint combines GitHub REST API routes with your parameters and turns them into generic request options that can be used in any request library.
Usage
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Example for List organization repositories
const requestOptions = endpoint("GET /orgs/:org/repos", {
  headers: {
    authorization: "token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001"
  },
  org: "octokit",
  type: "private"
});
The resulting requestOptions looks as follows
{
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octokit/repos?type=private",
  "headers": {
    "accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
    "authorization": "token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
    "user-agent": "octokit/endpoint.js v1.2.3"
  }
}
You can pass requestOptions to commen request libraries
const { url, ...options } = requestOptions;
// using with fetch (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API)
fetch(url, options);
// using with request (https://github.com/request/request)
request(requestOptions);
// using with got (https://github.com/sindresorhus/got)
got[options.method](url, options);
// using with axios
axios(requestOptions);
API
endpoint(route, options) or endpoint(options)
| name | type | description | 
|---|---|---|
| route | String | If set, it has to be a string consisting of URL and the request method, e.g., GET /orgs/:org. If it’s set to a URL, only the method defaults toGET. | 
| options.method | String | Required unless routeis set. Any supported http verb. Defaults toGET. | 
| options.url | String | Required unless routeis set. A path or full URL which may contain:variableor{variable}placeholders,
        e.g.,/orgs/:org/repos. Theurlis parsed using url-template. | 
| options.baseUrl | String | Defaults to https://api.github.com. | 
| options.headers | Object | Custom headers. Passed headers are merged with defaults: headers['user-agent']defaults tooctokit-endpoint.js/1.2.3(where1.2.3is the released version).headers['accept']defaults toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json. | 
| options.mediaType.format | String | Media type param, such as raw,diff, ortext+json. See Media Types. Settingoptions.mediaType.formatwill amend theheaders.acceptvalue. | 
| options.mediaType.previews | Array of Strings | Name of previews, such as mercy,symmetra, orscarlet-witch. See API Previews. Ifoptions.mediaType.previewswas set as default, the new previews will be merged into the default ones. Settingoptions.mediaType.previewswill amend theheaders.acceptvalue.options.mediaType.previewswill be merged with an existing array set using.defaults(). | 
| options.data | Any | Set request body directly instead of setting it to JSON based on additional parameters. See "The dataparameter" below. | 
| options.request | Object | Pass custom meta information for the request. The requestobject will be returned as is. | 
All other options will be passed depending on the method and url options.
- If the option key has a placeholder in the url, it will be used as the replacement. For example, if the passed options are{url: '/orgs/:org/repos', org: 'foo'}the returnedoptions.urlishttps://api.github.com/orgs/foo/repos.
- If the methodisGETorHEAD, the option is passed as a query parameter.
- Otherwise, the parameter is passed in the request body as a JSON key.
Result
endpoint() is a synchronous method and returns an object with the following keys:
| key | type | description | 
|---|---|---|
| method | String | The http method. Always lowercase. | 
| url | String | The url with placeholders replaced with passed parameters. | 
| headers | Object | All header names are lowercased. | 
| body | Any | The request body if one is present. Only for PATCH,POST,PUT,DELETErequests. | 
| request | Object | Request meta option, it will be returned as it was passed into endpoint() | 
endpoint.defaults()
Override or set default options. Example:
const request = require("request");
const myEndpoint = require("@octokit/endpoint").defaults({
  baseUrl: "https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3",
  headers: {
    "user-agent": "myApp/1.2.3",
    authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`
  },
  org: "my-project",
  per_page: 100
});
request(myEndpoint(`GET /orgs/:org/repos`));
You can call .defaults() again on the returned method, the defaults will cascade.
const myProjectEndpoint = endpoint.defaults({
  baseUrl: "https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3",
  headers: {
    "user-agent": "myApp/1.2.3"
  },
  org: "my-project"
});
const myProjectEndpointWithAuth = myProjectEndpoint.defaults({
  headers: {
    authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`
  }
});
myProjectEndpointWithAuth now defaults the baseUrl, headers['user-agent'],
org and headers['authorization'] on top of headers['accept'] that is set
by the global default.
endpoint.DEFAULTS
The current default options.
endpoint.DEFAULTS.baseUrl; // https://api.github.com
const myEndpoint = endpoint.defaults({
  baseUrl: "https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3"
});
myEndpoint.DEFAULTS.baseUrl; // https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3
endpoint.merge(route, options) or endpoint.merge(options)
Get the defaulted endpoint options, but without parsing them into request options:
const myProjectEndpoint = endpoint.defaults({
  baseUrl: "https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3",
  headers: {
    "user-agent": "myApp/1.2.3"
  },
  org: "my-project"
});
myProjectEndpoint.merge("GET /orgs/:org/repos", {
  headers: {
    authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`
  },
  org: "my-secret-project",
  type: "private"
});
// {
//   baseUrl: 'https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3',
//   method: 'GET',
//   url: '/orgs/:org/repos',
//   headers: {
//     accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
//     authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`,
//     'user-agent': 'myApp/1.2.3'
//   },
//   org: 'my-secret-project',
//   type: 'private'
// }
endpoint.parse()
Stateless method to turn endpoint options into request options. Calling
endpoint(options) is the same as calling endpoint.parse(endpoint.merge(options)).
Special cases
The data parameter – set request body directly
Some endpoints such as Render a Markdown document in raw mode don’t have parameters that are sent as request body keys, instead, the request body needs to be set directly. In these cases, set the data parameter.
const options = endpoint("POST /markdown/raw", {
  data: "Hello world github/linguist#1 **cool**, and #1!",
  headers: {
    accept: "text/html;charset=utf-8",
    "content-type": "text/plain"
  }
});
// options is
// {
//   method: 'post',
//   url: 'https://api.github.com/markdown/raw',
//   headers: {
//     accept: 'text/html;charset=utf-8',
//     'content-type': 'text/plain',
//     'user-agent': userAgent
//   },
//   body: 'Hello world github/linguist#1 **cool**, and #1!'
// }
Set parameters for both the URL/query and the request body
There are API endpoints that accept both query parameters as well as a body. In that case, you need to add the query parameters as templates to options.url, as defined in the RFC 6570 URI Template specification.
Example
endpoint(
  "POST https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
  {
    name: "example.zip",
    label: "short description",
    headers: {
      "content-type": "text/plain",
      "content-length": 14,
      authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`
    },
    data: "Hello, world!"
  }
);
