This is the Factual-supported Node.js driver for Factual's public API.
$ npm install factual-apiInclude this driver in your projects:
var Factual = require('factual-api');
var factual = new Factual('YOUR_KEY', 'YOUR_SECRET');If you don't have a Factual API account yet, it's free and easy to get one.
Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Read
// Full-text search:
factual.get('/t/places',{q:"starbucks", "include_count":"true"}, function (error, res) {
console.log("show "+ res.included_rows +"/"+ res.total_row_count +" rows:", res.data);
});
// Row filters:
factual.get('/t/places', {filters:{category_ids:{"$includes":10}}}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});
factual.get('/t/places', {q:"starbucks", filters:{"region":"CA"}}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});
factual.get('/t/places', {q:"starbucks", filters:{"$or":[{"region":{"$eq":"CA"}},{"locality":"newyork"}]}}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});
// Geo filter:
factual.get('/t/places', {q:"starbucks", geo:{"$circle":{"$center":[34.041195,-118.331518],"$meters":1000}}}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});
// Get a row by factual id:
factual.get('/t/places/03c26917-5d66-4de9-96bc-b13066173c65', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data[0]);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Schema
factual.get('/t/places/schema', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.view);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Facets
// show top 5 cities that have more than 20 Starbucks in California
factual.get('/t/places/facets', {q:"starbucks", filters:{"region":"CA"}, select:"locality", "min_count":20, limit:5}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Resolve
// resovle from name and address info
factual.get('/t/places/resolve?values={"name":"McDonalds","address":"10451 Santa Monica Blvd","region":"CA","postcode":"90025"}', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});
// resolve from name and geo location
factual.get('/t/places/resolve?values={"name":"McDonalds","latitude":34.05671,"longitude":-118.42586}', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Match Match the data with Factual's, but only return the matched Factual ID:
factual.get('/t/places/match?values={"name":"McDonalds","address":"10451 Santa Monica Blvd","region":"CA","postcode":"90025"}', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/places-crosswalk/ Query with factual id, and only show entites from Yelp:
factual.get('/t/crosswalk?filters={"factual_id":"57ddbca5-a669-4fcf-968f-a1c8210a479a","namespace":"yelp"}', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Or query with an entity from Foursquare:
factual.get('/t/crosswalk?filters={"namespace":"foursquare", "namespace_id":"4ae4df6df964a520019f21e3"}', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Multi Query read and facets in one request:
var readQuery = factual.requestUrl('/t/places', {q:"starbucks", geo:{"$circle":{"$center":[34.041195,-118.331518],"$meters":1000}}});
var facetsQuery = factual.requestUrl('/t/places/facets', {q:"starbucks", filters:{"region":"CA"}, select:"locality", "min_count":20, limit:5});
factual.get('/multi', {queries:{
read: readQuery,
facets: facetsQuery
}}, function (error, res) {
console.log('read:', res.read.response);
console.log('facets:', res.facets.response);
});Note that sub-responses in multi's response object might be factual api's error responses.
Use fulltext search query to get deals about fried chicken in Los Angeles:
factual.get('/places/monetize', {q:"Fried Chicken,Los Angeles"}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Geocode Get the nearest valid address from a latitude and longitude
factual.get('/places/geocode', {geo:{"$point":[34.06021,-118.41828]}}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Geopulse Get geographic attributes from a latitude and longitude
factual.get('/places/geopulse', {geo:{"$point":[34.06021,-118.41828]}}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});World Geographies contains administrative geographies (states, counties, countries), natural geographies (rivers, oceans, continents), and assorted geographic miscallaney. This resource is intended to complement the Global Places and add utility to any geo-related content.
factual.get('/t/world-geographies?select=neighbors&filters={"factual_id":{"$eq":"08ca0f62-8f76-11e1-848f-cfd5bf3ef515"}}', function (error, res) {
console.log(res.data);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Submit NOTICE: At the current time, this API call is ONLY compatible with places-v3. Please see the the migration page for more details.
factual.post('/t/global/submit', {
values: JSON.stringify({
name: "Factual North",
address: "1 North Pole",
latitude: 90,
longitude: 0
}),
user: "a_user_id"
}, function (error, res) {
console.log(res);
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Diffs NOTICE: Server support for this feature is still under development. You are getting a preview of how this driver will support the feature. If you try using this feature now, you may not get a successful response. We will remove this notice once the feature is fully supported.
// callback to handle all the diffs
var now = new Date().getTime();
var start = now - 7*24*3600*1000; // last week
factual.get('/t/global/diffs?start='+start+'&end='+now, function (err, res) {
console.log(res);
});
// callback to handle each diff
factual.get('/t/global/diffs?start='+start+'&end='+now, {
customCallback: function (req) {
req.on('response', function (response) {
var data = "";
var cb = function () {
var idx;
while (-1 != (idx = data.indexOf("\n"))) {
var row = data.slice(0, idx);
data = data.slice(idx + 1);
if (row.length > 2) console.log(JSON.parse(row));
}
};
response.setEncoding('utf8');
response.on('data', function (chunk) {
data += chunk.toString();
cb();
});
response.on('end', function () {
if (data) cb();
});
response.on('close', function () {
if (data) cb();
});
response.on('error', function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
});
req.end();
}
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Flag NOTICE: At the current time, this API call is ONLY compatible with places-v3. Please see the the migration page for more details.
factual.post('/t/global/21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D/flag', {
problem: "duplicate",
user: "a_user_id",
comment: "I think this is identical to 9d676355-6c74-4cf6-8c4a-03fdaaa2d66a"
}, function (error, res) {
if (!error) console.log("success");
});Doc: http://developer.factual.com/api-docs/#Clear Clear existing attributes in an entity
factual.post('/t/global/21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D/clear', {
fields: "address_extended,latitude,longitude",
user: "a_user_id"
}, function (error, res) {
if (!error) console.log("success");
});The error object is the first argument of the callback functions, it will be null if no errors.
To see detailed debug information at runtime, you can turn on Debug Mode:
// start debug mode
factual.startDebug();
// run your querie(s)
// stop debug mode
factual.stopDebug();Debug Mode will output useful information about what's going on, including the request sent to Factual and the response from Factual, outputting to stdout and stderr.
If you want to send the requests to other hosts/port instead of "http://api.v3.factual.com:80", you can set it manually:
// 1.set globally
factual.setBaseURI('http://dev.api.v3.factual.com');
// back to default
factual.setBaseURI();
// 2. set for each request
factual.get('http://dev.api.v3.factual.com/t/places',{q:"starbucks", "include_count":"true"}, function (error, res) {
});You can set the request timeout(in milliseconds) now:
// set the timeout as 1 second
factual.setRequestTimeout(1000);
// clear the custom timeout setting
factual.setRequestTimeout();You will get [Error: socket hang up] for custom timeout errors.
If you think you've identified a specific bug in this driver, please file an issue in the github repo. Please be as specific as you can, including:
- What you did to surface the bug
- What you expected to happen
- What actually happened
- Detailed stack trace and/or line numbers
If you are having any other kind of issue, such as unexpected data or strange behaviour from Factual's API (or you're just not sure WHAT'S going on), please contact us through GetSatisfaction.