fvdmsearchitunes
Lightweight Node.js package to quickly search the Apple iTunes Store and App Store for music, movies, apps, etc.
Example
const searchitunes = require( 'searchitunes' );
// Find free Github app for iPhone in Dutch App Store
searchitunes( {
entity: 'software',
country: 'NL',
term: 'github',
limit: 1,
price: 0,
} )
.then( console.log )
.catch( console.error )
;
// Get one specific item by ID
searchitunes( { id: 512939461 } )
.then( console.log )
.catch( console.error )
;Installation
npm i searchitunes
Interface
The module exports only one function. Arguments must be wrapped in an object. It returns a Promise.
Configuration
The parameters below can be included along with the normal API params.
| param | type | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| [timeout] | number | 5000 | Wait time out in ms |
| [userAgent] | string | searchitunes.js | User-Agent header |
| [throwEmpty] | bool | true | Throw no results instead of returning [] |
| ... | mixed | | API parameters |
itunes( {
timeout: 8000,
entity: 'software',
term: 'github',
} )Search API
For searching in the iTunes databases you simply include the search params in your request. The function will resolve with an object.
Lookup by ID
When you wish to retrieve one specific item by its ID, include one of the ID
params to use the Lookup API. The result data will be only the object with
the item's details.
ID params
- amgAlbumId
- amgArtistId
- amgVideoId
- id
- isbn
- upc
- trackId
When you lookup a trackId from a search response it will be automatically
converted to the id parameter instead. Otherwise the API won't understand it.
searchitunes( { id: 123456 } )
.then( console.log )
.catch( console.error )
;Bulk lookup
To request multiple objects at once you set one of the ID params above to an array with the item ID's. This will always return an array.
searchitunes( { id: [ 123, 789 ] } )
.then( arr => arr.forEach( processItems )
.catch( console.error )
;Errors
API errors are handled and thrown, prefixed with API:
When nothing is found it will throw with no results message. You can prevent
this behavior by setting throwEmpty to false to return an empty array.
searchitunes( {
throwEmpty: false,
entity: 'software',
term: 'github',
} )
.then( console.log )
.catch( console.error )
;Unlicense
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