Arena-typed

Unofficial are.na API wrapper for TypeScript

Installation

npm install arena-typed

Quick start

To get started, create a new Arena instance and use its methods.

Note: Some actions require authentication. To obtain an access token:

• Create a new application on are.na
• Copy the value named Personal access token
• Pass it to the Arena constructor ex. new Arena('your-access-token')

import Arena from 'arena-typed';

const arena = new Arena();

const channel = await arena.channels.get('arena-influences');
console.log(channel.title);

// or using promises
arena.channels.get('arena-influences').then((channel) => {
  console.log(channel.title);
});

Usage

The Arena class has four properties which are instances of subclasses with their own methods:

• users
• search
• blocks
• channels

Params

Some methods support pagination (optional), specified by pagination. Pass as an object like so: { page: 2, per: 15 }

Users

Method	Returns	Description
get(username: string)	Promise<FollowingType>	Get a specific user
channels(username: string)	Promise<Channel[]>	Get a list of the specified user's channels
followers(username: string)	Promise<User[]	Get a list of users following the specified user
following(username: string)	Promise<User[]>	Get a list of the specified user's followed channels and users

Examples

arena.users.get('testing-arena').then((users) => console.log('result', users));

arena.users.channels('testing-arena').then((channels) => console.log('result', channels));

arena.users.followers('testing-arena').then((followers) => console.log('result', followers));

arena.users.following('testing-arena').then((following) => console.log('result', following));

Search

Method	Returns	Description
all(query: string, pagination?: PaginationParams)	Promise<SearchResponse>	Perform a search
users(username: string)	Promise<User[]>	Search for users
channels(channel: string)	Promise<Channel[]	Search for channels
blocks(blocks: string)	Promise<Block[]>	Search for blocks

Examples

arena.search.all('testing').then((search) => console.log('result', search));

arena.search.users('testing-arena').then((search) => console.log('result', search));

arena.search.channels('arena-influences').then((search) => console.log('result', search));

arena.search.blocks('testing').then((search) => console.log('result', search));

Blocks

Method	Returns	Description
get(id: number)	Promise<Block>	Get a block
channels(id: number)	Promise<Channel[]	Get a list of channels the block is in
create(channel: string, data: BlockCreationData)	Promise<Block>	Create a new block in the specified channel
update(id: number, data: BlockUpdateData)	Promise<void>	Update a block that exists in the specified channel
delete(channel: string, id: number)	Promise<void>	Delete a block that exists in the specified channel

Examples

arena.blocks.channels(1234).then((channels) => console.log('channels', channels));

arena.blocks.create('new-channel-name', { source: 'new title' }).then((blocks) => console.log('result', blocks));

arena.blocks
  .update(123456, { title: 'updated title', description: 'updated description' })
  .catch((error) => console.log(error.message));

arena.blocks.delete('channel-name', 12345).catch((error) => console.log(error.message));

Channels

Method	Returns	Description
get (channel: string, pagination?: PaginationParams)	Promise<Channel>	Get a channel
thumb(channel: string)	Promise<Channel	Get basic information about a channel
connections(channel: string, pagination?: PaginationParams)	Promise<Connection>	Get all the connections within a channel
contents(channel: string, pagination?: PaginationParams)	Promise<(Channel | Block)[]>	Get only the contents of a channel (ex. no collaborators)
create(data: ChannelCreationData)	Promise<Channel>	Create a channel
update(channel: string, data: ChannelCreationData)	Promise<Channel>	Update a channel
delete(channel: string)	Promise<void>	Delete a channel
createBlock(channel: string, data: BlockCreationData)	Promise<Block>	Create a block in the specified channel
collaborators(channel: string)	Promise<User[]>	Get all users that are part of the specified channel, excluding the owner
addCollaborators(channel: string, users: CollaboratorData)	Promise<User[]>	Add collaborators to the specified channel
removeCollaborators(channel: string, users: CollaboratorData)	Promise<User[]>	Delete specified collaborators from the specified channel. Note: On the official documentaion, this request is supposed to remove users that are not specified in users. However, it currently works the other way around

Examples

arena.channels.get('channel-name').then((channel) => console.log('channel', channel));

arena.channels.thumb('channel-name').then((channel) => console.log('channel', channel));

arena.channels.connections('channel-name', { per, 20, page: 2 }).then((channels) => console.log('channel', channels));

arena.channels.contents('channel-name', { per: 3 }).then((contents) => console.log('contents', contents));

arena.channels
  .create({ title: 'new channel name', status: 'public' })
  .then((channel) => console.log('result', channel));

arena.channels
  .update('current-channel-name', { title: 'updated channel name' })
  .then((channel) => console.log('result', channel));

arena.channels
  .delete('channel-name')
  .then(() => console.log('success'))
  .catch((error) => console.log(error.message));

arena.channels
  .createBlock('channel-name', { source: 'new title' })
  .then((channels) => console.log('result', channels));

arena.channels.collaborators('channel-name').then((users) => console.log('collaborators', users));

arena.channels
  .addCollaborators('channel-name', { ids: [12345] })
  .then((channels) => console.log('result', channels));

arena.channels
  .removeCollaborators('updated-channel-name', { ids: [12345] })
  .then((channels) => console.log('result', channels));

Types

Users

Property	Type
id	number
slug	string
username	string
first_name	string
last_name	string
avatar	string
avatar_image	AvatarImage | null
channel_count	number
following_count	number
profile_id	number
follower_count	number
class	"User"
initials	string

AvatarImage

Property	Type
thumb	string
display	string

Following

Property	Type
Following	User[] | Channel[] | Block[]

UserResponse

Property	Type
base_class	"User"
channel_title	string | null
class	"User"
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number

FollowerResponse

Property	Type
users	User[]
base_class	"User"
channel_title	string | null
class	"User"
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number

FollowingResponse

Property	Type
following	FollowingType
base_class	"User"
channel_title	string | null
class	"User"
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number

UserChannelsResponse

Property	Type
channels	Channel[]
base_class	"User"
channel_title	string | null
class	"User"
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number

Search

SearchResponse

Property	Type
term	string
users	User[]
channels	Channel[]
blocks	Block[]
total_pages	number
current_page	number
per	number
length	number

Blocks

Block

Property	Type
id	number
title	string | null
updated_at	Date
created_at	Date
state	"Available" | "Failure" | "Procesed" | "Processing"
comment_count	number
generated_title	string
class	"Image" | "Text" | "Link" | "Media" | "Attachment"
base_class	"Block"
content	string | null
content_html	string | null
description	string | null
description_html	string | null
source	null | { title?: string; url: string; provider: { name: string; url: string; } | null; }
image	null | { content_type: string; display: { url: string }; filename: string; lage: { url: string }l original: { file_size: number; file_size_display: string; url: string; }; square: { url: string }; thumb: { url: string }; updated_at: Date; }
user	User
connections?	Channel[] | undefined

Connection

Property	Type
length	number
total_pages	number
current_page	number
per	number
channel_title	string | null
base_class	"Channels"
class	"Channel"
channels	Channel[]

BlocksResponse

Property	Type
length	number
total_pages	number
current_page	number
per	number
channel_title	string | null
base_class	"Block"
class	"Text"
channels	Channel[]

ChannelsResponse

Property	Type
base_class	"Block"
channel_title	string | null
channels	Channel[]
class	"Image" | "Text" | "Link" | "Media" | "Attachment"
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number

BlockCreationData

Note: Either source or content is required, but not both.

Property	Type
source	string | undefined
content	string | undefined

BlockUpdateData

Property	Type
title?	string | undefined
description?	string | undefined
content?	string | undefined

Channels

Contents

Property	Type
contents	Array<Block | Channel>

Channel

Property	Type
id	number
title	string
created_at	Date
updated_at	Date
published	boolean
open	boolean
collaboration	boolean
slug	string
length	number
kind	string
status	string
user_id	number
class	string
base_class	string
user	User
total_pages	number
current_page	number
per	number
follower_count	number
contents	(Block | Channel)[]
collaborators	User[]

BlockAttributes

Property	Type
position	number
selected	boolean
connected_at	Date
connected_by_user_id	number

PaginationParams

Property	Type
page?	number
per?	number

ChannelCreationData

Property	Type
title	string
status?	'public' | 'closed' | 'private'

CollaboratorData

Property	Type
ids	number[]

CollaboratorResponse

Property	Type
channel_title	string | null
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number

GetOrDeleteCollaboratorsResponse

Property	Type
channel_title	string | null
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number
users	User[]

AddCollaboratorsResponse

Property	Type
channel_title	string | null
current_page	number
length	number
per	number
total_pages	number
collaborators	User[]