Network

Requests/connections made using this method must be made to https resources.
Requests/connections made to http resources are only allowed for 127.0.0.1/localhost when running as a local loop.
API
Example
Permissions
decode
Converts the passed inUint8Array object into a string.
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import { network } from '@oliveai/ldk';
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// You won't often define a Uint8Array manually, rather you would
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// get it back as the result from a network or filesystem call
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const uintArray = new Uint8Array([70, 111, 111]);
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​
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network.decode(uint8Array).then((stringValue) => {
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    // Would output to the console "Foo"
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    console.log(stringValue);
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}
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encode
Converts the passed in string into a Uint8Array.
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import { network } from '@oliveai/ldk';
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const testString = 'Foo';
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network.encode(testString).then((uintValue) => {
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    // Would output to the console "[70, 111, 111]"
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    console.log(uintValue.toString());
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};
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httpRequest
Generates a network request to an API. Returns the response from the API. The domain that the request is going to needs to be specified in the permissions block.
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import { network } from '@oliveai/ldk';
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// Must go to a https address or specific IP.
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const url = 'https://some.api.com';
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// Standard HTTP request methods
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const method = 'GET';
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// Optional parameter. Headers for the request are given as 
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// a Record<string, string[]> object.
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const headers = {
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    'some-required-header': ['Foo', 'Bar'],
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};
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// Optional parameter. The encoded value of the body of the HTTP request
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const body = new Uint8Array([70, 111, 111]);
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// Optional parameter. The time in milliseconds to await a response from 
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// the API before automatically failing the request
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const timeoutMs = 5000;
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network.httpRequest({
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    url,
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    method,
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    headers,
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    body,
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    timeoutMs,
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}).then((httpResponse) => {
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    // The response from the server returns back a statusCode, body, 
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    // and headers. 200 should mean the call was successful.
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    if (httpResponse.statusCode === 200) {
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        // The body is encoded as a Uint8Array and needs to be decoded
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        // in order to interpret it
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        network.decode(httpResponse.body).then((decodedValue) => {
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            console.log(decodedValue);
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        });
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    }
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});
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webSocketConnect
Establishes a web socket connection to the specified server. Unless you have set up the API to be a web socket connection, httpRequest() would usually be what you want.
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import { network } from '@oliveai/ldk';
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// Must go to a secure address or specific IP.
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const url = 'wss://some.api.com';
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​
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// Optional parameter. Headers for the request are given as 
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// a Record<string, string[]> object.
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const headers = {
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    'some-required-header': ['Foo', 'Bar'],
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};
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​
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// Optional parameter. Indicates whether the web socket server 
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// uses compression or not
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const useCompression = false;
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// Optional parameter. Describes the subprotocols used by the server
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const subprotocols = ['value1', 'value2'];
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network.webSocketConnect({
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    url,
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    headers,
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    useCompression,
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    subprotocols,
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}).then((socket) => {
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    // The return from this promise is an object of the type Socket.
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    // Sockets have several different functions that allow bidirectional
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    // communication between it and the server. All functions are also
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    // promises that can be chained.
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    socket.setCloseHandler((error, code, text) => {
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        // Configure how to handle close...
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    });
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    socket.setMessageHandler((error, message) => {
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        // Configure how to handle different messages received...
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    });
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    socket.setPongHandler((error, msg) => {
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        // Configure how to handle the message received after pinging 
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        // the server...
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    });
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    socket.writeMessage(message).then(() => {
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        // Write a message back to the server...
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    });
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    socket.ping(); // Ping the server, which should respond with a pongD
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    socket.close(); // Close the socket connection
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});
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Developers will often have their own set of APIs that they will want to access with information that has been entered by a user of Olive Helps. Let's say that you are one such developer, and you have an API that returns information based on a date range that the user enters in through a Whisper.
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import { network } from '@oliveai/ldk';
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const callApi = (minDate, maxDate) => {
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    network.httpRequest({
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        url: `https://my.test.api/test-route?min=${minDate}&max=${maxDate}`,
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        method: 'GET',
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    }).then((httpResponse) => {
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        // Check the response to see if it was successful
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        if (httpResponse.status === 200) {
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            // If successful, then we can use the data we received.
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            network.decode(httpResponse.body).then((stringValue) => {
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                const data = JSON.parse(stringValue);
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                // Do what your loop needs to do with the data it received,
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                // whether that be displaying it back to the user or doing
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                // further calculations based on the information received.
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            });
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        } else {
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            console.error('Something went wrong');
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        }
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    });
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};
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To use the Network Aptitude, use the following permissions outline in your package.json under the ldk object.
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Please see our Permissions page for more information.
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...
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"ldk": {
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  "permissions": {
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    "network": {
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      "urlDomains": [
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        {
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          "value": "string"
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        },
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        ...
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      ]
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    },
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    ...
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  }
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},
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...
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Each value should only include the domain (no scheme or path), and the only supported wildcard is if it starts with *.. If you do not specify a domain your Loop attempts to access, Olive Helps will reject the request. This is done to ensure a user feels confident that a Loop isn't sending or getting information to something unexpected.
Updating the network permissions requires uninstalling/reinstalling the local loop for the permission changes to take effect. This will be fixed in a future release.
Examples
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{
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  "ldk": {
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    "permissions": {
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      "network": {
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        "urlDomains": [
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          {
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            "value": "your.api.com"
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          },
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          {
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             "value": "127.0.0.1"
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          },
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          {
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             "value": "*.domain.com"
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          }
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        ]
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      }
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    }
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  }
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}
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