A node.js client for the Postmates API.
Install the module:
$ npm install --save postmatesCreate an instance of Postmates that you can use to interact with their endpoints:
var Postmates = require('postmates');
var postmates = new Postmates('yourCustomerId', 'yourAPIkey');Get a quote:
var delivery = {
pickup_address: "20 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA",
dropoff_address: "101 Market St, San Francisco, CA"
};
postmates.quote(delivery, function(err, res) {
console.log(res.body.fee); // 799
});Create a delivery:
var delivery = {
manifest: "a box of kittens",
pickup_name: "The Warehouse",
pickup_address: "20 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA",
pickup_phone_number: "555-555-5555",
pickup_business_name: "Optional Pickup Business Name, Inc.",
pickup_notes: "Optional note that this is Invoice #123",
dropoff_name: "Alice",
dropoff_address: "101 Market St, San Francisco, CA",
dropoff_phone_number: "415-555-1234",
dropoff_business_name: "Optional Dropoff Business Name, Inc.",
dropoff_notes: "Optional note to ring the bell",
quote_id: "qUdje83jhdk"
};
postmates.new(delivery, function(err, res) {
// `res.body`
});Get delivery details:
postmates.get('qUdje83jhdk', function(err, res) {
console.log(res.body.status); // "pickup"
});Get all deliveries:
postmates.list('ongoing', function(err, res) {
// `res.body` is an array of Delivery objects
});Cancel a delivery:
postmates.cancel('qUdje83jhdk', function(err, res) {
// `res.body`
});Create a new Postmates instance that can get quotes, create deliveries, get delivery details, and cancel deliveries.
Get a Delivery Quote. Parameter object required:
{
pickup_address: "20 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA",
dropoff_address: "101 Market St, San Francisco, CA"
}Sample DeliveryQuote response:
{
kind: "delivery_quote",
id: "dqt_qUdje83jhdk",
created: "2014-08-26T10:04:03Z",
expires: "2014-08-26T10:09:03Z",
fee: 799,
currency: "usd",
dropoff_eta: "2014-08-26T12:15:03Z",
duration: 60
}Create a Delivery. Parameter object required:
{
manifest: "a box of kittens",
pickup_name: "The Warehouse",
pickup_address: "20 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA",
pickup_phone_number: "555-555-5555",
pickup_business_name: "Optional Pickup Business Name, Inc.",
pickup_notes: "Optional note that this is Invoice #123",
dropoff_name: "Alice",
dropoff_address: "101 Market St, San Francisco, CA",
dropoff_phone_number: "415-555-1234",
dropoff_business_name: "Optional Dropoff Business Name, Inc.",
dropoff_notes: "Optional note to ring the bell",
quote_id: "qUdje83jhdk"
}Retrieve a Delivery. Parameter deliveryId required.
Sample Delivery response:
{
kind: "delivery",
created: "2014-08-26T10:04:03Z",
updated: "2014-08-26T11:21:16Z",
status: "pickup",
complete: false,
pickup_eta: "2014-08-26T10:16:00Z",
dropoff_eta: "2014-08-26T10:29:00Z",
dropoff_deadline: "2014-08-26T10:45:00Z",
quote_id: "qUdje83jhdk",
fee: 799,
currency: "usd",
manifest: {
description: "10kg cardboard box",
},
pickup: {
name: "The Warehouse",
phone_number: "5555555555",
address: "20 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102",
notes: "Invoice #123",
location: {
lat: 37.781116,
lng: -122.412339
},
},
dropoff: {
name: "Alice Customer"
phone_number: "4155555555",
address: "101 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105",
notes: "Ring the bell, meow loudly.",
location: {
lat: 37.793274,
lng: -122.395934
},
},
courier: {
name: "Robo Courier",
location: {
lat: 37.42291810,
lng: -122.08542120
},
img_href: "https://images.postmates.com/06c9a53c-f89f-4eac-8861-60e34039d9ea/121.jpg"
}
}Retrieve all deliveries for a customer. Parameter filter is optional. An example of filter is 'ongoing', which would return a list of all deliveries with statuses 'ongoing'.
Sample response:
{ url: '/v1/customers/cus_JVGEOrY-m6BTMk/deliveries/',
total_count: 2,
object: 'list',
data:
[ { status: 'pickup',
dropoff: [Object],
updated: '2014-12-11T04:02:15Z',
fee: 850,
quote_id: 'dqt_K7ZMDY1grpRfX-',
complete: false,
courier: [Object],
created: '2014-12-11T04:02:11Z',
kind: 'delivery',
manifest: [Object],
currency: 'usd',
pickup: [Object],
dropoff_deadline: '2014-12-11T05:02:11Z',
live_mode: false,
pickup_eta: '2014-12-11T04:21:03Z',
dropoff_eta: '2014-12-11T04:35:49Z',
id: 'del_K7ZMFsDXNzKEdk' },
{ status: 'pickup',
dropoff: [Object],
updated: '2014-12-11T04:02:16Z',
fee: 850,
quote_id: 'dqt_K7ZLwn80kzO2Ok',
complete: false,
courier: [Object],
created: '2014-12-11T04:01:13Z',
kind: 'delivery',
manifest: [Object],
currency: 'usd',
pickup: [Object],
dropoff_deadline: '2014-12-11T05:01:13Z',
live_mode: false,
pickup_eta: '2014-12-11T04:12:00Z',
dropoff_eta: '2014-12-11T04:26:46Z',
id: 'del_K7ZM1OkQgoaBrF' } ],
next_href: null }Cancel an ongoing delivery. Parameter deliveryId required.
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