Route API

Route instances provide access for arbitrary HTTP requests. This allows easy access to Foxx services and other HTTP APIs not covered by the driver itself.

route.route

route.route([path], [headers]): Route

Returns a new Route instance for the given path (relative to the current route) that can be used to perform arbitrary HTTP requests.

Arguments

• path: string (optional)

  The relative URL of the route.

• headers: Object (optional)

  Default headers that should be sent with each request to the route.

If path is missing, the route will refer to the base URL of the database.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const users = route.route("users");
// equivalent to db.route('my-foxx-service/users')

route.get

async route.get([path,] [qs]): Response

Performs a GET request to the given URL and returns the server response.

Arguments

• path: string (optional)

  The route-relative URL for the request. If omitted, the request will be made to the base URL of the route.

• qs: string (optional)

  The query string for the request. If qs is an object, it will be translated to a query string.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const response = await route.get();
// response.body is the response body of calling
// GET _db/_system/my-foxx-service

// -- or --

const response = await route.get("users");
// response.body is the response body of calling
// GET _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users

// -- or --

const response = await route.get("users", { group: "admin" });
// response.body is the response body of calling
// GET _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users?group=admin

route.post

async route.post([path,] [body, [qs]]): Response

Performs a POST request to the given URL and returns the server response.

Arguments

• path: string (optional)

  The route-relative URL for the request. If omitted, the request will be made to the base URL of the route.

• body: string (optional)

  The response body. If body is an object, it will be encoded as JSON.

• qs: string (optional)

  The query string for the request. If qs is an object, it will be translated to a query string.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const response = await route.post();
// response.body is the response body of calling
// POST _db/_system/my-foxx-service

// -- or --

const response = await route.post("users");
// response.body is the response body of calling
// POST _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users

// -- or --

const response = await route.post("users", {
  username: "admin",
  password: "hunter2"
});
// response.body is the response body of calling
// POST _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users
// with JSON request body {"username": "admin", "password": "hunter2"}

// -- or --

const response = await route.post(
  "users",
  {
    username: "admin",
    password: "hunter2"
  },
  { admin: true }
);
// response.body is the response body of calling
// POST _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users?admin=true
// with JSON request body {"username": "admin", "password": "hunter2"}

route.put

async route.put([path,] [body, [qs]]): Response

Performs a PUT request to the given URL and returns the server response.

Arguments

• path: string (optional)

  The route-relative URL for the request. If omitted, the request will be made to the base URL of the route.

• body: string (optional)

  The response body. If body is an object, it will be encoded as JSON.

• qs: string (optional)

  The query string for the request. If qs is an object, it will be translated to a query string.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const response = await route.put();
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PUT _db/_system/my-foxx-service

// -- or --

const response = await route.put("users/admin");
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PUT _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users

// -- or --

const response = await route.put("users/admin", {
  username: "admin",
  password: "hunter2"
});
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PUT _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users/admin
// with JSON request body {"username": "admin", "password": "hunter2"}

// -- or --

const response = await route.put(
  "users/admin",
  {
    username: "admin",
    password: "hunter2"
  },
  { admin: true }
);
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PUT _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users/admin?admin=true
// with JSON request body {"username": "admin", "password": "hunter2"}

route.patch

async route.patch([path,] [body, [qs]]): Response

Performs a PATCH request to the given URL and returns the server response.

Arguments

• path: string (optional)

  The route-relative URL for the request. If omitted, the request will be made to the base URL of the route.

• body: string (optional)

  The response body. If body is an object, it will be encoded as JSON.

• qs: string (optional)

  The query string for the request. If qs is an object, it will be translated to a query string.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const response = await route.patch();
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PATCH _db/_system/my-foxx-service

// -- or --

const response = await route.patch("users/admin");
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PATCH _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users

// -- or --

const response = await route.patch("users/admin", {
  password: "hunter2"
});
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PATCH _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users/admin
// with JSON request body {"password": "hunter2"}

// -- or --

const response = await route.patch(
  "users/admin",
  {
    password: "hunter2"
  },
  { admin: true }
);
// response.body is the response body of calling
// PATCH _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users/admin?admin=true
// with JSON request body {"password": "hunter2"}

route.delete

async route.delete([path,] [qs]): Response

Performs a DELETE request to the given URL and returns the server response.

Arguments

• path: string (optional)

  The route-relative URL for the request. If omitted, the request will be made to the base URL of the route.

• qs: string (optional)

  The query string for the request. If qs is an object, it will be translated to a query string.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const response = await route.delete();
// response.body is the response body of calling
// DELETE _db/_system/my-foxx-service

// -- or --

const response = await route.delete("users/admin");
// response.body is the response body of calling
// DELETE _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users/admin

// -- or --

const response = await route.delete("users/admin", { permanent: true });
// response.body is the response body of calling
// DELETE _db/_system/my-foxx-service/users/admin?permanent=true

route.head

async route.head([path,] [qs]): Response

Performs a HEAD request to the given URL and returns the server response.

Arguments

• path: string (optional)

  The route-relative URL for the request. If omitted, the request will be made to the base URL of the route.

• qs: string (optional)

  The query string for the request. If qs is an object, it will be translated to a query string.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const response = await route.head();
// response is the response object for
// HEAD _db/_system/my-foxx-service

route.request

async route.request([opts]): Response

Performs an arbitrary request to the given URL and returns the server response.

Arguments

• opts: Object (optional)

  An object with any of the following properties:

  • path: string (optional)

    The route-relative URL for the request. If omitted, the request will be made to the base URL of the route.

  • absolutePath: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the path is relative to the connection’s base URL instead of the route.

  • body: string (optional)

    The response body. If body is an object, it will be encoded as JSON.

  • qs: string (optional)

    The query string for the request. If qs is an object, it will be translated to a query string.

  • headers: Object (optional)

    An object containing additional HTTP headers to be sent with the request.

  • method: string (Default: "GET")

    HTTP method of this request.

  • timeout: number (optional)

    A non-negative amount of milliseconds after which the request will be aborted. Note that ArangoDB may continue processing the request even after it has timed out.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const route = db.route("my-foxx-service");
const response = await route.request({
  path: "hello-world",
  method: "POST",
  body: { hello: "world" },
  qs: { admin: true }
});
// response.body is the response body of calling
// POST _db/_system/my-foxx-service/hello-world?admin=true
// with JSON request body '{"hello": "world"}'