Example - Managing identities using the Account API

How to perform identity, token and limit management functions.

Table of Contents

  1. accountidentity.js
  2. core.js
  3. dynamic_lists.js
  4. historics.js
  5. managed_sources.js
  6. multi-streaming.js
  7. push.js
  8. pylon.js
  9. streaming.js

Require the DataSift library - choose one of these:

var DataSift = require('datasift-node'); // When running from NPM package
var DataSift = require('../lib/datasift'); // When running within datasift-node repository

Create a DataSift client object - insert your API credentials:

var ds = new DataSift('YOUR_USERNAME', 'YOUR_APIKEY');

Variable to store the ID for the identity:

var identityId = "";

Declare Utility Methods

Gets a list of current identities in your account:

function getIdentities() {
	ds.identity.list(function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Current identities: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			createIdentity();
		}
	});
}

Creates a new identity:

function createIdentity() {
	ds.identity.create({ "label": "Test Node Identity" },
		function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			identityId = response.id;
			console.log("Identity created: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			updateIdentity();
		}
	});
}

Updates the new identity:

function updateIdentity() {
	ds.identity.update({ "id": identityId, "label": "Test Node Identity - Renamed" },
		function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Identity updated: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			getIdentity();
		}
	});
}

Gets the new identity:

function getIdentity() {
	ds.identity.get({ "id": identityId }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Got identity: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			createToken();
		}
	});
}

Creates a token for the identity:

function createToken() {
	ds.token.create({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook", "token": "680558d94ee9fdbc191cd446a17171fe" }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Created token: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			getAllTokens();
		}
	});
}

Get all tokens for the identity:

function getAllTokens() {
	ds.token.list({ "identity_id": identityId }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("All tokens for identity: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			getServiceToken();
		}
	});
}

Get identity token by service:

function getServiceToken() {
	ds.token.get({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook" }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Got service token: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			updateToken();
		}
	});
}

Update the identity with a new token:

function updateToken() {
	ds.token.update({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook", "token": "780558d94ee9fdbc191cd446a17171fe" }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Updated token: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			createLimit();
		}
	});
}

Creates an identity limit:

function createLimit() {
	ds.limit.create({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook", "total_allowance": 10000 }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Created limit: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			getAllServiceLimits();
		}
	});
}

Gets all limits for a service:

function getAllServiceLimits() {
	ds.limit.list({ "service": "facebook" }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Service limits: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			getIdentityServiceLimit();
		}
	});
}

Gets the limit for the identity, for a service:

function getIdentityServiceLimit() {
	ds.limit.get({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook" }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Identity service limit: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			updateLimit();
		}
	});
}

Updates the limit for an identity:

function updateLimit() {
	ds.limit.update({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook", "total_allowance": 20000 }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Updated limit: \n" + JSON.stringify(response));
			deleteLimit();
		}
	});
}

Deletes the service limit for an identity:

function deleteLimit() {
	ds.limit.delete({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook" }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Deleted limit.");
			deleteToken();
		}
	});
}

Deletes the token for a service:

function deleteToken() {
	ds.token.delete({ "identity_id": identityId, "service": "facebook" }, function(err, response) {
		if(err)
			console.log(err);
		else
		{
			console.log("Deleted token.");
		}
	});
}

Initiate Process

Finally we start the process creating a list. This will lead to:

getIdentities();
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