channeladvisor-localdb

library to create a local database of inventory items from channeladvisor

i suggest that you run this library in its server wrapper

install

npm install channeladvisor-localdb

limitations

these InventoryItemResponse fields currently are currently not implemented into this library:

• DistributionCenterList
• VariationInfo
• StoreInfo
• ImageList
• MetaDescription

use

var CALDB = require("channeladvisor-localdb")

var ldb = new CALDB({
    dburi: "mysql://ca_admin:ca_password@localhost/channeladvisor",
    client: client, //initialized channeladvisor2 client
    account: 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'
})

ldb.on('error', function(info){
    console.log(util.inspect(info))
    throw info.error
})

ldb.on('update-progress', function(info){
    console.log(util.inspect(info))
})

ldb.start()

CALDB(opts)

Creates new instance of the ChannelAdvisor localDB

• opts: object
  • dburi: A database URI that sequelize will accept
  • client: instance of the initialized channeladvisor2 client
  • account: the account ID for the database (format is xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)

CALDB#start(manual, comment)

Starts DB updater. Async function, runs in the background.

• manual: Whether to force a catalog update. This truncates the existing inventory database!
• comment: Meta comment to store in the run log

CALDB#expose-models()

Returns the Sequelize models that CALDB is using.

CALDB#expose-sequelize()

Returns the Sequelize instance that CALDB is using.

CALDB events

CALDB instances are also instances of the EventEmitter class.

List of events are here

Events

update-start -> (info)

Called when a database update has started

• info: UpdateStartInfo instance

update-stop -> (info)

Called whenever a database update is forcefully stopped

• info: UpdateStopInfo instance

update-done -> (info)

Called when a database update has completed

• info: UpdateDoneInfo instance

update-progress -> (info)

Called when there's progress in the database update.

• info: ProgressInfo instance

item-update -> (info)

Called when an item has been successfully pushed into the database.

• info: ItemUpdateInfo instance

error -> (info)

Called whenever there's an error, may it be with updating or anything else.

• info: ErrorInfo instance