popura

NodeJS wrapper for MyAnimeList API

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Popura is a promise-returning wrapper for MAL API.

Warning

MAL API is broken. Popura wont work until they solve their internal issues.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• API
• Models
• Anime Model
• Manga Model
• Anime List Item Model
• Manga List Item Model
• Myinfo Model
• Development
• License

Install

$ npm install --save popura

Usage

import popura from 'popura';
const client = popura('YourAwesomeUsername', 'YourHackablePassword');

client.getAnimeList()
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

API

.getUser()

Return the current user's username.

.setUser(username, password)

Change the current user in this client instance.

.verifyAuth()

Check if this user is valid.

Returns Promise => {id, username}.

.searchAnimes(name) and .searchMangas(name)

Search for an anime or manga title by name.

Returns Promise => Array of Anime Models | Manga Models.

.getAnimeList(username = this.user) and .getMangaList(username = this.user)

Get the animelist or mangalist from an user. If username is empty, returns current user's list.

Returns Promise => {myinfo, list} where myinfo is a Myinfo Model and list is an array of Anime List Item Models | Manga List Item Models.

.addAnime(id, values = {}) and .addManga(id, values = {})

Inserts an anime or manga with id into your list. Optionally you can define values from Anime Models | Manga Models.

Returns Promise => Raw response.body.

.updateAnime(id, values = {}) and updateManga(id, values = {})

Changes values from an anime or manga with id in your list. Define values from Anime Models | Manga Models.

Returns Promise => Raw response.body.

.deleteAnime(id) and deleteManga(id)

Removes an anime or manga with id from your list.

Returns Promise => Raw response.body.

Models

Anime Model

Model used to add/update animes

Property	Type	Note
episode	int
status	int or string	1 / watching, 2 / completed, 3 / onhold, 4 / dropped, 6 / plantowatch
score	int
storage_type	int
storage_value	float
times_rewatched	int
rewatch_value	int
date_start	date	mmddyyyy
date_finish	date	mmddyyyy
priority	int
enable_discussion	int	1 = enable, 0 = disable
enable_rewatching	int	1 = enable, 0 = disable
comments	string
fansub_group	string
tags	array

Manga Model

Model used to add/update mangas

Property	Type	Note
chapter	int
volume	int
status	int or string	1 / reading, 2 / completed, 3 / onhold, 4 / dropped, 6 / plantoread
score	int
times_reread	int
reread_value	int
date_start	date	mmddyyyy
date_finish	date	mmddyyyy
priority	int
enable_discussion	int	1 = enable, 0 = disable
enable_rereading	int	1 = enable, 0 = disable
comments	string
scan_group	string
tags	array
retail_volumes	int

Anime List Item Model

Model you receive from API when requesting anime list

Property	Type	Note
series_animedb_id	int
series_title	string
series_synonyms	array
series_type	int	1 = TV, 2 = OVA, 3 = Movie, 4 = Special, 5 = ONA, 6 = Music
series_episodes	int
series_status	int	1 = Airing, 2 = Finished, 3 = Not Yet Aired
series_start	date	mmddyyyy
series_end	date	mmddyyyy
my_id	int
my_watched_episodes	int
my_start_date	date	mmddyyyy
my_finish_date	date	mmddyyyy
my_score	int
my_status	int	1 = watching, 2 = completed, 3 = onhold, 4 = dropped, 6 = plantowatch
my_rewatching	int
my_rewatching_ep	int
my_last_updated	date	mmddyyyy
my_tags	array

Manga List Item Model

Model you receive from API when requesting anime list

Property	Type	Note
series_mangadb_id	int
series_title	string
series_synonyms	array
series_type	int	TODO: figure out the meaning of these ints
series_chapters	int
series_volumes	int
series_status	int	TODO: figure out the meaning of these ints
series_start	date	mmddyyyy
series_end	date	mmddyyyy
my_id	int
my_read_chapters	int
my_read_volumes	int
my_start_date	date	mmddyyyy
my_finish_date	date	mmddyyyy
my_score	int
my_status	int	1 = reading, 2 = completed, 3 = onhold, 4 = dropped, 6 = plantoread
my_rereading	int
my_rereading_chap	int
my_last_updated	date	mmddyyyy
my_tags	array

Myinfo Model

Property	Type	Note
user_id	int
user_name	string
user_watching	int	Only for anime
user_reading	int	Only for manga
user_completed	int
user_onhold	int
user_dropped	int
user_plantowatch	int	Only for anime
user_plantoread	int	Only for manga
user_days_spent_watching	float	Yes, they use 'watching' for manga too

Development

After clonning this repo, you must copy .env.sample to .env and put your MAL username and password.

In some tests, it'll add, update and remove one anime and one manga from your lists. You can specify these two at .env. Defaults to anime Tachumaru Gekijou (id = 9562) and manga Junshin Miracle 100% (id = 94483), two not so known titles.

License

MIT