The M3ter Java SDK provides convenient access to the M3ter REST API from applications written in Java.
It is generated with Stainless.
The REST API documentation can be found on www.m3ter.com. Javadocs are available on javadoc.io.
implementation("com.m3ter:sdk-java:0.3.0-alpha")
<dependency>
<groupId>com.m3ter</groupId>
<artifactId>sdk-java</artifactId>
<version>0.3.0-alpha</version>
</dependency>
This library requires Java 8 or later.
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPage;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListParams;
// Configures using the `M3TER_API_KEY`, `M3TER_API_SECRET`, `M3TER_API_TOKEN`, `M3TER_ORG_ID` and `M3TER_BASE_URL` environment variables
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.fromEnv();
ProductListParams params = ProductListParams.builder()
.orgId("My Org ID")
.build();
ProductListPage page = client.products().list(params);
Configure the client using environment variables:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
// Configures using the `M3TER_API_KEY`, `M3TER_API_SECRET`, `M3TER_API_TOKEN`, `M3TER_ORG_ID` and `M3TER_BASE_URL` environment variables
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.fromEnv();
Or manually:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.builder()
.apiKey("My API Key")
.apiSecret("My API Secret")
.orgId("My Org ID")
.build();
Or using a combination of the two approaches:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.builder()
// Configures using the `M3TER_API_KEY`, `M3TER_API_SECRET`, `M3TER_ORG_ID` and `M3TER_BASE_URL` environment variables
.fromEnv()
.apiKey("My API Key")
.build();
See this table for the available options:
Setter | Environment variable | Required | Default value |
---|---|---|---|
apiKey |
M3TER_API_KEY |
true | - |
apiSecret |
M3TER_API_SECRET |
true | - |
orgId |
M3TER_ORG_ID |
true | - |
baseUrl |
M3TER_BASE_URL |
true | "https://api.m3ter.com" |
Tip
Don't create more than one client in the same application. Each client has a connection pool and thread pools, which are more efficient to share between requests.
To send a request to the M3ter API, build an instance of some Params
class and pass it to the corresponding client method. When the response is received, it will be deserialized into an instance of a Java class.
For example, client.products().list(...)
should be called with an instance of ProductListParams
, and it will return an instance of ProductListPage
.
Each class in the SDK has an associated builder or factory method for constructing it.
Each class is immutable once constructed. If the class has an associated builder, then it has a toBuilder()
method, which can be used to convert it back to a builder for making a modified copy.
Because each class is immutable, builder modification will never affect already built class instances.
The default client is synchronous. To switch to asynchronous execution, call the async()
method:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPageAsync;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListParams;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
// Configures using the `M3TER_API_KEY`, `M3TER_API_SECRET`, `M3TER_API_TOKEN`, `M3TER_ORG_ID` and `M3TER_BASE_URL` environment variables
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.fromEnv();
ProductListParams params = ProductListParams.builder()
.orgId("My Org ID")
.build();
CompletableFuture<ProductListPageAsync> page = client.async().products().list(params);
Or create an asynchronous client from the beginning:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClientAsync;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClientAsync;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPageAsync;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListParams;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
// Configures using the `M3TER_API_KEY`, `M3TER_API_SECRET`, `M3TER_API_TOKEN`, `M3TER_ORG_ID` and `M3TER_BASE_URL` environment variables
M3terClientAsync client = M3terOkHttpClientAsync.fromEnv();
ProductListParams params = ProductListParams.builder()
.orgId("My Org ID")
.build();
CompletableFuture<ProductListPageAsync> page = client.products().list(params);
The asynchronous client supports the same options as the synchronous one, except most methods return CompletableFuture
s.
The SDK defines methods that deserialize responses into instances of Java classes. However, these methods don't provide access to the response headers, status code, or the raw response body.
To access this data, prefix any HTTP method call on a client or service with withRawResponse()
:
import com.m3ter.core.http.Headers;
import com.m3ter.core.http.HttpResponseFor;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPage;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListParams;
ProductListParams params = ProductListParams.builder()
.orgId("My Org ID")
.build();
HttpResponseFor<ProductListPage> page = client.products().withRawResponse().list(params);
int statusCode = page.statusCode();
Headers headers = page.headers();
You can still deserialize the response into an instance of a Java class if needed:
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPage;
ProductListPage parsedPage = page.parse();
The SDK throws custom unchecked exception types:
-
M3terServiceException
: Base class for HTTP errors. See this table for which exception subclass is thrown for each HTTP status code:Status Exception 400 BadRequestException
401 UnauthorizedException
403 PermissionDeniedException
404 NotFoundException
422 UnprocessableEntityException
429 RateLimitException
5xx InternalServerException
others UnexpectedStatusCodeException
-
M3terIoException
: I/O networking errors. -
M3terInvalidDataException
: Failure to interpret successfully parsed data. For example, when accessing a property that's supposed to be required, but the API unexpectedly omitted it from the response. -
M3terException
: Base class for all exceptions. Most errors will result in one of the previously mentioned ones, but completely generic errors may be thrown using the base class.
The SDK defines methods that return a paginated lists of results. It provides convenient ways to access the results either one page at a time or item-by-item across all pages.
To iterate through all results across all pages, use the autoPager()
method, which automatically fetches more pages as needed.
When using the synchronous client, the method returns an Iterable
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPage;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductResponse;
ProductListPage page = client.products().list();
// Process as an Iterable
for (ProductResponse product : page.autoPager()) {
System.out.println(product);
}
// Process as a Stream
page.autoPager()
.stream()
.limit(50)
.forEach(product -> System.out.println(product));
When using the asynchronous client, the method returns an AsyncStreamResponse
:
import com.m3ter.core.http.AsyncStreamResponse;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPageAsync;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductResponse;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
CompletableFuture<ProductListPageAsync> pageFuture = client.async().products().list();
pageFuture.thenRun(page -> page.autoPager().subscribe(product -> {
System.out.println(product);
}));
// If you need to handle errors or completion of the stream
pageFuture.thenRun(page -> page.autoPager().subscribe(new AsyncStreamResponse.Handler<>() {
@Override
public void onNext(ProductResponse product) {
System.out.println(product);
}
@Override
public void onComplete(Optional<Throwable> error) {
if (error.isPresent()) {
System.out.println("Something went wrong!");
throw new RuntimeException(error.get());
} else {
System.out.println("No more!");
}
}
}));
// Or use futures
pageFuture.thenRun(page -> page.autoPager()
.subscribe(product -> {
System.out.println(product);
})
.onCompleteFuture()
.whenComplete((unused, error) -> {
if (error != null) {
System.out.println("Something went wrong!");
throw new RuntimeException(error);
} else {
System.out.println("No more!");
}
}));
To access individual page items and manually request the next page, use the items()
,
hasNextPage()
, and nextPage()
methods:
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPage;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductResponse;
ProductListPage page = client.products().list();
while (true) {
for (ProductResponse product : page.items()) {
System.out.println(product);
}
if (!page.hasNextPage()) {
break;
}
page = page.nextPage();
}
The SDK uses the standard OkHttp logging interceptor.
Enable logging by setting the M3TER_LOG
environment variable to info
:
$ export M3TER_LOG=info
Or to debug
for more verbose logging:
$ export M3TER_LOG=debug
The SDK depends on Jackson for JSON serialization/deserialization. It is compatible with version 2.13.4 or higher, but depends on version 2.18.2 by default.
The SDK throws an exception if it detects an incompatible Jackson version at runtime (e.g. if the default version was overridden in your Maven or Gradle config).
If the SDK threw an exception, but you're certain the version is compatible, then disable the version check using the checkJacksonVersionCompatibility
on M3terOkHttpClient
or M3terOkHttpClientAsync
.
Caution
We make no guarantee that the SDK works correctly when the Jackson version check is disabled.
The SDK automatically retries 2 times by default, with a short exponential backoff.
Only the following error types are retried:
- Connection errors (for example, due to a network connectivity problem)
- 408 Request Timeout
- 409 Conflict
- 429 Rate Limit
- 5xx Internal
The API may also explicitly instruct the SDK to retry or not retry a response.
To set a custom number of retries, configure the client using the maxRetries
method:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.builder()
.fromEnv()
.maxRetries(4)
.build();
Requests time out after 1 minute by default.
To set a custom timeout, configure the method call using the timeout
method:
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPage;
ProductListPage page = client.products().list(RequestOptions.builder().timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30)).build());
Or configure the default for all method calls at the client level:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
import java.time.Duration;
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.builder()
.fromEnv()
.timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30))
.build();
To route requests through a proxy, configure the client using the proxy
method:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.net.Proxy;
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.builder()
.fromEnv()
.proxy(new Proxy(
Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress(
"https://example.com", 8080
)
))
.build();
The SDK consists of three artifacts:
sdk-java-core
- Contains core SDK logic
- Does not depend on OkHttp
- Exposes
M3terClient
,M3terClientAsync
,M3terClientImpl
, andM3terClientAsyncImpl
, all of which can work with any HTTP client
sdk-java-client-okhttp
- Depends on OkHttp
- Exposes
M3terOkHttpClient
andM3terOkHttpClientAsync
, which provide a way to constructM3terClientImpl
andM3terClientAsyncImpl
, respectively, using OkHttp
sdk-java
- Depends on and exposes the APIs of both
sdk-java-core
andsdk-java-client-okhttp
- Does not have its own logic
- Depends on and exposes the APIs of both
This structure allows replacing the SDK's default HTTP client without pulling in unnecessary dependencies.
Customized OkHttpClient
Tip
Try the available network options before replacing the default client.
To use a customized OkHttpClient
:
- Replace your
sdk-java
dependency withsdk-java-core
- Copy
sdk-java-client-okhttp
'sOkHttpClient
class into your code and customize it - Construct
M3terClientImpl
orM3terClientAsyncImpl
, similarly toM3terOkHttpClient
orM3terOkHttpClientAsync
, using your customized client
To use a completely custom HTTP client:
- Replace your
sdk-java
dependency withsdk-java-core
- Write a class that implements the
HttpClient
interface - Construct
M3terClientImpl
orM3terClientAsyncImpl
, similarly toM3terOkHttpClient
orM3terOkHttpClientAsync
, using your new client class
The SDK is typed for convenient usage of the documented API. However, it also supports working with undocumented or not yet supported parts of the API.
To set undocumented parameters, call the putAdditionalHeader
, putAdditionalQueryParam
, or putAdditionalBodyProperty
methods on any Params
class:
import com.m3ter.core.JsonValue;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListParams;
ProductListParams params = ProductListParams.builder()
.putAdditionalHeader("Secret-Header", "42")
.putAdditionalQueryParam("secret_query_param", "42")
.putAdditionalBodyProperty("secretProperty", JsonValue.from("42"))
.build();
These can be accessed on the built object later using the _additionalHeaders()
, _additionalQueryParams()
, and _additionalBodyProperties()
methods.
To set undocumented parameters on nested headers, query params, or body classes, call the putAdditionalProperty
method on the nested class:
import com.m3ter.core.JsonValue;
import com.m3ter.models.AccountCreateParams;
import com.m3ter.models.Address;
AccountCreateParams params = AccountCreateParams.builder()
.address(Address.builder()
.putAdditionalProperty("secretProperty", JsonValue.from("42"))
.build())
.build();
These properties can be accessed on the nested built object later using the _additionalProperties()
method.
To set a documented parameter or property to an undocumented or not yet supported value, pass a JsonValue
object to its setter:
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListParams;
ProductListParams params = ProductListParams.builder()
.orgId("My Org ID")
.build();
The most straightforward way to create a JsonValue
is using its from(...)
method:
import com.m3ter.core.JsonValue;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
// Create primitive JSON values
JsonValue nullValue = JsonValue.from(null);
JsonValue booleanValue = JsonValue.from(true);
JsonValue numberValue = JsonValue.from(42);
JsonValue stringValue = JsonValue.from("Hello World!");
// Create a JSON array value equivalent to `["Hello", "World"]`
JsonValue arrayValue = JsonValue.from(List.of(
"Hello", "World"
));
// Create a JSON object value equivalent to `{ "a": 1, "b": 2 }`
JsonValue objectValue = JsonValue.from(Map.of(
"a", 1,
"b", 2
));
// Create an arbitrarily nested JSON equivalent to:
// {
// "a": [1, 2],
// "b": [3, 4]
// }
JsonValue complexValue = JsonValue.from(Map.of(
"a", List.of(
1, 2
),
"b", List.of(
3, 4
)
));
Normally a Builder
class's build
method will throw IllegalStateException
if any required parameter or property is unset.
To forcibly omit a required parameter or property, pass JsonMissing
:
import com.m3ter.core.JsonMissing;
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListParams;
ProductListParams params = ProductListParams.builder()
.orgId(JsonMissing.of())
.build();
To access undocumented response properties, call the _additionalProperties()
method:
import com.m3ter.core.JsonValue;
import java.util.Map;
Map<String, JsonValue> additionalProperties = client.authentication().getBearerToken(params)._additionalProperties();
JsonValue secretPropertyValue = additionalProperties.get("secretProperty");
String result = secretPropertyValue.accept(new JsonValue.Visitor<>() {
@Override
public String visitNull() {
return "It's null!";
}
@Override
public String visitBoolean(boolean value) {
return "It's a boolean!";
}
@Override
public String visitNumber(Number value) {
return "It's a number!";
}
// Other methods include `visitMissing`, `visitString`, `visitArray`, and `visitObject`
// The default implementation of each unimplemented method delegates to `visitDefault`, which throws by default, but can also be overridden
});
To access a property's raw JSON value, which may be undocumented, call its _
prefixed method:
import com.m3ter.core.JsonField;
import com.m3ter.models.AuthenticationGetBearerTokenParams;
import java.util.Optional;
JsonField<AuthenticationGetBearerTokenParams.GrantType> grantType = client.authentication().getBearerToken(params)._grantType();
if (grantType.isMissing()) {
// The property is absent from the JSON response
} else if (grantType.isNull()) {
// The property was set to literal null
} else {
// Check if value was provided as a string
// Other methods include `asNumber()`, `asBoolean()`, etc.
Optional<String> jsonString = grantType.asString();
// Try to deserialize into a custom type
MyClass myObject = grantType.asUnknown().orElseThrow().convert(MyClass.class);
}
In rare cases, the API may return a response that doesn't match the expected type. For example, the SDK may expect a property to contain a String
, but the API could return something else.
By default, the SDK will not throw an exception in this case. It will throw M3terInvalidDataException
only if you directly access the property.
If you would prefer to check that the response is completely well-typed upfront, then either call validate()
:
import com.m3ter.models.AuthenticationGetBearerTokenResponse;
AuthenticationGetBearerTokenResponse response = client.authentication().getBearerToken(params).validate();
Or configure the method call to validate the response using the responseValidation
method:
import com.m3ter.models.ProductListPage;
ProductListPage page = client.products().list(RequestOptions.builder().responseValidation(true).build());
Or configure the default for all method calls at the client level:
import com.m3ter.client.M3terClient;
import com.m3ter.client.okhttp.M3terOkHttpClient;
M3terClient client = M3terOkHttpClient.builder()
.fromEnv()
.responseValidation(true)
.build();
Java enum
classes are not trivially forwards compatible. Using them in the SDK could cause runtime exceptions if the API is updated to respond with a new enum value.
Using JsonField<T>
enables a few features:
- Allowing usage of undocumented API functionality
- Lazily validating the API response against the expected shape
- Representing absent vs explicitly null values
Why don't you use data
classes?
It is not backwards compatible to add new fields to a data class and we don't want to introduce a breaking change every time we add a field to a class.
Checked exceptions are widely considered a mistake in the Java programming language. In fact, they were omitted from Kotlin for this reason.
Checked exceptions:
- Are verbose to handle
- Encourage error handling at the wrong level of abstraction, where nothing can be done about the error
- Are tedious to propagate due to the function coloring problem
- Don't play well with lambdas (also due to the function coloring problem)
This package generally follows SemVer conventions, though certain backwards-incompatible changes may be released as minor versions:
- Changes to library internals which are technically public but not intended or documented for external use. (Please open a GitHub issue to let us know if you are relying on such internals.)
- Changes that we do not expect to impact the vast majority of users in practice.
We take backwards-compatibility seriously and work hard to ensure you can rely on a smooth upgrade experience.
We are keen for your feedback; please open an issue with questions, bugs, or suggestions.