Sinch Node.js SDK for Numbers

The Sinch Numbers Node.js SDK allows you to quickly interact with the Numbers API from inside your Node.js applications. The fastest way to get started with the SDK is to check out our getting started guides. There you'll find all the instructions necessary to download, install, set up, and start using the SDK.

Syntax

When using the Node.js SDK, the code representing requests and queries sent to and responses received from the Numbers API are structured similarly to those that are sent and received using the Numbers API itself.

The code sample on the side of this page is an example of how to use the Node.js SDK to list the available numbers given a set of constraints. The code is also displayed below, along with a Numbers API call that accomplishes the same task, for reference:

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

async function run() {
  const query = new URLSearchParams({
    regionCode: 'US',
    type: 'LOCAL'
  }).toString();

  const projectId = 'YOUR_projectId_PARAMETER';
  const resp = await fetch(
    `https://numbers.api.sinch.com/v1/projects/${projectId}/availableNumbers?${query}`,
    {
      method: 'GET',
      headers: {
        Authorization: 'Basic ' + Buffer.from('<username>:<password>').toString('base64')
      }
    }
  );

  const data = await resp.text();
  console.log(data);
}

run();

const { SinchClient } = require('@sinch/sdk-core');

const sinchClient = new SinchClient({
    projectId: "YOUR_project_id",
    keyId: "YOUR_access_key",
    keySecret: "YOUR_access_secret"
});
async function run(){
    let numbers = await sinchClient.numbers.availableNumber.list({
        regionCode: 'US',
        type: 'LOCAL'
    });

    console.log(JSON.stringify(numbers));
}
run();

// import statements can only be used in javascript modules.
// This inclides frameworks like React or Angular or .mjs files
import { SinchClient } from '@sinch/sdk-core';

const sinchClient = new SinchClient({
    projectId: "YOUR_project_id",
    keyId: "YOUR_access_key",
    keySecret: "YOUR_access_secret"
});

var numbers = await sinchClient.numbers.availableNumber.list({
    regionCode: 'US',
    type: 'LOCAL'
});

console.log(JSON.stringify(numbers));

This example highlights the following required to successfully make a Numbers API call using the Sinch Node.js SDK:

• Client initialization
• Numbers domain access
• Endpoint usage
• Field population

Client

When using the Sinch Node.js SDK, you initialize communication with the Sinch backend by initializing the Node.js SDK's main client class. This client allows you to access the functionality of the Sinch Node.js SDK.

Initialization

Before initializing a client using this SDK, you'll need three pieces of information:

• Your Project ID
• An access key ID
• An access key Secret

To start using the SDK, you need to initialize the main client class with your credentials from your Sinch dashboard.

const {SinchClient} = require('@sinch/sdk-core');

const sinchClient = new SinchClient({
    projectId: "YOUR_project_id",
    keyId: "YOUR_access_key",
    keySecret: "YOUR_access_secret"
});

PROJECTID="YOUR_project_id"
ACCESSKEY="YOUR_access_key"
ACCESSSECRET="YOUR_access_secret" 

const {SinchClient} = require('@sinch/sdk-core');

const sinchClient = new SinchClient({
    projectId: process.env.PROJECTID,
    keyId: process.env.ACCESSKEY,
    keySecret: process.env.ACCESSSECRET
});

const {SinchClient} = require('@sinch/sdk-core');

const sinchClient = new SinchClient({
    projectId: "YOUR_project_id",
    keyId: "YOUR_access_key",
    keySecret: "YOUR_access_secret",
    applicationKey: "YOUR_application_key",
    applicationSecret: "YOUR_application_secret"
});

Numbers domain

Endpoint categories

In the Sinch Node.js SDK, Numbers API endpoints are accessible through the client. The naming convention of the endpoint's representation in the SDK matches the API:

• numbers.availableNumber
• numbers.activeNumber
• numbers.availableRegions
• numbers.callbackConfiguration

For example:

var numbers = await sinchClient.numbers.availableNumber.list({
    regionCode: 'US',
    type: 'LOCAL'
});

numbers.availableNumber endpoint category

numbers.activeNumber endpoint category

numbers.availableRegions endpoint category

numbers.callbackConfiguration endpoint category

Request and query parameters

Requests and queries made using the Node.js SDK are similar to those made using the Numbers API. Path parameters, request body parameters, and query parameters that are used in the API are all passed as arguments to the corresponding Node.js method.

var numResponse = sinchClient.numbers.activeNumber.get({
  phoneNumber: "PHONE_NUMBER"
  });

url = "https://numbers.api.sinch.com/v1/projects/" + projectId + "/activeNumbers/" + phoneNumber

Responses

Response fields match the API responses. They are delivered as Javascript objects.

Pagination objects

• PageResult
• AsyncIteratorIterable

PageResult

const requestData: ListActiveNumbersRequestData = {
    regionCode: 'US',
    type: 'LOCAL',
    pageSize: 2,
  };

  // This call will return the data of the current page wrapped in a PageResult
  // We can then loop on the response while it has more pages
  let response: PageResult<ActiveNumber> = await sinchClient.numbers.activeNumber.list(requestData); 

  // The ActiveNumber are in the `data` property
  let activeNumbers: ActiveNumber[] = response.data;
  console.log(activeNumbers); // prints the content of a page

const requestData: ListMessagesRequestData = {
    app_id: "YOUR_Conversation_app_ID,
    channel: 'MESSENGER',
  };

  // This call will return the data of the current page wrapped in a PageResult
  // We can then loop on the response while it has more pages
  let response: PageResult<ConversationMessage> = await sinchClient.conversation.messages.list(requestData);

  // The ConversationMessage are in the `data` property
  let messages: ConversationMessage[] = response.data;
  console.log(messages); // prints the content of a page

// Loop on all the pages to get all the active numbers
  let reachedEndOfPages = false;
  while (!reachedEndOfPages) {
    if (response.hasNextPage) {
      response = await response.nextPage();
      activeNumbers = response.data;
      console.log(activeNumbers); // prints the content of a page
    } else {
      reachedEndOfPages = true;
    }
  }

// Loop on all the pages to get all the messages
  let reachedEndOfPages = false;
  while (!reachedEndOfPages) {
    if (response.hasNextPage) {
      response = await response.nextPage();
      messages = response.data;
      console.log(messages); // prints the content of a page
    } else {
      reachedEndOfPages = true;
    }
  }

AsyncIteratorIterable

const requestData: ListActiveNumbersRequestData = {
    regionCode: 'US',
    type: 'LOCAL',
    pageSize: 2,
  };

  for await (const activeNumber of sinchClient.numbers.activeNumber.list(requestData)) {
    console.log(activeNumber); // prints a single ActiveNumber
  }

const requestData: ListMessagesRequestData = {
    app_id: "YOUR_Conversation_app_ID,
    channel: 'MESSENGER',
  };

  for await (const message of sinchClient.conversation.messages.list(requestData)) {
    console.log(message); // prints a single ConversationMessage
  }

With the iterator, the code is more concise but you have less control over the number of calls made to the API; the iterator will continue to make calls to the API to fetch the next page until the final page is returned.