akismet-api

Akismet-api
===========

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Full Nodejs bindings to the Akismet (https://akismet.com) spam detection
service.

Features:
* Typescript support
* API support for async/await, promises, and callbacks
* Supports all active versions of node (14 to 19)
* Supports all Akismet API features
* Complete set of unit and integration tests
* Idiomatic JS parameters (with backward compatability)
* Trusted by many projects (like [Coral][coral]!)

_Upgrading to 6.0?_ Changes are fairly minimal as long as you're on an active
version of node, but check out the [changelog][changelog] for full details.

**These docs below are with ES6 async/await usage, but if you prefer another
API you can also use this library [with promises][promises] or [with
callbacks][callbacks]!**

Installing
----------

``bash
$ npm install --save akismet-api
`

Creating the Client
-------------------

Your blog URL and API key are required by Akismet and are all you will need to
get started! For a full list of available client parameters and alternative
constructors, check out the [client documentation][client].

`javascript
import { AkismetClient } from 'akismet-api'

const key = 'myKey'
const blog = 'https://myblog.com'
const client = new AkismetClient({ key, blog })
`

Verifying your Key
------------------

It's a good idea to verify your key before use.

`javascript
try {
const isValid = await client.verifyKey()

if (isValid) console.log('Valid key!')
else console.log('Invalid key!')
} catch (err) {
console.error('Could not reach Akismet:', err.message)
}
`

Creating a Comment
------------------

A comment, at the bare minimum, must have the commenter's IP and user agent.
You can provide more than that for better accuracy and doing so is strongly
recommended. The following is a basic example, but see our documentation on the
[comment data structure][comments] for a complete list of fields you can
provide.

`javascript
const comment = {
ip: '123.123.123.123',
useragent: 'CommentorsAgent 1.0 WebKit',
content: 'Very nice blog! Check out mine!',
email: 'not.a.spammer@gmail.com',
name: 'John Doe'
}
`

Checking for Spam
-----------------

Once you have a comment, we can check it! This tells you if it is spam or not.
If Akismet cannot be reached or returns an error, checkSpam will throw an
exception.

`javascript
try {
const isSpam = await client.checkSpam(comment)

if (isSpam) console.log('OMG Spam!')
else console.log('Totally not spam')
} catch (err) {
console.error('Something went wrong:', err.message)
}
`

Submitting False Negatives
--------------------------

If Akismet reports something as not-spam, but it turns out to be spam anyways,
we can report this to Akismet to help improve their accuracy in the future.

`javascript
try {
await client.submitSpam(comment)
console.log('Spam reported!')
} catch (err) {
console.error('Something went wrong:', err.message)
}
`

Submitting False Positives
--------------------------

If Akismet reports something as spam, but it turns out to not be spam, we can
report this to Akismet too.

`javascript
try {
await client.submitHam(comment)
console.log('Non-spam reported!')
} catch (err) {
console.error('Something went wrong:', err.message)
}
`

Testing
-------

If you are running integration tests on your app with Akismet, you should set
isTest: true in your comments! That way, your testing data won't affect
Akismet.

To run the library's tests, just use npm test. To also run the optional
integration tests, include a valid Akismet API key in the AKISMET_KEY
environment variable.

`bash
npm test
``

Credits
-------

Author and maintainer is [Chris Foster][chrisfosterelli].
Development was sponsored by [Two Story Robot][twostoryrobot]

License
-------

Released under the MIT license.

See [LICENSE.txt][license] for more information.

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[license]: /LICENSE.txt
[coral]: https://github.com/coralproject/talk
[changelog]: /CHANGELOG.md
[chrisfosterelli]: https://github.com/chrisfosterelli
[twostoryrobot]: https://github.com/twostoryrobot
[comments]: /docs/comments.md
[promises]: /docs/promises.md
[callbacks]: /docs/callbacks.md
[client]: /docs/client.md