v5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [5.0.0] - 2021-04-21
 ### Added
 - Sound null-safety support.
 
 ### Changed
 - Everything. Again. This is another major **BC-breaking** rework. Please refer to 
-  the API documentation, examples and tests.
+the API documentation, examples and tests.
+
+## [3.2.3] - 2020-08-06
+### Fixed
+- Call toJson() on resourceObject when serializing ([\#84](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/pull/84))
 
 ## [4.3.0] - 2020-07-30
 ### Added
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - The client will not attempt to decode the body of the HTTP response with error status if the correct Content-Type
-  is missing. Before in such cases a `FormatException` would be thrown ([pr](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/pull/98))
+is missing. Before in such cases a `FormatException` would be thrown ([pr](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/pull/98))
 
 ## [4.1.0] - 2020-05-28
 ### Changed
@@ -44,18 +48,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - Everything. This is a major **BC-breaking** rework which affected pretty much all areas. Please refer to the documentation.
 
-## [3.2.3] - 2020-08-06
-### Fixed
-- Call toJson() on resourceObject when serializing ([#84](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/pull/84))
-
-
 ## [3.2.2] - 2020-01-07
 ### Fixed
--  Can not decode related resource which is null ([#77](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/77))
+-  Can not decode related resource which is null ([\#77](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/77))
 
 ## [3.2.1] - 2020-01-01
 ### Fixed
--  Incorrect URL in the example in the Client documentation ([#74](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/74))
+-  Incorrect URL in the example in the Client documentation ([\#74](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/74))
 
 ## [3.2.0] - 2019-12-30
 ### Added
@@ -81,13 +80,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [3.0.0] - 2019-12-17
 ### Added
-- Support for custom non-standard links ([#61](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/61))
+- Support for custom non-standard links ([\#61](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/61))
 - Client supports `jsonapi` key in outgoing requests.
 - `Document.contentType` constant.
 - `IdentifierObject.fromIdentifier` factory method
 
 ### Changed
-Most of the changes are **BC-BREAKING**.
 - `URLBuilder` was renamed to `UrlFactory`.
 - `DocumentBuilder` was split into `ServerDocumentFactory` and `ClientDocumentFactory`. Some methods were renamed.
 - Static `decodeJson` methods were renamed to `fromJson`.
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ Most of the changes are **BC-BREAKING**.
 - The signature of `Controller`.
 - `Server` was renamed to `JsonApiServer`.
 - `Pagination` was renamed to `PaginationStrategy`.
- 
+
 ### Removed
 - (Server) `ResourceTarget`, `CollectionTarget`, `RelationshipTarget`  classes.
 - `QueryParameters` interface.
@@ -106,81 +104,79 @@ Most of the changes are **BC-BREAKING**.
 
 ## [2.1.0] - 2019-12-04
 ### Added
-- `onHttpCall` hook to enable raw http request/response logging ([#60](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/60)).
+- `onHttpCall` hook to enable raw http request/response logging ([\#60](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/60)).
 
 ## [2.0.3] - 2019-09-29
 ### Fixed
 - Documentation links got broken due to pub.dev update.
 
 ## [2.0.2] - 2019-08-01
 ### Fixed
-- Meta members have incorrect type ([#54](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/54)).
+- Meta members have incorrect type ([\#54](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/54)).
 
 ## [2.0.1] - 2019-07-12
 ### Fixed
 - Readme example was outdated.
 
 ## [2.0.0] - 2019-07-12
-
 ### Changed
 - This package now consolidates the Client, the Server and the Document in one single library. 
-    It does not depend on `json_api_document` and `json_api_server` anymore, please remove these packages 
-    from your `pubspec.yaml`.
+  It does not depend on `json_api_document` and `json_api_server` anymore, please remove these packages 
+  from your `pubspec.yaml`.
 - The min Dart SDK version bumped to `2.3.0`
 - The Client requires an instance of HttpClient to be passed to the constructor explicitly.
 - Both the Document and the Server have been refactored with lots of **BREAKING CHANGES**. 
-    See the examples and the functional tests for details.
+  See the examples and the functional tests for details.
 - Meta properties are not defensively copied, but set directly. Meta property behavior is unified across 
-    the Document model.
+  the Document model.
 
 ### Removed
 - `JsonApiParser` is removed. Use the static `decodeJson` methods in the corresponding classes instead.
 
-
 ## [1.0.1] - 2019-04-05
 ### Fixed
 - Bumped the dependencies versions due to a bug in `json_api_document`.
 
-## [1.0.0] - 2019-03-20
-### Changed
-- JSON:API Server moved out
-
 ## [0.6.0] - 2019-03-25
 ### Changed
 - JSON:API Document moved out
 - Renamed `client.removeToOne(...)` to `client.deleteToOne(...)`
 
 ## [0.5.0] - 2019-03-21
+### Added
+- Related collection pagination
+- Async operations support
+
 ### Changed
 - More BC-breaking changes in the Server
 
 ### Fixed
 - Location headers were incorrectly generated by Server
 
-### Added
-- Related collection pagination
-- Async operations support
+## [1.0.0] - 2019-03-20
+### Changed
+- JSON:API Server moved out
 
 ## [0.4.0] - 2019-03-17
+### Added
+- Compound documents support in Client (Server-side support is still very limited)
+
 ### Changed
 - Parsing logic moved out
 - Some other BC-breaking changes in the Document
 - Huge changes in the Server
 
-### Added
-- Compound documents support in Client (Server-side support is still very limited)
-
 ### Fixed
 - Server was not setting links for resources and relationships
 
 ## [0.3.0] - 2019-03-16
-### Changed
-- Huge BC-breaking refactoring in the Document model which propagated everywhere
-
 ### Added
 - Resource attributes update
 - Resource relationships update
 
+### Changed
+- Huge BC-breaking refactoring in the Document model which propagated everywhere
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2019-03-01
 ### Added
 - Improved ResourceController error handling
@@ -191,15 +187,15 @@ Most of the changes are **BC-BREAKING**.
 ### Added
 - Client: fetch resources, collections, related resources and relationships
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/4.3.0..HEAD
+[5.0.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.2.3...5.0.0
+[3.2.3]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.2.2...3.2.3
 [4.3.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/4.2.2...4.3.0
 [4.2.2]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/4.2.1...4.2.2
 [4.2.1]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/4.2.0...4.2.1
 [4.2.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/4.1.0...4.2.0
 [4.1.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/4.0.0...4.1.0
 [4.0.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.2.2...4.0.0
-[3.2.3]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.2.2..3.2.3
-[3.2.2]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.2.1..3.2.2
+[3.2.2]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.2.1...3.2.2
 [3.2.1]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1
 [3.2.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.1.0...3.2.0
 [3.1.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/3.0.0...3.1.0
@@ -210,10 +206,10 @@ Most of the changes are **BC-BREAKING**.
 [2.0.1]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/2.0.0...2.0.1
 [2.0.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/1.0.1...2.0.0
 [1.0.1]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/1.0.0...1.0.1
-[1.0.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/0.6.0...1.0.0
 [0.6.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/0.5.0...0.6.0
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/0.4.0...0.5.0
+[1.0.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/0.6.0...1.0.0
 [0.4.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/0.3.0...0.4.0
 [0.3.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/0.2.0...0.3.0
 [0.2.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/0.1.0...0.2.0
-[0.1.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/releases/tag/0.1.0
+[0.1.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/releases/tag/0.1.0

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,44 @@
-# JSON:API Client and Server for Dart/Flutter. Version 5.
+# JSON:API Client and Server
+
+TL;DR:
+```dart
+import 'package:json_api/client.dart';
+import 'package:json_api/routing.dart';
+
+void main() async {
+  /// Define the server's base URL
+  final baseUri = 'http://localhost:8080';
+
+  /// Use the standard recommended URL structure or implement your own
+  final uriDesign = StandardUriDesign(Uri.parse(baseUri));
+
+  /// The [RoutingClient] is most likely the right choice.
+  /// It has methods covering many standard use cases.
+  final client = RoutingClient(uriDesign);
+
+  try {
+    /// Fetch the collection.
+    /// See other methods to query and manipulate resources.
+    final response = await client.fetchCollection('colors');
+
+    final resources = response.collection;
+    resources.map((resource) => resource.attributes).forEach((attr) {
+      final name = attr['name'];
+      final red = attr['red'];
+      final green = attr['green'];
+      final blue = attr['blue'];
+      print('$name - $red:$green:$blue');
+    });
+  } on RequestFailure catch (e) {
+    /// Catch error response
+    e.errors.forEach((error) => print('${error.title}'));
+  }
+}
+```
+This is a work-in-progress. You can help it by submitting a PR with a feature or documentation improvements.
+
+
 
-[JSON:API] is a specification for building JSON APIs. The documentation is a work-in-progress.
 
 
 [JSON:API]: https://jsonapi.org

example/client.dart

@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
 import 'package:json_api/client.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/routing.dart';
 
-// START THE SERVER FIRST!
 void main() async {
-  final host = 'localhost';
-  final port = 8080;
-  final uri = Uri(scheme: 'http', host: host, port: port);
-  final client = RoutingClient(StandardUriDesign(uri));
-  final response = await client.fetchCollection('colors');
-  response.collection.map((resource) => resource.attributes).forEach((attr) {
-    print('${attr['name']} - ${attr['red']}:${attr['green']}:${attr['blue']}');
-  });
+  /// Define the server's base URL
+  final baseUri = 'http://localhost:8080';
+
+  /// Use the standard recommended URL structure or implement your own
+  final uriDesign = StandardUriDesign(Uri.parse(baseUri));
+
+  /// The [RoutingClient] is most likely the right choice.
+  /// It has methods covering many standard use cases.
+  final client = RoutingClient(uriDesign);
+
+  try {
+    /// Fetch the collection.
+    /// See other methods to query and manipulate resources.
+    final response = await client.fetchCollection('colors');
+
+    final resources = response.collection;
+    resources.map((resource) => resource.attributes).forEach((attr) {
+      final name = attr['name'];
+      final red = attr['red'];
+      final green = attr['green'];
+      final blue = attr['blue'];
+      print('$name - $red:$green:$blue');
+    });
+  } on RequestFailure catch (e) {
+    /// Catch error response
+    e.errors.forEach((error) => print('${error.title}'));
+  }
 }

lib/client.dart

@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
-/// JSON:API client for Flutter, browsers and vm.
+/// Provides JSON:API client for Flutter, browsers and vm.
+///
+/// There are two clients implementation provided by this library.
+///
+/// The firs one, [Client], is the most flexible but low level. It operates
+/// generic [Request] and [Response] objects and performs basic operations
+/// such as JSON conversion and error handling. It is agnostic to the document
+/// structure and accepts any target URIs.
+///
+/// By default, the [DisposableHandler] is used which internally creates
+/// a new instance of Dart built-in HTTP client for each request and then
+/// disposes it. If you want more control of the underlying http client,
+/// one option can be to use the [PersistentHandler]. To use another HTTP client,
+/// such as [dio](https://pub.dev/packages/dio) implement your own wrapper.
+///
+/// The [codec] performs JSON encoding/decoding. The default implementation
+/// uses native `dart:convert`. Provide your own [PayloadCodec] if you need
+/// fine-grained control over JSON conversion.
+///
+/// The [RoutingClient] is a wrapper over [Client] containing methods
+/// representing the most common use cases of resource fetching and manipulation.
+/// It can conveniently construct and parse JSON:API documents and URIs.
+/// The [RoutingClient] should be your default choice.
 library client;
 
 export 'package:json_api/src/client/client.dart';

lib/src/client/client.dart

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ import 'package:json_api/http.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/client/disposable_handler.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/client/request.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/client/response.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/src/client/response/request_failure.dart';
 
-/// A basic JSON:API client
+/// A basic JSON:API client.
+///
+/// The JSON:API [Request] is converted to [HttpRequest] and sent downstream
+/// using the [handler]. Received [HttpResponse] is then converted back to
+/// JSON:API [Response]. JSON conversion is performed by the [codec].
 class Client {
   const Client(
       {PayloadCodec codec = const PayloadCodec(),
@@ -15,8 +18,7 @@ class Client {
   final HttpHandler _http;
   final PayloadCodec _codec;
 
-  /// Sends the [request] to the server.
-  /// Throws a [RequestFailure] if the server responds with an error.
+  /// Sends the [request] to the given [uri].
   Future<Response> send(Uri uri, Request request) async {
     final body = await _encode(request.document);
     final response = await _http.handle(HttpRequest(
@@ -31,23 +33,13 @@ class Client {
         ...request.headers
       }));
 
-    final json = await _decode(response);
-    if (StatusCode(response.statusCode).isFailed) {
-      throw RequestFailure(response, json);
-    }
-    return Response(response, json);
+    final document = await _decode(response);
+    return Response(response, document);
   }
 
   Future<String> _encode(Object? doc) async =>
       doc == null ? '' : await _codec.encode(doc);
 
   Future<Map?> _decode(HttpResponse response) async =>
-      _isJsonApi(response) ? await _codec.decode(response.body) : null;
-
-  /// True if body is not empty and Content-Type is application/vnd.api+json
-  bool _isJsonApi(HttpResponse response) =>
-      response.body.isNotEmpty &&
-      (response.headers['Content-Type'] ?? '')
-          .toLowerCase()
-          .startsWith(mediaType);
+      response.hasDocument ? await _codec.decode(response.body) : null;
 }