Methods

• cancelAllResponses()

  Fires an event to cancel the current response being requested from the backend.

  Example

  $twigkit.cancelAllResponses();

• deleteBookmark(id)

  Sends a request to delete a bookmark to the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  id	string	The id of the bookmark to delete.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.deleteBookmark(id);

• deleteComment(platform, id)

  Sends a request to delete a comment to the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  platform	Object	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service).
  id	string	The id of the comment to delete.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.deleteComment(platform, id);

• deleteLike(platform, id)

  Sends a request to delete a like to the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  platform	Object	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service).
  id	string	The id of the bookmark to delete.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.deleteLike(platform,id);

• deleteSavedQuery(id)

  Sends a request to delete a saved query to the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  id	string	The id of the saved query to delete.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.deleteSavedQuery(id);

• deleteTopic(id)

  Sends a request to delete a topic to the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  id	string	The id of the topic to delete.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.deleteTopic(id);

• getComments(platform, target, collection, topic)

  Sends a request to get comments from the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  platform	Object	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service).
  target (optional)	string	Returns all comments that apply to the specified target document.
  collection (optional)	string
  topic (optional)	string

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.getComments(platform, target);

• getConstant(defaultValue)

  Gets a constant declared to the lightning module.

  A constant can be added to your application like so

  angular
  .module('lightning').constant('contextPath', 'My Constant Value');
  

  You can then get this value in your controller and apply it to the scope or rootScope (if applied to the rootScope you can use {{$root.myConstant}} in your views.

  angular.module('twigkitLightApp')
  .controller('MainCtrl', ['$scope', '$stateParams','$twigkit', function ($scope, $stateParams,$twigkit) {
    $scope.params = $stateParams;
    $scope.test123 = $twigkit.getConstant('test','No 123 Found Here');
    $rootScope.test = $twigkit.getConstant('test','');
    }]);
  

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  defaultValue	string	Value to be returned if context path does not exist.

  Returns

  string

  Returns the constant value.

  Example

  $twigkit.getConstant(defaultValue);

• getContextPath(defaultValue)

  Gets the context path if it is available.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  defaultValue (optional)	string	Value to be returned if context path does not exist. Defaults to '/'

  Returns

  string

  Returns a string of the context path or the default value.

  Example

  $twigkit.getContextPath(defaultValue);

• getGraphFacet(query, platform, source-field, target-field, measure, measure-field)

  Gets graph data for a facet

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  query	string	The query to use against the platform.
  platform	string	The name of the platform to use.
  source-field	string	Name of a primary field to facet on (for example "Country"). The values of this facet will define the set of graph nodes with outgoing edges.
  target-field	string	Name of a secondary field to facet on (for example "City"), for every facet value of the primary field. The values of this facet will define the set of graph nodes with incoming edges. For example, say the primary facet (source-field) has values for Country=Germany and Country=France and the secondary facet (target-field) has values for City=Berlin, City=Munich and City=Paris. Then we add graph edges Germany-->Berlin, Germany-->Munich and France-->Paris.
  measure (optional)	string	Name of a numerical measure that defines the weight of each graph edge. When omitted, this defaults to the counts of the facets defined by the target-field. Some possible measures include "sum", "mean" and "min". (Only applicable if not using data attribute).
  measure-field (optional)	string	Field to measure, when the "measure" option is specified.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.getGraphFacet('query', 'platform', 'facet');

• getLikes(options)

  Sends a request to get a likes from the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  options	Object	Object containing options to be sent in the get request. Like target, collection, topic etc.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.getLikes(options);

• getUser()

  Calls the Twigkit API to return the current user

  To enable this you need to make sure that your security.conf file contains the line webservice-enabled: true

  Your security.conf file can be found in 'resources/conf/security/security.conf'.

  For spring security you will need the following rule to allow access to the user api, if parts of the site are public.

  <intercept-url pattern="/twigkit/api/user" access="isAnonymous() or isAuthenticated()"/>

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.getUser();

• onCancelAllResponses(callback, scope)

  When the cancel response event is fired the callback function will be called.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  callback	Function	The function to be called when the cancel event is fired.
  scope	Object	The $scope object for unsubscribing to the event when the scope is destroyed.

  Example

  $twigkit.onCancelAllResponses(function () {
   console.log('Responses have been cancelled');
  }, $scope);
  $twigkit.cancelAllResponses();
  

• postLike(platform, id, target, topic, collection)

  Sends a request to create a like to the API.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  platform	Object	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service).
  id	string	The id of the bookmark to delete.
  target	string	A unique identifier for a document that is being bookmarked. Example values: document123 Maximum length: 2083 characters
  topic (optional)	number	A topic to which the new bookmark should belong.
  collection (optional)	string	The collection to which the target document belongs.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.postLike(platform, id, target, topic, collection);

• search(searchQuery, platform, params, ignore-loading-bar, canceller)

  Search method sends a query to a Twigkit Platform endpoint and gets a result.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  searchQuery	string	The search term to search against the results.
  platform	Object	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service).
  params (optional)	Object	Other parameters to pass to the API.
  ignore-loading-bar (optional)	boolean	Whether the loading bar across the top of the page should be included for this http request. Default:true
  canceller (optional)	Promise	A promise object ($q.defer()) used to cancel the request by using canceller.promise()

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.search(query, platform, params);

• searchFacet(facet, platform, query, rpp, facetQuery, removeFilters, facetField, wildcard, canceller)

  Calls the Twigkit API to return filters from a specific facet based on the searchQuery.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  facet	string	The name of the facet to search.
  platform	Objectstring	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service) or the name of the platform.
  query	Object	The query object.
  rpp	Number	The number of filters to be returned by the API.
  facetQuery	string	The facet query to use against the API end point.
  removeFilters (optional)	boolean	Whether to remove the current filters for the facet when performing the search.
  facetField (optional)	string	If provided this field may be used to create a filter on the facet which may not be the same as the facet name itself.
  wildcard (optional)	string	Pass the wildcard settings for the request, either left, right, both or none.
  canceller (optional)	Promise	A promise object ($q.defer()) used to cancel the request by using canceller.promise()

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.searchFacet(facet,platform,query,facetQuery);

• searchSeriesFacet(query, platform, facet, measure, rpp)

  Gets series data for a facet.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  query	string	The query to use against the platform.
  platform	Object	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service).
  facet	Object	The facet to search upon.
  measure	string	What fact to use as an alternative to count as quantitative value for a filter.
  rpp	Number	The number of results to fetch.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.searchSeriesFacet(query, platform, facet);

• searchSeriesFields(query, platform, fields, rpp)

  Gets series data for a result list.

  Parameters

  Param	Type	Details
  query	string	The query to use against the platform.
  platform	Object	The platform object (retrievable from Platform Service).
  fields	Object	The facet to fields upon.
  rpp	Number	The number of results to fetch.

  Returns

  HttpPromise

  Returns a promise which will resolve depending on the response from the API.

  Example

  $twigkit.searchSeriesFacet(query, platform, fields);