Meli

Mercado Libre SDK for Node.js that supports promises.

Install

npm install meli

Usage

import meli from 'meli';
...

var client = new meli.Meli(client_id, client_secret, [access_token], [refresh_token]);

const categories = await client.get('sites/MLA/categories');

console.log(categories);

/** prints to the console:
[ 
	{ id: 'MLA5725', name: 'Accesorios para Vehículos' },
	{ id: 'MLA1071', name: 'Animales y Mascotas' },
	{ id: 'MLA1367', name: 'Antigüedades' },
	{ id: 'MLA1368', name: 'Arte y Artesanías' },
	{ id: 'MLA1743', name: 'Autos, Motos y Otros' },
	{ id: 'MLA1384', name: 'Bebés' },
	...
]
*/

API

Field	Type	Required	Description
client_id	int	yes	ID provided when creating a MELI APP (link to create app guide)
client_secret	string	yes	Hash string key provided when creating a MELI APP (link to create app guide)
access_token	string	optional	Used to talk to our API resources that require credentials (eg: POST to /items).
refresh_token	string	optional	Hash string provided when a user authorizes an A P. Used to get a new valid access_token (only available when offline_access scope in APP settings is checked).

Authorization

getAuthURL

meliObject.getAuthURL(redirect_uri)

Field	Type	Required	Description
redirect_uri	string	yes	Callback URL to which the user will be redirected after granting permission to the Meli APP. The code required to obtain the first access_token (required in Authorize method) will be appended to this URL when making this redirect.
returns string

authorize

meliObject.authorize(code, redirect_uri) 

Field	Type	Required	Description
code	string	yes	Code received at redirect_uri when user granted permission to the Meli APP.
redirect_uri	string	yes	Callback URL to which the API will send the access & refresh tokens. It must be the same as the one configured in the Meli APP settings.

refreshAccessToken

meliObject.refreshAccessToken() 

Request

get

meliObject.get(path, [params,]) 

Field	Type	Required	Description
path	string	yes	API resource path to which the GET request will be sent.
params	object	optional	Additional params (if required).

post

meliObject.post(path, body, [params,]) 

Field	Type	Required	Description
path	string	yes	API resource path to which the POST request will be sent.
body	object	yes	Body to be sent when executing the POST request.
params	object	optional	Additional params (if required).

upload (post with multipart)

meliObject.upload(path, body, [params,]) 

Field	Type	Required	Description
path	string	yes	API resource path to which the POST request will be sent.
body	object	yes	Body to be sent when executing the POST request.
params	object	optional	Additional params (if required).

put

meliObject.put(path, body, [params,]) 

Field	Type	Required	Description
path	string	yes	API resource path to which the PUT request will be sent.
body	object	yes	Body to be sent when executing the PUT request.
params	object	optional	Additional params (if required).

delete

meliObject.delete(path, [params,]) 

Field	Type	Required	Description
path	string	yes	API resource path to which the DELETE request will be sent.
params	object	optional	Additional params (if required).