kpcc_client.js

var KpccClient;

KpccClient = (function() {

  KpccClient.prototype.baseUrl = "http://scpr.org/api/content";

  function KpccClient(apiKey) {
    this.apiKey = apiKey;
  }

  KpccClient.prototype.get = function(params) {
    if (params == null) {
      params = {};
    }
    return $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: this.baseUrl,
      data: {
        query: params.query,
        types: params.types,
        limit: params.limit,
        order: params.order
      },
      dataType: "json"
    });
  };

  return KpccClient;

})();

usage.js

client = new KpccClient("someapikey");
jqXHR = client.get({query: "Obama"});

for (_i = 0, _len = jqXHR.responseText.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
  obj = jqXHR.responseText[_i];
  console.log(obj.headline);
}