Conery API Challenge - Collection+JSON API

conery-api.js

/* Rob Conery API Sample */

// see docs at bottom of file 

// based on Collection+JSON media type
// http://www.amundsen.com/media-types/collection/

// login template
// use this data to execute HTTP BASIC over HTTPS
template : [
    {name : "email", value : "..."},
    {name : "password", value : "..."}
]

// queries
queries : [
    { rel : "browse-all-productions", href: "..."},

    { rel : "browse-by-categories", href : "...",
        data : [
            {name : "category", value : "...", 
                options : ["Microsoft", "Ruby", "Javascript", "Mobile"]
            }
        ]
    },
    
    {rel : "new-episodes", href : "..."}
]

// productions collection
items : [
    {
        href : "...",
        data : [
            {name : "type", value : "production"},
            {name : "name", value : "..."},
            {name : "status", value : "allowed"}
        ]
    },
    {
        href : "...",
        data : [
            {name : "type", value : "production"},
            {name : "name", value : "..."},
            {name : "status", value : "allowed"}
        ]
    }
]

// episode collection
items : [
    {
        href : "...",
        data : [
            {name : "type", value : "episode"},
            {name : "name", value : "..."}
        ]
    },
    {
        href : "...",
        data : [
            {name : "type", value : "episode"},
            {name : "name", value : "..."}
        ]
    }
]

// video collection
items : [
    {
        href : "...",
        data : [
            {name : "type", value : "video"},
            {name : "name", value : "..."}
        ]
    },
    {
        href : "...",
        data : [
            {name : "type", value : "video"},
            {name : "name", value : "..."}
        ]
    }
]


/*
Assume a starting URI supplied by the server (or added as a var)

Conery vocabulary:
- email
- password
- category
- name 
- type (production, episode, video)
- status (allowed, not-allowed)

Conery queries:
- browse-by-categories
- browse-all-productions
- new-episodes

write a client that 
 - MUST be ab;e tp process the Collection+JSON media type
 - MUST render and activate the login template (using HTTPS BASIC AUTH)
 - MUST render and activate the the queries (using HTTP.GET + query string) 
 - MUST render and activate the links (using HTTP.GET)
 - MUST render the collections 
   + SHOULD understand type="allowed|not-allowed" 
 - MUST render/play "video"
*/