Node.js SDK

What is the Node.js SDK?

The Node.js SDK is an open-source server-side Typescript/JavaScript library that allows you to integrate Bucket with your app.

Getting started

You can find the full developer documentation on GitHub.

Install the SDK

Install the SDK using yarn or npm.

yarn add -s @bucketco/node-sdk 
//or 
npm install -s @bucketco/node-sdk.

Basic usage

Get started by getting a secret key from the Environment settings in Bucket.

Secret keys are meant for use in server-side SDKs only.

Secret keys allow users to obtain sensitive information. They should not be used in client-side applications.

import { BucketClient } from "@bucketco/node-sdk";

// Create a new instance of the client with the secret key. Additional options
// are available, such as supplying a logger, fallback features and
// other custom properties.
//
// Fallback features are used in the situation when the server-side
// features are not yet loaded or there are issues retrieving them.
// See "Initialization Options" below for more information.
//
// We recommend that only one global instance of `client` should be created
// to avoid multiple round-trips to our servers.
const client = new BucketClient({
  secretKey: "sec_prod_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  fallbackFeatures: ["huddle", "voice-huddle"],
});

// Initialize the client and begin fetching feature targeting definitions.
// You must call this method prior to any calls to `getFeatures()`,
// otherwise an empty object will be returned.
await client.initialize();

Once the client is initialized, one can obtain features along with the isEnabled status to indicate whether the feature is targeted for this user/company and the track function to let you track feature usage:

// configure the client
const boundClient = client.bindClient({
  user: { id: "john_doe", name: "John Doe" },
  company: { id: "acme_inc", name: "Acme, Inc." },
});

// get the current features (uses company, user and custom context to evaluate the features).
const { huddle } = boundClient.getFeatures();

if (huddle.isEnabled) {
  // this is your feature gated code ...
  // send an event when the feature is used:
  huddle.track();
}

When you bind a client to a user/company, the data is matched against the targeting rules.

To get accurate targeting, you must ensure that the provided user/company information is sufficient to match the targeting rules you've created.

The user/company data is automatically transferred to Bucket, ensuring up-to-date user/company information and accurate targeting.

High-performance feature targeting

The SDK contacts Bucket servers when you call initialize and downloads the features with their targeting rules.

These rules are then matched against the provided user/company information to getFeatures (or through bindClient(..).getFeatures()).

The getFeatures call doesn't need to contact Bucket servers once initialize has been completed.

BucketClient will periodically download targeting rules from the Bucket servers in the background.

Complete developer documentation

There's much more you can do with the Bucket Node.js SDK. See the full developer documentation on Github.