mandrill library

gistfile1.js

var request = require('request'),
    _ = require('underscore');

var MANDRILL_API_ROOT = 'https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.0/'; 

function makeMandrill(key)
{
    function mandrill(path, opts, callback)
    {
        console.log(this.key, 'key');

        var requestOptions = {
            method: 'POST',
            uri: MANDRILL_API_ROOT + path,
        };

        if (typeof opts == 'object')
        {
            requestOptions['multipart'] = [{
                'content-type': 'application/json',
                body: JSON.stringify(_.extend(opts, { key: this.key }))
            }];
        }

        request(requestOptions, function(error, response, body)
        {
            if (typeof callback == 'function')
            {
                if (!error)
                {
                    //everything is good!
                    if (path.substr(-4).toLowerCase() == 'json')
                    {
                        body = JSON.parse(body);
                    }

                    if (Math.floor(response['statusCode'] / 200) == 1) //200 response code
                    {
                        callback(null, body);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        callback(body);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    callback(error);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    mandrill.key = key;

    return mandrill;
}

md = makeMandrill('my mandrill key');