web_api_play_thoughts.js

const process = require("process")

const superagent = require('superagent')
const Ajv = require("ajv")

// This example is inspired by the idea of https://riposte.in/
// although that package has a way better DSL by not being written in Javascript

// Normally a playground script like this would serve two purposes:
//   1. All developers to pass around scripts of things that Should Work
//   2. Give developer a way to validate the JSON that is coming back
//        ... this may or may not be relevent

async function schema() {
    const res = await superagent.get("http://swapi.co/api/people/schema")
    return res.body
}


async function callIt() {
    const res = await superagent.get('https://swapi.co/api/people/1')
    
    //console.log(res.body.name)
    return res.body
}


function validateFunction(schema) {
    let ajv = new Ajv({schemaId: 'id'})
    ajv.addMetaSchema(require('ajv/lib/refs/json-schema-draft-04.json'));

//    console.log(schema)
    return ajv.compile(schema) // higher order function!!
}


Promise.all( [schema(), callIt()] ).then( ([schema, data] ) => {
    console.log( validateFunction(schema)(data) )

    console.log(data.name)
    process.exit()
})