node-osm-api

Easy Node.js, TypeScript communication with OpenStreetMap api

import { Apiv6 } from '@map-colonies/node-osm-api';

const api = new Apiv6('https://www.openstreetmap.org', USER_NAME, PASSWORD);

Installation

$ npm install @map-colonies/node-osm-api

Usage

• Right now we only support create/upload/close changesets

In Node.js TypeScript:

Performing Create changeset:

let changesetID: number;

async function createChangeset() {
  try {
    changesetID = await api.createChangeset(CREATE_CHANGESET_BODY_XML);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
  }
}

Possibble error types:

• UnauthorizedError
• BadXmlError

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Performing Upload changeset:

let diffRes: string;

async function uploadChangeset() {
  try {
    // returns osm xml diff result as string
    diffRes = await api.uploadChangeset(CHANGESET_ID, OSC_XML);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
  }
}

Possibble error types:

• UnauthorizedError
• BadXmlError
• ChangesetOrDiffElementsNotFoundError
• ChangesetAlreadyClosedError
• OwnerMismatchError
• MismatchChangesetError

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Performing Close changeset:

async function closeChangeset() {
  try {
    await api.closeChangeset(CHANGESET_ID);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
  }
}

Possibble error types:

• UnauthorizedError
• NotAllowedError
• ChangesetNotFoundError
• ChangesetAlreadyClosedError
• OwnerMismatchError

JavaScript

const nodeOsmApi = require('node-osm-api');

const api = new nodeOsmApi.Apiv6('https://www.openstreetmap.org', USER_NAME, PASSWORD);

async function createChangeset() {
  try {
    changesetID = await api.createChangeset(CREATE_CHANGESET_BODY_XML);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
  }
}