dev: begin implementing driver for newsdata.io

src/backend/src/modules/external-extras/ExternalExtrasModule.js

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ class ExternalExtrasModule extends AdvancedBase {
             const { IPGeoService } = require('./IPGeoService');
             services.registerService('ipgeo', IPGeoService);
         }
+        if ( !! config?.services?.newsdata ) {
+            const { NewsDataService } = require('./NewsDataService');
+            services.registerService('newsdata', NewsDataService);
+        }
     }
 }
 

src/backend/src/modules/external-extras/NewsDataService.js

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+const APIError = require("../../api/APIError");
+const BaseService = require("../../services/BaseService");
+
+class NewsDataService extends BaseService {
+    async ['__on_driver.register.interfaces'] () {
+        const svc_registry = this.services.get('registry');
+        const col_interfaces = svc_registry.get('interfaces');
+        
+        col_interfaces.set('newsdata', {
+            description: 'NewsData.io',
+            methods: {
+                newsdata: {
+                    description: 'Report geolocation information',
+                    parameters: {
+                        '*': {
+                            type: 'json',
+                        },
+                    },
+                    result: {
+                        type: 'json'
+                    },
+                },
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    
+    static IMPLEMENTS = {
+        newsdata: {
+            async newsdata (parameters) {
+                // doing this makes vscode recognize what's being required
+                const require = this.require;
+
+                const axios = require('axios');
+                const querystring = require('querystring');
+                
+                const qstr = querystring.stringify({
+                    ...parameters,
+
+                    // Yep, API key reall does go in the query string.
+                    // This is what the docs say to do.
+                    apikey: this.config.apiKey,
+                    size: 10,
+                });
+                
+                const resp = await axios.request({
+                    method: 'GET',
+                    url: 'https://newsdata.io/api/1/latest?' + qstr,
+                });
+                
+                return resp.data;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    NewsDataService,
+};