Getting started with the Script Editor

This page will provide insight about the Script Editor

Create a project

Script Editor works with projects. A project serves as wrapper file that contain one or more scripts on a specific topic.

To create a new Project:

  1. On the toolbar, click Project > Create.

    script editor create

  2. Enter a name for your project. Optionally, enter a description and choose a predefined package.

    script editor create project

  3. Click Save.

Create and run a script

Creating a script

  1. Right-click on Scripts. When you open a new project, the entries Scripts and Globals are entered by default.

    script editor new

  2. Click New scripts.

    Result: A new dialog opens.

  3. Enter a name for the script, write a description and choose whether to use typescript.

    script editor new serverscript
You can import scripts that are stored on your computer. Right-click on Scripts and click Import Script.

Running a script

  1. Right-click on the script you want to run. It does not matter if you are in editing mode or not.

    script editor run

  2. Click Run.

    Result: The Run Script window opens. You can see the script running.

Add resources to a script

You can import the following resources in your script:

  • APIs

  • Tables

  • Globals

  • NPM Modules

Make sure your script is in editing mode in you want to add resources in. There should be an open-lock-symbol next to your script in the Application component pane.

Browse the Reusable component pane for the resource you want to add to your script.

script editor resources

APIs

By adding an API to your script, you can perform basic API operations that depend on the definition of your chosen API.

From Resource Panel drag n drop an API in your selected script. Enter the new context name if required.

To perform an API call, right-click on the Script editing pane and select Code Snippets. There you will find all generated code snippets for each API you have included in your script.

For example, this is the generated snippet for a GET request with some default parameters:

const opts = {
    city_name: "Oslo",API_key: "e5306191ca20e6u2e84105ae8c980022",
    parameters: {},
    headers: {},
    data: {},
    body: {},
}

try {
    // Send api request.
    const response = await apis.weatherqcity_nameappidAPI_key(opts);
    // Log response data
    console.log(response.data)
} catch(error) {
    log.error("Error in request: ", error);
    return fail();
}

Tables

By adding a Table to your script, you can conveniently store, manage, and manipulate structured data within your scripts.

From Resource Panel drag n drop a Table in your selected script. Enter the new context name if required.

Right-click on the Script editing pane and select Code Snippets. There you will find all generated code snippets from for each Table you have included in your script.

script editor table snippet

Under entities, you will find all snippets to perform queries and more actions.

Globals

Global are reusable scripts that can be accessed in any project for you selected script. These scripts contain functions or logic that can be shared and reused by different parts of a script.

How to set up a Global Script

This will be an example of a global script exporting two functions.

  1. Open a project and create a new script. In this example, the script is GlobalFunctions

  2. Click on the Edit and then Mark as Global

Now your Global will appear in the resource panel and under your project.

script editor globals

At the moment, this Global script does not contain any logic. By adding Asynchronous functions, we can export these function for utilization. Here is a short Global script that exports two functions:

const square = async function (x) {
    return x**2;
};

const message = async (x) => x;

complete({ square, message });

// complete allows us to export the functions we have defined

Utilizing the Global script

  1. From the resource panel, drag n drop your Global in a script you desire, in this example the script is Test. Here you have the option to add a new context name to the Global for convenience

  2. Import your Global operator and call the functions:

const GlobalLib = globals.myGlobals // importing and shortening name

console.log( await GlobalLib.square(5) );
console.log( await GlobalLib.message("Hello Neptune!") );

Modules

Modules are refer to packages or libraries that are published on the NPM registry and can be easily installed. NPM is the default package manager for Node.js and provides a vast ecosystem of open-source modules that developers can leverage to add functionality to their projects.

There are two types of Modules in Neptune DXP - Open Edition:

Internal

These are default modules that Neptune DXP - Open Edition provides that considers essential for server-side scripting

Custom

Any module installed through the NPM Module service Neptune DXP - Open Edition provides

To import a module in your script:

  1. From the resource panel, drag n drop a module in a script you desire. Here you have the option to add a new context name to the module for convenience

  2. Import the module in the script:

// Axios, a popular JavaScript library used for making HTTP requests from a web browser or Node.js
const axios = modules.axios;

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