README.md

# RapidApi

Easily connect to RapidAPI blocks from your Elixir application.

## Installation

  1. Add `rapid_api` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:

    ```elixir
    def deps do
      [{:rapid_api, "~> 0.1.0"}]
    end
    ```

  2. Ensure `rapid_api` is started before your application:

    ```elixir
    def application do
      [applications: [:rapid_api]]
    end
    ```

  3. Add your configuration to your config/config.exs
  
      ```elixir
      config :rapid_api,
        base_url: "https://rapidapi.io", # optional - defaults to this URL
        token: "your-rapid-api-token",
        project: "your-rapid-api-project"
      ```
      
## Usage

### Synchronous calls

Connecting to RapidAPI is very simple. The following code makes a synchronous call to the getPictureOfTheDay function of the NasaAPI package, passing it the date parameter:

```elixir
RapidAPI.call("NasaAPI", "getPictureOfTheDay", %{date: "1997-07-01"})
```
    
This will return a Map of the API response.

### Asynchronous calls

To create an asynchronous call, you must first define a process that will receive the payload:

```elixir
receiver = fn ->
    receive do
        data -> IO.puts inspect data
    end
end
receiver_pid = spawn(receiver)
```

Then use the `call_async` function, passing it the relevant information as well as the receiver process's pid:

```elixir
RapidApi.call_async("NasaAPI", "getPictureOfTheDay", receiver_pid, %{date: "1997-07-01"})
```

This will return `:ok` and once the request has returned, will `send` the data to the specified process.

## License

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