$ npm install node-tipbot-api

$ git clone https://github.com/nrpatten/node-tipbot-api.git

• Then meet the package dependencies:

$ cd node-tipbot-api/
$ npm install

• include node-tipbot-api into your project:

var tipbot = require('node-tipbot-api');

tipbot.options({
    'stream' : true,
    'cleartext' : true 
});

By default the returned data is an object, in order to get clear text you have to add the option cleartext (streams will always return objects):

• To activate Cleartext simply add to your options:

'cleartext' : true

• To activate Streaming simply add to your options:

'stream' : true

• url String
• callback Function

var url = 'http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random';
tipbot.sendCustomRequest( url, function( data ) {
    var info = data;
    console.log( info.value.joke );
});