mandrill

defmodule Mandrill do
  @moduledoc """
  An HTTP client for Mandrill.
  """

  # Let's build on top of HTTPoison
  use Application
  use HTTPoison.Base

  def start(_type, _args) do
    Mandrill.Supervisor.start_link
  end

  @doc """
  Creates the URL for our endpoint.
  Args:
    * endpoint - part of the API we're hitting
  Returns string
  """
  def process_url(endpoint) do
    "https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.0/" <> endpoint <> ".json"
  end

  @doc """
  Converts the binary keys in our response to atoms.
  Args:
    * body - string binary response
  Returns Record or ArgumentError
  """
  def process_response_body(body) do
    JSX.decode!(body, [{:labels, :atom}])
  end

  @doc """
  Boilerplate code to make requests.
  Args:
    * endpoint - string requested API endpoint
    * body - request body
  Returns dict
  """
  def request(endpoint, body) do
    Mandrill.post!(endpoint, JSX.encode! body).body
  end

  @doc """
  Grabs MANDRILL_KEY from system ENV
  Returns binary
  """
  def key do
    Application.get_env(:mandrill, :key) ||
      System.get_env("MANDRILL_KEY")
  end
end