Provider configuration ​

AniLink accepts credentials two ways. Both produce a client with aniLink.anilist and aniLink.mal surfaces.

Positional form (legacy AniList) ​

import { AniLink } from "anilink-api-wrapper";

// Token for AniList; transport settings apply to AniList only.
const aniLink = new AniLink("anilist-token", { timeout: 10_000 });

The first argument is the AniList token. The second is transport settings forwarded only to the AniList factory. The MAL surface is still available but unauthenticated.

Per-provider credentials form ​

import { AniLink } from "anilink-api-wrapper";

const aniLink = new AniLink({
    anilist: { authToken: "anilist-token", timeout: 5_000 },
    mal: { accessToken: "mal-token", timeout: 10_000 },
});

When the first argument is a credentials object, the second constructor argument is unused — transport settings belong inside each provider's slot.

Credential slots ​

buildProviderClients() ​

The constructor delegates to buildProviderClients, which is exported for advanced composition:

import { buildProviderClients } from "anilink-api-wrapper";

const clients = buildProviderClients({
    anilist: { authToken: "anilist-token" },
    mal: { accessToken: "mal-token" },
});

const anime = await clients.mal.anime.get(21);

buildProviderClients(credentials?, legacyOptions?) invokes each registered provider factory with only that provider's credential slot. legacyOptions exists for the positional form and is forwarded only to the AniList factory.

Transport settings scoping ​

timeout, retry, signal, pacing, circuit breaker, and hooks are transport settings. They are scoped to the provider slot where they are declared:

const aniLink = new AniLink({
    anilist: { authToken: "t", timeout: 5_000, retry: false },
    mal: { accessToken: "m", timeout: 15_000 },
});

Here AniList requests time out after 5 s with no retries. MAL requests time out after 15 s with the default retry policy.

Next steps ​

• AniList client configuration — the full options table.
• MAL client configuration — MAL credentials in detail.