#3 Allow baseUrl to be specified at instantiation time for European users who have a different JotForm endpoint. Also add a supporting note to the README.

dawngerpony · dawngerpony · commit d9fff7a75aff · 2016-05-01T18:24:54.000+01:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ JotForm API requires API key for all user related calls. You can create your API
 
 ### Examples
 
+The following examples are aimed towards users using the main JotForm API endpoint at `api.jotform.com`.
+
+NB. If you are located in Europe, use the following code to instantiate the client:
+
+    jotformAPIClient = JotformAPIClient(apiKey='YOUR API KEY', baseUrl='https://eu-api.jotform.com/')
+
 Print all forms of the user
 
 ```python
diff --git a/jotform.py b/jotform.py
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 
 class JotformAPIClient:
-    __baseUrl = 'https://api.jotform.com/'
+    __baseUrl = None
     __apiVersion = 'v1'
 
     __apiKey = None
     __debugMode = False
     __outputType = "json"
     
-    def __init__(self, apiKey='', outputType='json', debug=False):
+    def __init__(self, apiKey='', outputType='json', baseUrl='https://api.jotform.com/', debug=False):
 
+        self.__baseUrl = baseUrl
         self.__apiKey = apiKey
         self.__debugMode = debug
         self.__outputType = outputType.lower()
