Make ES5 compatible

.babelrc

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "presets": [
+        [
+            "@babel/preset-env",
+            {
+                "modules": "commonjs"
+            }
+        ]
+    ],
+    "plugins": [
+        [
+            "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime"
+        ]
+    ]
+}

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ node_modules/
 # the built documentation
 out/
 
+# the ES5 build
+dist/
+
 # GeoPackage
 *gpkg-shm
 *gpkg-wal

.release-it.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "hooks": {
+      "before:init": "npm run lint",
+      "after:bump": "npm run build"
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "release": false
+    }
+}

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,48 @@ Compatible with [GeoServer](https://geoserver.org)
   - v2.18.x (no more maintained and officially deprecated)
   - v2.17.x (no more maintained and officially deprecated)
 
+
+### Usage
+
+```shell
+npm i geoserver-node-client
+```
+
+usage with require (ES5):
+```js
+const grcImport = require('geoserver-node-client');
+const GeoServerRestClient = grcImport.GeoServerRestClient;
+
+const url = 'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/';
+const user = 'admin';
+const pw = 'geoserver';
+const grc = new GeoServerRestClient(url, user, pw);
+
+async function main () {
+    const result =  await grc.about.exists();
+    console.log(result);
+};
+
+main();
+```
+
+usage as ES module (ES6)
+```js
+import {GeoServerRestClient} from 'geoserver-node-client';
+
+const url = 'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/';
+const user = 'admin';
+const pw = 'geoserver';
+const grc = new GeoServerRestClient(url, user, pw);
+
+async function main () {
+    const result =  await grc.about.exists();
+    console.log(result);
+};
+
+main();
+```
+
 ### Setup
 
 Run as local checkout (mainly for development purposes)

demo/index.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import GeoServerRestClient from '../geoserver-rest-client.js';
+import { GeoServerRestClient } from '../geoserver-rest-client.js';
 
 const url = 'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/';
 const user = 'admin';

geoserver-rest-client.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import AboutClient from './src/about.js';
  *
  * @module GeoServerRestClient
  */
-export default class GeoServerRestClient {
+export class GeoServerRestClient {
   /**
    * Creates a GeoServerRestClient instance.
    *