Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Multiple Databases
• Pagination
• Documentation
• Acknowledgement
• License

Installation

npm install @mithleshjs/knex-nest knex

Then install one of the following database drivers according to your database type

npm install pg
npm install sqlite3
npm install mysql
npm install mysql2
npm install oracledb
npm install tedious

Usage

Import the KnexModule module and pass an options object to initialize it. You can pass options object using the usual methods for custom providers as shown below:

• Method #1: Pass options object

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { KnexModule } from '@mithleshjs/knex-nest';

@Module({
  imports: [
    KnexModule.register({
      config: {
        client: 'mysql',
        connection: {
          host: '127.0.0.1',
          port: 3306,
          user: 'your_database_user',
          password: 'your_database_password',
          database: 'your_database',
        },
      },
    }),
  ],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [AppService],
})
export class AppModule {}

• Method #2: useFactory()

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { KnexModule } from '@mithleshjs/knex-nest';

@Module({
  imports: [
    KnexModule.registerAsync({
      useFactory: () => ({
        config: {
          client: 'mysql',
          connection: {
            host: '127.0.0.1',
            port: 3306,
            user: 'your_database_user',
            password: 'your_database_password',
            database: 'your_database',
          },
        },
      }),
    }),
  ],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [AppService],
})
export class AppModule {}

• Method #3: useClass()

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { KnexModule } from '@mithleshjs/knex-nest';
import { DbConfigService } from '../db-config.service';

@Module({
  imports: [
    KnexModule.registerAsync({
      useClass: DbConfigService,
    }),
  ],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [AppService],
})
export class AppModule {}

export class DbConfigService {
  createKnexModuleOptions = () => {
    return {
      config: {
        client: 'mysql',
        connection: {
          host: '127.0.0.1',
          port: 3306,
          user: 'your_database_user',
          password: 'your_database_password',
          database: 'your_database',
        },
      },
    };
  };
}

• Method #4: useExisting()

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { KnexModule } from '@mithleshjs/knex-nest';
import { DbConfigService } from '../db-config.service';

@Module({
  imports: [
    KnexModule.registerAsync({
      useExisting: AliasedDbConfigService,
    }),
  ],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [AppService],
})
export class AppModule {}

Use the InjectKnex() decorator to inject the Knex connection as local property to access Knex API object directly. See the example below.

import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
import { InjectKnex } from '@mithleshjs/knex-nest';
import { Knex } from 'knex';

@Injectable()
export class AppService {
  constructor(@InjectKnex() readonly knex: Knex) {}

  getUsers() {
    return this.knex('users').select('id', 'name');
  }
}

Configuration

A KnexModule option object has the following interface:

export interface IKnexModuleOptions {
  config: Knex.Config;
  configTag?: string;
}

• config: configuration object for Knex as described here

• (optional) configTag: identifier tag for Knex config, required if you wish to use multiple database connections

Multiple Databases

You can connect as many databases as you want, you just need to pass a unique configTag for each instance.

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { KnexModule } from '@mithleshjs/knex-nest';

@Module({
  imports: [
    KnexModule.register({
      config: {
        client: 'mysql',
        connection: {
          host: '127.0.0.1',
          port: 3306,
          user: 'your_database_user',
          password: 'your_database_password',
          database: 'your_database',
        },
      },
      configTag: 'mysql8',
    }),
    KnexModule.register({
      config: {
        client: 'pg',
        connection: process.env.PG_CONNECTION_STRING,
        searchPath: ['knex', 'public'],
      },
      configTag: 'postgres12',
    }),
  ],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [AppService],
})
export class AppModule {}

Pass the configTag value in InjectKnex() decorator to inject the specific Knex connection. See the example below.

import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
import { InjectKnex } from '@mithleshjs/knex-nest';
import { Knex } from 'knex';

@Injectable()
export class AppService {
  constructor(
    @InjectKnex('postgres12') readonly knexPg: Knex,
    @InjectKnex('mysql8') readonly knexSQL: Knex
  ) {}

  getUsers() {
    return this.knexPg('users').select('id', 'name');
  }

  getAuthors() {
    return this.knexSQL('authors').select('id', 'name');
  }
}

Pagination

The pagination functionality has been rewritten as a separate utility as Knex plugin API was not stable. Pagination utility supports both offset and cursor based pagination. You can learn how it was designed from here.

• Offset Pagination

  KnexPagination.offsetPaginate parameters has the following interface:

  export interface IOffsetPaginateParams {
    query: Knex.QueryBuilder;
    perPage: number;
    goToPage: number;
    count?: number;
    dataKey?: string;
  }

  • (required) query: knex query builder instance
  • (required) perPage: no of records per page
  • (required) goToPage: the page you want to fetch
  • (optional) count: sets the row count manually
  • (optional) dataKey: sets the name of the data key

  const query = this.knexPg('artist').select('id', 'name');
  const result = await KnexPagination.offsetPaginate({
    query: query,
    perPage: 10,
    goToPage: 1,
  });

  Note: This function runs count query on every request to calculate total number of pages which can be very expensive. So it is advisable that you manually keep a row count and pass that value in count parameter to avoid that pitfall.

• Cursor Pagination

  KnexPagination.cursorPaginate parameters has the following interface:

  export interface ICursorPaginateParams {
    query: Knex.QueryBuilder;
    cursor: ICursor;
    perPage: number;
    dataKey?: string;
  }

  • (required) query: knex query builder instance
  • (required) cursor: an object of type ICursor
  • (required) perPage: no of records per page
  • (optional) dataKey: sets the name of the data key

  export interface ICursor {
    key: string;
    keyAlias?: string;
    value?: string | number;
    order: 'asc' | 'desc';
    direction: 'next' | 'prev';
  }

  • (required) key: name of the column that will be used as cursor, it should be sequential and unique
  • (optional) keyAlias: specify the column alias for the cursor key
  • (optional) value: the value of the cursor for getting next/prev page, omit or pass null to get the first page/last page depending on direction
  • (required) order: pass asc or desc to specify the sorting order of the cursor
  • (required) direction: pass next to get next page or prev to get the prev page

  const artistsQuery = this.knexPg('artist').select('id', 'name');
  const result = await KnexPagination.cursorPaginate({
    query: artistsQuery,
    cursor: {
      key: 'id',
      order: 'desc',
      value: null,
      direction: 'next',
    },
    perPage: 10,
  });

Documentation

• NX
• Knex

Acknowledgement

• nestjsplus/knex
• svtslv/nestjs-knex
• felixmosh/knex-paginate

License

Knex-Nest is MIT licensed.