auto-crud-mongoose

Automatic generation of RESTFUL CRUD API routes for Express server with Mongoose.

By default API routes will return a JSON response.

Setup

• npm install express mongoose auto-crud-mongoose

• create an express server

• use body-parser or similar packages to parse post/put request body

• require('auto-crud-mongoose') i.e. const autoCrud = require('auto-crud-mongoose)

• require mongoose modeles i.e. const User = require('./db/models/user.js')

• use generate a full rest route

  • Default Config: app.use(User, autoCrud(User))

  • or With Middleware: app.use(User, autoCrud(User, myMiddleware))

  • or With Custom Handlers: app.use(User, null, autoCrud(User, null, myHandlers))

  • or All toghether now: app.use(User, autoCrud(User, myMiddleware, myHandlers))

Define middleware

You can create a specific middleware for each route. omited routes will be ignored.

    const myMiddleware = {
        get: (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
            console.log("Hello from GET middleware)
            next()
        },
        getById: (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => next(),
        post: (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => next(),
        put: (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => next(),
        delete: (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => next(),
    }

Handlers config:

you can define handlers for specific route or leave it out to use the default handler

{
    get: (req, res) => { ... },
    getById: (req, res) => { ... },
    post: (req, res) => { ... },
    put: (req, res ) => { ... },
    delete: (req, res) => { ... }
}

Example:

{
    delete: (req, res) => { res.send("DELETE method not allowed!")}
}

REST Routes

Use the express app.use prefix to define a specific route. Learn more on expressjs.com/routing app.use('/myPrefix', dbModel)

{
    get => /
    getById => /:id
    post => /
    put => /:id
    delete => /:id
}

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