dbx

Event-driven, DB-agnostic, sane ORM.

What is dbx?

This is really just a dispatcher that sends everything around, making your database more event-driven. It abstracts away the database making a SQL system resemble more of a document-based store. It has some small opinions about the final schema, but they can be overridden. This system also enables the use of caching engines to squeeze better performance out of your fetch operations.

This is still a WIP and does not contain working code as of yet

Install

npm install dbx --save

Usage

var dbx = require('dbx');

// @todo

API

Class: dbx.Connection

Constructor to create a new connection, defines the database driver and other driver-specific options. See Database Drivers for more information.

dbx.Connection([identifier, ]options)

• identifier - 'String' (optional): Omit to have returned the default connection
• options - 'Object': With the following options:
  • driver - Driver implementing dbx, use require('dbx-mysql') for mysql
  • host - Hostname to connect to
  • port - Port to connect to
  • [...] - Anything else driver-specific (see docs for individual drivers)

This is an EventEmitter with the following events:

Event: 'connection'

Emitted upon successful connection

function (err, connection) { }

• err non-false when an error occurs, instance of dbx.Error otherwise.

Event: 'disconnect'

Emitted upon disconnect.

function (err, reason) { }

• err instance of dbx.Error.
• reason int (enum)

Event: 'error'

Emitted each time an error occurs.

function (err) { }

• err instance of dbx.Error.

Event: 'query'

Emitted when a query is ran

function (err, query)

• err instance of dbx.Error.
• query instance of dbx.Query.

connection.cache(options)

Define a caching engine. See Caching Engines.

connection.syncModels()

Synchronize defined models with upstream schema

connection.define(name, options)

Define a new model. See Defining Models.

• name String - Name of the model
• options Object - Object containing the model definition

Returns an instance of dbx.Model.

connection.model(name)

Get the model by its name.

• name String - Name of the model defined previously

Returns an instance of dbx.Model.

connection.query(name, [fromCache = true, ]callback)

Directly run an SQL query.

• sql string
• fromCache boolean (optional) attempt to load from cache
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise
  • records Array, instances of dbx.Record

Class: dbx.Model

The base class for all data models. Note that this is only the API documentation, for a more practical introduction to models, see Defining Models. Note that it cannot be used directly, rather only through defining a model, which will have an instance returned to you. The consequence of this is that all events listed here are local to individual models.

This is an EventEmitter with the following events:

Event: 'postCreate'

Emitted after a successful write is issued for a new record.

function (record[, callback]) { }

• record instance of dbx.Record
• callback callback function accepting no parameters

Event: 'postDelete'

Emitted after a successful delete has been issued.

See Event 'postCreate' for callback details

Event: 'postFetch'

Emitted after a fetch operation is issued to the DB.

function (query[, callback]) { }

• query instance of dbx.Query
• records Array of dbx.Record
• callback callback function accepting no parameters

Event: 'postSave'

Emitted after a successful write is issued for either a new or an existing record.

See Event 'postCreate' for callback details

Event: 'postUpdate'

Emitted after a successful write is issued for an existing record.

See Event 'postCreate' for callback details

Event: 'preCreate'

Emitted before a write is issued for a new record. Use this hook for formatting data or injecting data into the query before it's run. use the 'validate' event for data validation.

function (record[, callback]) { }

• record instance of dbx.Record
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters:
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise. Errors will abort the write and it will bubble up
  • record instance of dbx.Record (if you wish for any changes to be made) or falsey if nothing is to be changed

Event: 'preDelete'

Emitted before a delete is issued to an existing record.

function (record[, callback]) { }

• record instance of dbx.Record
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters:
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise. Errors will abort the delete and it will bubble up

Event: 'preFetch'

Emitted before a fetch operation is issued to the DB

function (query[, callback]) { }

• query instance of dbx.Query
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters:
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise. Errors will abort the delete and it will bubble up

Event: 'preSave'

Emitted before a write is issued for either a new or an existing record.

See Event 'preCreate' for callback details

Event: 'preUpdate'

Emitted before a write is issued for an existing record.

See Event 'preCreate' for callback details

Event: 'validate'

Emitted before any db operations have taken place, this is where you can validate information and error out if needed.

function (record[, callback]) { }

• record instance of dbx.Record
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise. Errors will abort the write and it will bubble up

model.count(query, callback)

Count the number of records in a query.

• query instance of dbx.Query
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise
  • count Number

model.create(obj, callback)

Create a new record, does not issue a create in the DB yet.

• obj key/value hash of fields OR instance of dbx.Record (to clone an object)
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise
  • record instance of dbx.Record

model.get(id, [fromCache = true, ]callback)

Fetch one by the primary key.

• id primary key identifier as defined in the model
• fromCache boolean (optional) attempt to load from cache
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise
  • record instance of dbx.Record

model.getAll(ids, [fromCache = true, ]callback)

Fetch many by an array of primary keys.

• ids Array of primary key identifier as defined in the model
• fromCache boolean (optional) attempt to load from cache
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise
  • records Array, instances of dbx.Record

model.search(query, [fromCache = true, ]callback)

Perform a search on a model.

• query instance of dbx.Query
• fromCache boolean (optional) attempt to load from cache
• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise
  • records Array, instances of dbx.Record

model.query(sql, [fromCache = true, ]callback)

Alias of connection.query()

Class: dbx.Record

record.delete([callback])

Delete the instance record.

• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise

record.save([callback])

Saves the current state of the model (updates or creates).

• callback callback function accepting the following parameters
  • err instance of dbx.Error if error, falsey otherwise

record.dateCreated

Number - Unix timestamp from when the record was originally created

record.dateModified

Number - Unix timestamp from when the record was last updated

record.exists

Boolean - Whether the record exists in the DB or not

record.id

Number|String - Primary key of the record, falsey if this is not used as the main ID.

record.inCache

Boolean - Whether the record exists in the cache or not. Always false if no caching engine is defined.

Class: dbx.Query

query.executionTime

Number - Time (MS)

query.hasRun

Boolean - Has the query been executed yet

query.inCache

Boolean - Were the results in cache?

query.sql

String - raw SQL query

Class: dbx.Error