decl-api

Declarative API definition for REST and real time APIs.

API-Definition

An API is defined by a JSON object:

declapi = require('../index.js')
t = declapi.types

api = {}
api.todo = {
  actions:
    listTasks:
      rest:
        type: "GET"
        url: "/api/tasks"
      description: "Lists all tasks"
      params: {}
      result:
        tasks:
          type: t.array 
    getTask:
      description: "Get a task by id"
      rest:
        type: "GET"
        url: "/api/tasks/:taskId"
      params:
        taskId:
          type: t.string
      result:
        task:
          type: t.object
    addTask:
      description: "Adds a task"
      rest:
        type: "POST"
        url: "/api/tasks"
      params:
        taskId:
          type: t.string
        task:
          type: t.object
          properties:
            description:
              type: t.string
            done:
              type: t.boolean
              optional: yes
      result:
        task:
          type: t.object
          properties:
            description:
              type: t.string
            done:
              type: t.boolean
}

Implementation

Your Controller must implement the declared functions:

TodoApp = {
  tasks: []
  listTasks: -> @tasks
  getTask: (taskId) -> 
    for t in @tasks
      if t.id is taskId
        return task
    return null
  addTask: (taskId, task) ->
    unless task.done then task.done = no
    task.id = taskId
    @tasks.push task
    return task
}

Binding

Express

app = # Your express app
declapi = env.require 'decl-api'
todoApp = new TodoApp()
declapi.createExpressRestApi(app, api.todo, todoApp)

REST-API

listTasks

Returns the task list as JSON object

GET /api/tasks 
RESPONSE {success: true, tasks: [...]}

addTask

Creates a task with the id: someId and returns it as JSON object

POST /api/tasks/someId
task[description]="some description"
task[done]=false
RESPONSE
{success: true, task: {id: "someId", description: "some description", done: false}}

getTask

Returns the task with id == someId

GET /api/tasks/someId
RESPONSE
{success: true, task: {id: "someId", description: "some description", done: false}}