loopback-connector-rethinkdb

Loopback connector for RethinkDB.

Installation

In your application root directory, enter this command to install the connector:

npm install loopback-connector-rethinkdb --save

This installs the module from npm and adds it as a dependency to the application's package.json file.

Creating a RethinkDB data source

Add an entry in the application's /server/datasources.json :

"mydb": {
  "url":  "http://username:[email protected]:28015/dbName"
  "connector": "rethinkdb"  
}

Edit datasources.json to add any other additional properties that you require.

Connection properties

| Property | Type   | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | connector | String | Connector name, “loopback-connector-rethinkdb”| | url | String | Full connection url. Overrides other connection settings | | database | String | Database name | | host | String | Database host name | | password | String | Password to connect to database | | port | Number | Database TCP port | | username | String | Username to connect to database |

Additional properties

You can specify an 'additionalSettings' property:

"additionalSettings": {
  "ssl": {
    "ca": "${RETHINKDB_SSL}"
  }
}

RETHINKDB_SSL contains the base64encoded SSL cert.

Changefeed

The connector has support for RethinkDB changefeeds. You can access to the functionality by doing:

ModelName.dataSource.connector.changeFeed(Model.modelName, filter, options);

The filter parameter is the standard loopback filtering object. The options parameter can have a throttle property, specified in milliseconds. Disabled by default.

PS: If a change happens, the changefeed function will return the entire results set. Delta results are on the roadmap