marchio-core-app

marchio-core-app

Installation

$ npm init
$ npm install marchio-core-app --save

Introduction

The purpose of this module is to provide core expressjs processing middleware for REST urls in the form of /:model/:id?.

If a matching model name is not found, or an id is expected, a 404 will be returned by the middleware.

Modules

marchio-core-app

Module

marchio-core-app-factory

Factory module

marchio-core-app-factory.create(spec) ⇒ Promise

Factory method It takes one spec parameter that must be an object with named parameters

Kind: static method of marchio-core-app-factory
Returns: Promise - that resolves to {module:marchio-core-app}

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | spec | Object | Named parameters object | | spec.model | Object | Model definition | | [spec.use] | Object | Middleware to be passed on to app.use | | [spec.numeric] | boolean | If true (default), id parameter is converted to a number |

Example (Usage example)

    "use strict";

    var killable = require('killable'),
        factory = require("marchio-core-app");

    var _modelName = 'coretest';

    var _testModel = {
        name: _modelName,
        fields: {
            email:    { type: String, required: true },
            status:   { type: String, required: true, default: "NEW" }
        }
    };
 
    factory.create({
        model: _testModel
    })
    .then( (obj) => {
        var app = obj.app;
        var path = '/:model/:id';
        var fGet = ( req, res, next ) => {
            var dbId = req.params._id; 
            var model = req.params.model;
            // console.log( req.params );
            res
                .location( req.baseUrl + "/" + [ _modelName, dbId ].join('/') )  // .location("/" + model + "/" + doc._id)
                .status(200)    
                .json( req.params );

        };
        app.get(path, fGet);
        _server = app.listen(TEST_PORT, function() {
            console.log(`listening on port ${TEST_PORT}`);   
        });
        killable(_server);
    })
    .catch( (err) => { 
        console.error(err); 
    });

Testing

To test, go to the root folder and type (sans $):

$ npm test

Repo(s)

• bitbucket.org/mitchallen/marchio-core-app.git
• github.com/mitchallen/marchio-core-app.git

Contributing

In lieu of a formal style guide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code.

Version History

Version 0.1.4

• Added numeric flag to create method
• If numeric is set to false, the id parameter will be treated like a string

Version 0.1.3

• Refactored test cases and doc example

Version 0.1.2

• Fixed version history

Version 0.1.1

• initial release