Node RESTacular

Spectacular REST service generator.

It works with all kind of database, simply download an adapter and run RESTacular!

Installation

Install the npm package

$ npm install node-restacular

Database Adapter

RESTacular use Waterline ORM, so you are free to use (or write) its adapters.

Database Adapters List.

In this example mongodb is choosen: sails-mongodb

$ npm install sails-mongo

Features

• Full configurable services
• Storage system supporting different database engines
• Auto generated CRUD operations
• ACL permissions for single routes/method

Usage

    
    var restacular = require('node-restacular'),
           		     restConfiguration;

    restConfiguration = {
        server: Object, 	// Optional. Docs in #Server Configuration section
       	storage: Object,    // Required. Docs in #Storage Configuration section
        model: Function,    // Required. Docs in #Model section
        acl: Object		    // Optional. Docs in #ACL section
    };

    restacular.launchServer(restConfiguration, function() {
        //Run additional code if you need!
    }); 

Server Configuration

Set your server configuration. server settings are optional and default generated url is http://localhost:3000/api

    
    {
        server: {
			hostname: "localhost", 	// Default value
			port: "3000", 			// Default value
			apiPrefix: "api"		// Default value.

		},
		
		...
	}

Storage Configuration

Set your storage configuration. storage settings are required and depend on your database storage and adapter

	
	{
		storage: {
            adapter: require("db-adapter"), //Example: sails-mongo
	        host: "db-host",			    //Example: localhost
	        port: "db-port",			    //Example 27017
	        username: "db-user",		    //Example root
	        password: "db-pass",		    //Example root
	        database: "db-name"			    //Example testdb
		},

		...

	}

Model

Define your Model Object, describe your resources with their properties , associations and behaviours.

    
    {
        model: {
            <resource-name>: {
                <property-name>: {
                    type: <data-type>,
                    <attribute-name>: <attribute-value>,
                },
                <association-field-name>: {
                  model: <resource-name> // One-to-One reference to association-resource
                }
                behaviours: {
                    <lifecycle-callback>: function(values, next){
                        console.log(values);
                        next();
                    }
                }
            },
            
            ...
        }
    }

<resource-name> correspond to db table name.

<property-name> correspond to db table column name.

<resource-name> will match CRUD generated route. lowercase recommended.

Data Types and Property Attributes

Read official Waterline Data Type and Attributes

Associations Documentation

Read official Waterline Associations

Behaviours and Lifecycle Callbacks Documentation

Read official Waterline Lifecycle Callback

CRUD

After model definitions CRUD operations are automatically binded to router:

method        route                       action
------------------------------------------------------------
GET           /:resource                  find all
GET           /:resource/count            get count
GET           /:resource/:id              find by id
POST          /:resource                  create new
PUT           /:resource/:id              update by id
DELETE        /:resource/:id              delete
DELETE        /:resource                  delete all

Access Control List

Routes access is public by default.

If you don't set any acl CRUD are exposed to everyone.

With acl configuration you can choose access rules for any resource/method.

You can specify wildcard rules with char: *

        acl: {
            "*": {
                "GET": {
                    "from-ip": "*"
                },
                "POST": {
                    "from-ip": "*"
                },
                "PUT": {
                   "from-ip": "*"
                },
                "DELETE": {
                    "from-ip": "*"
                }
            },
            "resource-name": {
                "GET": {
                    "from-ip": ["127.0.0.1"]
                },
                "POST": {
                    "from-ip": ["127.0.0.1"]
                },
                "PUT": {
                   "from-ip": "none"
                },
                "DELETE": {
                    "from-ip": "none"
                }
            }
        },

        ...

In the example above resource-name is enabled only from localhost for GET and POST methods, PUT and DELETE are disabled.

All other resources are public, following * generic rule.

Behind Proxy: Problem

If you are behind a proxy, your "from-ip" will always be the Proxy IP and you can't check who is really calling the APIs.

It can happen, for example, if you put Apache Webserver in front of Node.js and you use mod_proxy to send calls internally, avoinding CORS requests.

Example of a Proxy Apache conf

    <VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName restacular.local
        ProxyPass /api http://localhost:3000/api
        ProxyPassReverse /api http://localhost:3000/api
    </VirtualHost>

Behind Proxy ACL Configuration

To avoid the problem described above you can set another property on your ACL rules: from-proxy

ACL will check your HTTP headers, validating rules on X-Forwarded-For value.

For wildcards or any resource/method you can set: from-ip | from-proxy properties.

    acl: {
        "*": {
            "POST": {
                "from-ip": ["127.0.0.1"],
                "from-proxy": ["127.0.0.1"]
            }
        },
        "resource-name": {
            "GET": {
                "from-ip": ["127.0.0.1"],
                "from-proxy": ["192.168.1.1"]
            },
            ...
        },
        ...
    }

MIT License

Copyright (C) 2015 Dario Civallero <[email protected]>

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