RestBundle

Simplify REST API creation and maintentance with re-usable REST bundles. Encapsulate related REST services in a single JavaScript class that extends RestBundle.

Example: Define a REST bundle comprising a single resource (i.e., /greeting/hello) with handlers for GET and POST:

class HelloRest extends RestBundle {
    constructor(name="greeting",options = {}) {
        super(name, options);
        var handlers = [
            this.resourceMethod("get", "hello", this.getHello, "text/html"),
            this.resourceMethod("post", "hello", this.onDie),
        ];
        Object.defineProperty(this, "handlers", {
            value: handlers,
        });
    }

    getHello(req, res) { return "hello"; }

    postHello(req, res) { throw new Error("goodbye"); }
}

Add HelloRest to a nodejs application:

const HelloRest = require("../test/hello-rest");
var helloRest = new HelloRest("greeting");
helloRest.bindExpress(app);

Launch web server:

npm start

A RestBundle can be shared for use by others as an npm package.

Vue 2

RestBundle relies on Vue.js for modular web components.

1. npm run dev
2. http://localhost:4000/greeting/ui

State Model

RestBundle uses Vuex as its application store. The RestBundle state hierarchy comprises one or more services having one or more API's, each of which has its own apiModel:

state.restBundle.service.apiName.apiModel

Vue components that serve as the primary view of a RestBundle api must define a 'service' property and include the rb-api-mixin.

    mixins: [ 
        require("./mixins/rb-about-mixin.js"),
        require("./mixins/rb-api-mixin.js").createMixin("web-socket"),
    ],
    props: {
        service: "RbServer",
    },
    beforeMount(): {
        this.apiLoad().then(apiModel=>...).catch(e=>...);
    },

Other RestBundle Vue components can become informed of the loading of another apiModel using the promise returned by onApiModelLoaded(apiName,service):

    mixins: [ 
        require("./mixins/rb-about-mixin.js"),
        require("./mixins/rb-api-mixin.js").createMixin("some-other-api"),
    ],
    props: {
        service: "RbServer",
    },
    beforeMount(): {
        this.onApiModelLoaded("web-socket", "RbServer").then(apiModel=>...).catch(e=>...);
    },