bald-knex

REST API generator using knex for express.js.

Installing via NPM

npm install bald-knex

Getting started

Using bald is really easy, let's take the following example:

We have a table called Users we'd like to expose to the API:

bald = new Bald({app: app, knex: knex})

bald.resource({
  model: 'Users'
});

That's it! You can now create, read, update and delete using the newly created API. You can check them at /api/Users/ and /api/Users/:pk where :pk is the primary key of the table.

Primary keys

Sometimes you may want to set a different primary key than id, for that you can set the primaryKey parameter in the resource initialization as follows:

bald.resource({
  model: 'Users'
  primaryKey: 'id'
})

Middleware support

Bald also optionally includes middleware support for each route that is declared:

isLoggedIn = function(req, res, next) {
  if (req.user) {
    return next();
  } else {
    return res.end('permission-denied')
  }
};

bald.resource({
  model: model
  middleware: {
    list: [isAdmin, isLoggedIn],
    create: [isAdmin, isLoggedIn],
    read: [isLoggedIn],
    update: [isAdmin, isLoggedIn],
    delete: [isAdmin, isLoggedIn]
  }
})

You do not need to declare all the routes middleware if none is needed.

HTTP

Following the same method as in the manager, you PUT or POST the data to the endpoint with x-www-form-urlencoded.

REST API

Available routes are listed below:

Method	URL	Description
GET	/api/Users	Displays all users
GET	/api/Users/1	Displays a user, searched by id
PUT	/api/Users	Edits multiple users (JSON format)
PUT	/api/Users/1	Edits a user
POST	/api/Users	Adds a user
DELETE	/api/Users/1	Deletes a user

Custom endpoints

You can declare your own endpoints instead of letting bald pluralize the model's name. In order to do so you'll have to declare the bald resource in the following way:

bald.resource({
  model: 'User',
  endpoints: {
    plural: '/api/CoolUsers'
    singular: '/api/CoolUser/:id'
  }
});

Please note that the singular must include the id query parameter in the string. If you are specifiyign custom endpoints, both singular and plural endpoints are mandatory.

Mentions

Developed at Phyramid

LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Petru-Sebastian Toader

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