fawn

Fawn

Promise based Library for atomic-ish operations in MongoDB

Fawn provides the ability to carry out edits on a mongoDB database as a series of steps. If an error occurs on any of the steps, the database is returned to it's initial state (it's state before the transaction started).

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• Getting Started
• Usage
• API
• Test

Getting Started:

Install node.js and mongoDB

Start mongoDB in a terminal: mongod

Then: npm install fawn

Usage:

var Fawn = require("fawn");

Examples

Say you have two bank accounts, one belongs to John Smith and the other belongs to Broke Ass. You would like to transfer $20 from John Smith to Broke Ass. Assuming all first name and last name pairs are unique, this might look like:

var task = Fawn.Task()

//assuming "Accounts" is the Accounts collection
task.update("Accounts", {firstName: "John", lastName: "Smith"}, {$inc: {balance: -20}})
  .update("Accounts", {firstName: "Broke", lastName: "Ass"}, {$inc: {balance: 20}})
  .run()
  .then(function(){
    //update is complete
  })
  .catch(function(err){
    // Everything has been rolled back.
    
    //log the error which caused the failure
    console.log(err);
  });

if you prefer not to chain function calls, you don't have to:

task.update("Accounts", {firstName: "Broke", lastName: "Ass"}, {$inc: {balance: -20}})
task.update("Accounts", {firstName: "Coke", lastName: "Dealer"}, {$inc: {balance: 20}})
task.run()
  .then(function(){
    //update is complete
  })
  .catch(function(err){
    // Everything has been rolled back.
    
    //log the error which caused the failure
    console.log(err);
  });

The server could crash before a task is complete, You can use the Roller to rollback all incomplete transactions before starting your server.

// assuming Fawn has been initialized. See Fawn.init below
var roller = Fawn.Roller();

roller.roll()
  .then(function(){
    // start server
  });

API

• Fawn.init
• Fawn.Task
• task.initmodel
• task.save
• task.update
• task.options
• task.remove
• task.run
• Fawn.Roller
• Roller.roll

Fawn.init(db, _collection, options): Initialize Fawn

db (required): mongoose instance or connection string

_collection (optional): Name of collection used internally by Fawn to store transactions

options (optional. lol): Connection options. Same as mongoose connection options

Note: if you're running multiple apps connected to the same db, provide a string value for _collection that's unique to each app. Do this to avoid a situation where one app rolls back the unfinished transaction(s) of another app.

If you're using mongoose in your project initialize Fawn with mongoose:

var mongoose = require("mongoose");

mongoose.connect("mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/testDB");

// remember, _collection is optional
Fawn.init(mongoose, "Fawn_collection_name_if_you_want_to_specify");

Without mongoose, Initialze Fawn like so:

// options object (http://mongoosejs.com/docs/connections.html#options)
var options = {
  user: "teh_huose_kat",
  pass: "teh_Kitti_passwrod"
}

var collection = "Fawn_collection_name_if_you_want_to_specify";

// remember, _collection and options are optional
Fawn.init("mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/testDB", collection || null, options || null);

### Fawn.Task(): Create a Fawn task

returns: A new task

After intitializing Fawn, create a task like so:

var task = Fawn.Task();

### task.initModel(modelName, schema): To initialize a model with a Schema.

modelName (required): Name of the collection associated with this model

schema (required): Same as object passed to mongoose Schema. Also see validation

If you're using mongoose, define your models with mongoose wherever possible. If the model has been defined by mongoose before this function is called, mongoose will throw an OverwriteModelError and if it was defined by Fawn, Fawn will throw an Error. Models can be defined only once.

var schema = {
  name: {type: String, required: true}
  , specials: [{title: String, year: Number}]
}

task.initModel("comedians", schema);

Save operations to the "comedians" model will validate against the schema;

### task.save(model, doc): To save a document

model (required): Name of the collection we're saving to or a mongoose model or a mongoose document

doc (optional): Object to save or a mongoose document

these are all valid:

var Cars = mongoose.model("cars", new Schema({make: String, year: Number}));
var toyota = new Cars({make: "Toyota", year: 2015});

task.save("cars", {make: "Toyota", year: 2015});
task.save(Cars, {make: "Toyota", year: 2015});
task.save("cars", toyota);
task.save(Cars, toyota);
task.save(toyota);

Note: No changes will be made to to your database until you call task.run()

task.update(model, condition, data): To update a document

model (required): Name of the collection we're updating or a mongoose model or a mongoose document

condition (required): Same as in mongoose and mongodb

data (optional): Data to update with same as in mongoose and mongodb

These are all valid

var Cars = mongoose.model("cars", new Schema({make: String, year: Number}));

task.update("cars", {make: "Toyota"}, {year: 2016});
task.update(Cars, {make: "Toyota"}, {year: 2016});

Cars.findOne({make: "Toyota"}, function(toyota){
  task.update(toyota, {year: 2016});
});

Note: No changes will be made to to your database until you call task.run()

### task.options(options): Add options to an update task.

options (required): Update options - same as in mongoose

Attach to update call as shown

task.update("cars", {make: "Toyota"}, {year: 2016})
  .options({multi: true});

// Also valid

task.update("cars", {make: "Ford"}, {year: 2016});
task.options({multi: true});

Note: No changes will be made to to your database until you call task.run()

### task.remove(model, condition): Remove document(s) from a collection

model (required): Name of the collection we're deleting from or a mongoose model or a mongoose document

condition (optional): Same as in mongoose

These are all valid

var Cars = mongoose.model("cars", new Schema({make: String, year: Number}));

// removes all cars with year === 2015
task.remove("cars", {year: 2015});
task.remove(Cars, {year: 2015});

Cars.findOne({year: 2015}, function(car){
  // remove just this car
  task.remove(car);
})

Note: No changes will be made to to your database until you call task.run()

### task.run(): Run a task.

returns: Promise

For the database changes to occur, you must call task.run(). This function returns a promise. If an error occurs, the promise is rejected with the error that caused the failure.

task.update("Accounts", {firstName: "John", lastName: "Smith"}, {$inc: {balance: -20}})
  .update("Accounts", {firstName: "Broke", lastName: "Ass"}, {$inc: {balance: 20}})
  .run()
  .then(function(){
    //update is complete
  })
  .catch(function(err){
    // Everything has been rolled back.
    
    //log the error which caused the failure
    console.log(err);
  });

### Fawn.Roller(): Get the Roller object.

returns: The Roller object

After initializing Fawn, get the Roller like so:

var Roller = Fawn.Roller();

### Roller.roll(): Roll back all incomplete transcations

Returns all the documents affected by incomplete transactions to their original state. Should only be used when no tasks are in progress, usually on server startup.

var roller = Fawn.Roller();

roller.roll()
  .then(function(){
    // start server
  });

Test

To test this module, start mongodb in a terminal

mongod

Then cd to the project directory and run

npm test