node-document-api

NODE-DOCUMENT-API preview

HTTP API endpoint/middleware for node-document ODM for Node.js.

About

Unified HTTP API for write/read data to/from differen kinds of storages/databases.

HTTP API

POST

• (:route)/:type/:id

  HTTP POST /post/1
    {
      "title": "Post 1",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
    }
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    {
      "_type": "post",
      "_id": 1,
      "title": "Post 1",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
    }
  ]
  

• (:route)/:type/:id,...,:id

  HTTP POST /post/1,2,3
    [
      {
        "title": "Post 1",
        "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
      },
      {
        "title": "Post 2",
        "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
      },
      {
        "title": "Post 3",
        "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
      }
    ]
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    true,
    true,
    true
  ]
  

PUT

• (:route)/:type/:id

  HTTP PUT /post/1
    {
      "title": "Post 1",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
      "extra": true
    }
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    {
      "_type": "post",
      "_id": 1,
      "title": "Post 1",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
      "extra": true
    }
  ]
  

• (:route)/:type/:id,...,:id

  HTTP PUT /post/1,2,3
    [
      {
        "title": "Post 1",
        "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
        "extra": true
      },
      {
        "title": "Post 2",
        "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
        "extra": true
      },
      {
        "title": "Post 3",
        "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
        "extra": true
      }
    ]
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    true,
    true,
    true
  ]
  

GET

• (:route)/:type/:id

  HTTP GET /post/1
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    {
      "_type": "post",
      "_id": 1,
      "title": "Post 1",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
    }
  ]
  

• (:route)/:type/:id,...,:id

  HTTP GET /post/1,2,3
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    {
      "_type": "post",
      "_id": 1,
      "title": "Post 1",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
    },
    {
      "_type": "post",
      "_id": 2,
      "title": "Post 2",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
    },
    {
      "_type": "post",
      "_id": 3,
      "title": "Post 3",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
    }
  ]
  

DELETE

• (:route)/:type/:id

  HTTP DELETE /post/1
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    {
      "_type": "post",
      "_id": 1,
      "title": "Post 1",
      "description": "Lorem ipsum..."
    }
  ]
  

• (:route)/:type/:id,...,:id

  HTTP DELETE /post/1,2,3
  

  /*
    200 OK
  */
  [
    false,
    true,
    true
  ]
  

Example

Using Connect.js:

  var connect = require('connect')
  var http = require('http');

  var Document = require('node-document');
  var API = require('node-document-api');

  var Post = Document('Post');

  Post.api = API({route: '/api'});

  var app = connect();

  app
    .use(Post.api)
    .use(function(req, res) {
      res.end("Hello world!");
    });

  http.createServer(app).listen(3000, function() {
    console.log('[node-document-api/examples/connect-example.js]: Listening on port %s', 3000);
  });

Using Express.js:

  var express = require('express')

  var Document = require('node-document');
  var API = require('node-document-api');

  var Post = Document('Post');

  Post.api = API({route: '/api'});

  var app = express();

  app
    .use(Post.api)
    .use(function(req, res) {
      res.end("Hello world!");
    });

  app.listen(3000, function() {
    console.log('[node-document-api/examples/express-example.js]: Listening on port %s', 3000);
  });

Installation

  $ npm install node-document-api

Test

Local tests:

  $ make test

License

Released under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) Jonas Grimfelt