parch

parch

Restify + Sequelize

parch is a simple RESTful framework combining the power of restify for routing and sequelize ORM for dao access. Stop rewriting your server code and get parched.

** WIP: parch is very much still in beta so use at your own risk **

If you'd like to contribute, take a look at the roadmap

Installation

npm install --save parch

Usage

Application

For a full list of available options see below

const parch = require("parch");

// define your app
const parch = new parch.Application({
  server: {
    name: "my-app",
    certificate: "/path/to/my.crt",
    key: "/path/to/my.key",
    log: Bunyan.create
    middlewares: [
      restify.bodyParser(),
      restify.queryParser(),
      myCustomMiddleware()
    ]
  },
  authentication: {
    secretKey: "ssshhh",
    unauthenticated: [/\/posts[\s\S]*/, "/users/resetPassword"]
  },
  controllers: {
    dir: path.resolve(__dirname, "controllers")
  },
  database: {
    connection: {
      username: "postgres",
      password: "postgres",
      database: "postgres",
      host:  "localhost",
      dialect: "postgres",
      logging: false
    },
    models: {
      dir: path.resolve(__dirname, "models")
    }
  }
});

// wire up your routes
parch.map(function () {
  this.resource("user");
  this.route("user/resetPassword", {
    using: "users:resetPassword", // controller:method
    method: "post" // request method
  });
});

parch.start(3000).then(() => {
  console.log("App listening.")
});

The above will create the following route mapping

POST   /users               => UserController.create
GET    /users               => UserController.index
GET    /users/:id           => UserController.show
PUT    /users/:id           => UserController.update
DELETE /users/:id           => UserController.destroy
POST   /users/resetPassword => UserController.resetPassword

Controller

const parch = require("parch");

class UserController extends parch.Controller {
  constructor(options) {
    super(options);
  }

  index(req, res, next) {
    this.findAll(req.query).then(records => {
      /**
       * {
       *   users: [{
       *   ...
       *   }]
       * }
       */
       res.send(this.statusCodes.SUCCESS, records);
    }).catch(next);
  }

  show(req, res, next) {
    this.findOne(req.params.id).then(record => {
      /**
       * {
       *   user: {
       *   ...
       *   }
       * }
       */
       res.send(this.statusCodes.SUCCESS, record);
    }).catch(next);
  }

  create(req, res, next) {
    this.createRecord(req.body.user).then(record => {
      /**
       * {
       *   user: {
       *   ...
       *   }
       * }
       */
       res.send(this.statusCodes.CREATED, record);
    }).catch(next);
  }

  update(req, res, next) {
    this.updateRecord(req.params.id, req.body).then(updatedRecord => {
      /**
       * {
       *   user: {
       *   ...
       *   }
       * }
       */
       res.send(this.statusCodes.SUCCESS, record);
    }).catch(next);
  }

  destroy(req, res, next) {
    this.destroyRecord(req.params.id).then(() => {
      res.send(this.statusCodes.NO_CONTENT);
    }).catch(next);
  }

  resetPassword(req, res, next) {
    this.findOne(req.params.id).then(record => {
      record.password = req.body.password;
      return record.save();
    }).then(record => {
      res.send(this.statusCodes.SUCCESS);
    }).catch(next);
  }
}

Model

Models are defined following the sequelize define, pattern.

lib/models/user.js

class UserModel extends parch.Model {
  constructor() {
    super();
  }

  define(DataTypes) {
    const user = {
      email: {
        type: DataTypes.STRING,
        validate: { isEmail: true }
      }
    };

    return user;
  }
}

Associations

parch loads associations of a record as an array of ids.

class UserController extends parch.Controller {
  constructor() {
    super();
  }

  show(req, res, next) {
    this.findOne(req.params.id).then(user => {
      /**
       *  {
       *    user: {
       *      firstName: "John",
       *      posts: [1, 2, 3]
       *    }
       *  }
       */
    });
  }
}

Authentication and Authorization

Authentication and authorization is handled using jwt, with more options coming in the future. To disable auth for specific routes, use the authentication.unauthenticated array. Empty by default, you can give a string or regex expression to skip your unauthenticated routes

const parch = new parch.Application({
  authentication: {
    unauthenticated: [/\/posts[\s\S]*/, "/users/resetPassword"]
  }
});

Static content

TODO

Logging

TODO

Error handling and responses

Error handling is done using restify-errors. When using controller helpers (findAll, findOne, etc) errors are handle automatically for you. Just catch your Promise with next and parch will handle the rest.

show(req, res, next) {
  this.findOne(req.params.id).then(user => {
  }).catch(next);
}

/**
 * { code: "NotFound", message: "User with id '1' does not exist" }
 */

Errors handled by parch:

• findOne:
  • NotFound: The record does not exist
• createRecord:
  • BadRequest: Request body was missing or invalid
  • UnprocessableEntity: Model validations failed
• updateRecord:
  • BadRequest: Request body was missing or invalid
  • UnprocessableEntity: Model validations failed
• destroyRecord:
  • NotFound: The record does not exist

Need to handle your own errors? controller.errors contains all of restify-errors' errors

Options

• server All options (with the exception of middlewares) are passed directly to restify
  • log: defaults to parch's bunyan instance but can be overridden
  • middlewares(Array): merged with parch's default middlwares
• authentication
  • secretKey(String): A secret string used to sign JWT tokens
  • unauthenticated(Array): an array of strings or regex patterns to skip authentication.
• controllers
  • dir(String): The path to your controllers directory. Default: _dirname/controllers
• database
  • connection(Object) Sequelize connection options
  • models
    • dir(String): The path to your models directory. Default: __dirname/models

Changelog

0.0.8 (2016-07-01)

Features

• logger: add logger class (d88b1d2)
• logger: add logger to app (b3435ba)

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