sails-stdlib

sails-stdlib

Standard library for Node/Sails applications.

This package contains a set of hand-picked, trusted modules recommended by the Sails core team.

Installation  

npm install sails-stdlib --save

Usage

var stdlib = require('sails-stdlib');

var Gravatar = stdlib('gravatar'); // << just like doing `require('machinepack-gravatar');`
var Mailgun = stdlib('mailgun'); // << just like doing `require('machinepack-mailgun');`

Bugs  

To report a bug, click here. Someone will look into it ASAP.

In the mean time, if you see how to fix the problem and have a moment to prepare a patch, feel free to submit a pull request to the appropriate repo. Thanks for taking the time to help out!

We always welcome any patch with a bug fix, typo correction, performance enhancement, better error message, or that improves the readability of inline documentation/metadata/comments.

But before submitting modifications to code, please be aware: With this project, we've tried really hard to keep things consistent between individual methods, and that means being vigilant about the effect of any usage change in the grand scheme of the library. Thus we can't merge any unsolicited PRs that contain additive or breaking changes to usage (including new methods or options), without going through the process of submitting a proposal PR to the main Sails repo first. See Contributing below for more information.

Contributing

Please observe the guidelines and conventions laid out in the Sails project contribution guide when opening issues or submitting pull requests.

Help

First, please check out the relevant documentation. If you are having trouble or have questions, click here!

Documentation

General

• ifthen
• strings
• numbers
• booleans
• dictionaries
• arrays
• json
• datetime
• math
• paths
• urls
• emailaddresses

Scripts and NPM Packages

• fs
• http
• process
• console
• util

App Servers & Web APIs

• waterline
• sockets
• reqres
• sessionauth
• passwords
• mailgun
• gravatar

Example

var stdlib = require('sails-stdlib');
var Gravatar = stdlib('gravatar');
var Mailgun = stdlib('mailgun');


// Get a gravatar for an email address.
// (http://node-machine.org/machinepack-gravatar/get-image-url)
var imageUrl = Gravatar.getImageUrl({
  emailAddress: '[e-mail]',
  gravatarSize: 400
}).execSync();


// Send an html email.
// (http://node-machine.org/machinepack-mailgun/send-html-email)
Mailgun.sendHtmlEmail({
  apiKey: 'key-3432afa32e9401482aba183c13f3',
  domain: 'sandbox5f89931913a9ab31130131350101.mailgun.og',
  fromEmail: '[e-mail]',
  fromName: 'Harold Greaseworthy',
  toName: 'Amy Gonzales',
  subject: 'Welcome, Amy!',
  htmlMessage: 'Amy,\nThanks for joining our community. If you have any questions, please don\'t hesitate to send them our way. Feel free to reply to this email directly.\n\nSincerely,\nThe Management'
}).exec(function (err) {
  if (err) {
    console.error('Failed to send email. Details:',err);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Email sent!');

});

FAQ

I have an idea for how to improve...

We'd like to hear it! The best way to share your ideas is to contribute (see below).

I wish this supported...

We are constantly looking for ways to improve this library. If we're missing something you need from a particular pack, tweet at @sailsjs to explain your use case and we'll see what we can do. If you're in a hurry, just look up the repo for the package in question from the list below, then create a fork.

Where's the code?

Each package in the standard library lives in its own repository:

General

• ifthen
• strings
• numbers
• booleans
• dictionaries
• arrays
• json
• datetime
• math
• paths
• urls
• emailaddresses

Scripts and NPM Packages

• fs
• http
• process
• console
• util

App Servers & Web APIs

• waterline
• sockets
• reqres
• sessionauth
• passwords
• mailgun
• gravatar

Where's the changelog?

The CHANGELOG.md file in this repo contains a record of usage changes for all of the packs in the standard library (in other words, any minor or major version bumps to the dependencies listed in the package.json file). This makes the changelog more accurate and easier to update, since it saves contributors from having to maintain individual changelogs in at least 20 different repos.

Does this use semver?

Dependency versions are pinned, and all releases of sails-stdlib are carefully tested to ensure strict semantic versioning.

Does this support custom builds?

You can install and use any of the packages in this repo individually. Just require the machinepack directly.

How do I run the tests?

Tests for each package are implemented in its repo.

What does the future hold?

The roadmap for this library is flexible and we're open to ideas. The important thing is that we remain relentlessly focused on stability and versatility, while keeping the library relatively lightweight and the usage intuitive. Secondary to that, most of the immediate-term improvements we're interested in making are related to performance.

I'd like to help work on this.

Awesome! Please have a read through the contribution guide, if you haven't already. If you're actively interested in helping to shape the future usage and roadmap for this library, we welcome youre input! Please introduce yourself, let us know a rough guess at the # of hours per week you'll be able to commit, and someone from the core team will contact you ASAP.

License

This package, like the Sails framework, is free and open-source under the MIT License.