Synopsis

- Isomorphic Resource engine for JavaScript
- Resources are business logic wrapped in prototypical models with schema and validation
- Resources support several data-providers
- Memory
- File-System
- CouchDB
- MongoDB
- REST
- socket.io

Status


Features

* Data Validation
* Simplified Data Model Management
* Relationships
* Data Provider Extensible
* Simplified Cache Control

Installation

`` bash
$ [sudo] npm install resourceful
`

Usage

Simple case

` js
var resourceful = require('resourceful');

var Creature = resourceful.define('creature', function () {
//
// Specify a storage engine
//
this.use('couchdb');

//
// Specify some properties with validation
//
this.string('diet');
this.bool('vertebrate');
this.array('belly');

//
// Specify timestamp properties
//
this.timestamps();
});

//
// Now that the Creature prototype is defined
// we can add custom logic to be available on all instances
//
Creature.prototype.feed = function (food) {
this.belly.push(food);
};
`


Engines

$3

See the wiki for more documention.

* Engines Usage
* Engine Constructor
* Engine Caching
* Relational Resources
* Hooks and Events




API

Resource Constructor Methods


These methods are available on all user-defined resource constructors, as well as on the default resourceful.Resource constructor.

* Resource.get(id, [callback]): Fetch a resource by id.
* Resource.update(id, properties, [callback]): Update a resource with properties.
* Resource.destroy(id, [callback]): Destroy a resource by id.
* Resource.all([callback]): Fetches all resources of this type.
* Resource.find(properties, [callback]): Find all resources of this type which satisfy properties conditions.
* Resource.save(inst, [callback]): Saves the specified resource instance inst by overwriting all properties.
* Resource.create(properties, [callback]): Creates a new instance of the Resource with the specified properties.
* Resource.new(properties): Instantiates a new instance of the Resource with the properties.

Resource Instance Methods

* Resource.prototype.save([callback])
* Resource.prototype.update(properties, [callback])
* Resource.prototype.destroy([callback])
* Resource.prototype.reload([callback])

Relationship Constructor Methods

These methods are available on all user-defined resource constructors which are in a relationship

* Parent.children(id, [callback]): Fetches all the children for the specified id.
* Parent.createChild(id, properties, [callback]): Create a child for id with the specified properties.
* Child.byParent(id, [callback]): Fetches all the children for the parent given by id.

Relationship Instance Methods

* Parent.prototype.children([callback])
* Parent.prototype.createChild(properties, [callback])
* Child.prototype.parent([callback]): Fetches the parent of the given child instance.




Relational Resources

Resourceful supports a simple Resource.parent API, supports one-one, one-many, and many-many relationships.

$3

* Relational Resources

Tests

All tests are written with [vows][0] and should be run with [npm][1]:

`bash
$ npm test
``

[0]: http://vowsjs.org
[1]: http://npmjs.org

License

Copyright 2012 Nodejitsu, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.