BuildREQ

What is Build Response,Routing,Error & Query?

It is currently a Mongoose & Express dependent module. It can be used in a different ways like building out dynamic routes, query filter in conjuction with your schema, Error handler & Standard response. It is most useful when used as a middleware with your expressjs api.

Build.query

console.log(build.query({mongoose:mongoose,req:req})

Build.queryMiddleware

app.use(build.queryMiddleware())
//or send mongoose in if your having loading issues
app.use(build.queryMiddleware({mongoose:mongoose}))

Configs

build.config({
  query: {
  //configs go here
  }
})

Build.error

app.use(build.error())

Build.response

build.response(res, {
    method: 'json',
    query: req.queryParameters,
    hostname: req.get('host') + req.path,
    route: req.route,
    data: 'no data'
})

Build.responseMiddleware

app.use(build.responseMiddleware())
res.response(res, {
    count: results.count,
    method: 'json',
    query: req.queryParameters,
    hostname: req.get('host') + req.baseUrl,
    route: req.route,
    data: results.get,
    type: Campaign
})

Build.routing

var blogSchema = mongoose.Schema({
  created: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now
  }
})
Blog = mongoose.model('Blog', blogSchema)
//var route = build.routing(app)
//console.log(route)
//or
build.routing({
    app:app,
    mongoose: mongoose
},function(error,data){
    console.log(data)
})
 
// Routes that will be created for you
// http://localhost:3000/api/v1/blog - GET,POST | GETALL - CREATE 
// http://localhost:3000/api/v1/blog/id/:blogId - PUT,DELETE,GET | UPDATE DELETE VIEWONE
// http://localhost:3000/api/v1/blog/aggregate - GET | USE AGGREGATION FRAMEWORK
// http://localhost:3000/api/v1/blog/fields/ - GET | GETS ALL FIELDS IN SCHEMA
// http://localhost:3000/api/v1/blog/options/ - GET | GETS ALL OPTIONS IN SCHEMA
// http://localhost:3000/api/v1/blog/_indexes/ - GET | GETS ALL INDEXES IN SCHEMA
 
//You Can Inject mongoose in your routing if need be
//You can also wait for the connection to openbefore injecting it
var mongoose = require('mongoose')
 
  mongoose.connection.onOpen(function(){
    //console.log(mongoose.connection)
    console.log('open')
    //console.log(mongoose.models)
    build.routing(app,mongoose)
  })
 
 
// OR you can  build it on your end by setting the config to not build
var build = require('buildreq')(
    routing: {
        schema: true,
        url: '/api/v1/',
        build: false
    }
)
 
_.forEach(build.routing(app, mongoose), function (m) {
  app.use(m.route, m.app)
})

Configs

build.config({
  routing: {
  //configs go here
  }
})

Build.config

var build = require('../buildreq')
build.config({configs: 'here'}-->)

R - Response Builder

The next common way to use this module is to have it build your api response so that you have a consistent format. This response is dynamic enough right off the bat to do logic based on actions you wish to give your frontend. Great thing is if you don’t like some of the fields you can delete them in the configs.

Key	Description	Default Value
method	uses the GET method by default	get
data	uses empty object by default	{}
user	uses empty object by default	{}
count	uses zero by default	0
hostname	uses empty string by default	''
query	uses empty object by default	{}
type	uses empty string by default	''
actions.prev	turns on action.prev by default	true
actions.next	turns on action.next by default	true
actions.reload	turns on action.reload by default	true
middleware	allows you to place middle ware on the routes	auth: [],noauth: [],all: [],admin:[]
delete	deletes response objects	[]

R - Routing Builder

It is a optional routing builder . what it does is it creates CRUD routes and interacts with the database based off of the shcema from mongoose. More to come on it later.

Key	Description	Default Value
schema	uses mongoose schema by default - N/A taken out for now	[]
url	change the default url that the routing is built with	'/api/v1/'
build	change the default to false to manually mount the routing	'true'
middleware	change the default to false to manually mount the routing	{ auth: [], noauth: [], all: [] }
remove	remove mongoose models by name if you dont want them routed ex ['Users'] |[]`
deepPopulateOptions	Mongoose populate options	{whitelist: [],populate: {},rewrite: {}}
deepPopulateOptions.whitelist	Mongoose populate options	[]
deepPopulateOptions.populate	Mongoose populate options	{}
deepPopulateOptions.rewrite	Mongoose populate options	{}

E - Error

The error is still being worked on to make better but currently it is a base level error handler

Q - Query Builder

The most common used way is as a dynamic query builder as express middleware. It watches on the “req.query “ to see how you users interacting with it. Once it captures the data it will then check it again all of you defined mongoose schemas. By doing that it allows the builder to know what to allow and what not to all. This will give you a dynamic api query handler with out having to code anything at all . All you need to do is to tell express to use the module as middleware “app.use(buildReq.query);”

Key	Description	Default Value
strict	uses strict to make it follow strict to mongoose	false
sort	uses created field by default	'-created'
filter	uses empty object by default otherwise it finds dynamically based of schema	{}
limit	uses empty string by default	20
select	uses empty string by default	''
populateId	uses empty string by default	''
populateItems	uses empty string by default	''
limitToPopulateId	uses empty string by default	''
limitToPopulateItems	uses empty string by default	''
deepPopulate	uses empty string by default	''
lean	uses empty string by default	''
skip	uses empty string by default	0
where	uses empty string by default	''
gt:	uses where for GreaterThan	false
gte:	uses where for GreaterThanEqual	false
lte:	uses where for LessThanEqual	false
lt:	uses where for LessThan	false
in:	uses where for IN array	false
ne:	uses where for NE Not Equal	false
nin:	uses where for NIN not in array	false
regex:	uses where with options for regex	false
options:	uses where regex required	false
size:	uses where for SIZE of array	false
all:	uses where for ALL	false
find:	uses where for FIND	false
equals:	uses where for EQUALS	false
aggregate:	uses Aggregation Framework with object you send	false
errorMessage	uses string by default when user passes bad value	Unknown Value
delete	uses empty array by default	[]
mongoose	uses boolean to use mongoose to to have custom	true
schema	uses empty [] if you dont use a custom schema	[]

Key	Example urls
gt & lt	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=created&gt=2015-11-17&lt=2015-12-30
equals	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=email&equals=[e-mail]
in	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=emails&in=[e-mail]
ne	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=email&ne=[e-mail]
nin	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=emails&nin=[e-mail]
regex & options	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=email&regex=\/com\/&options=%3Coptions%3E
size	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=emails&size=2
all	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=email&all=[e-mail]
find	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns?where=email&find=shawn@
aggregate	http://localhost:3000/api/v1/campaigns/task/aggregated?aggregate[$unwind]=$donations&aggregate[$group][_id]=$_id&aggregate[$group][balance][$sum]=$donations.amount

Future

-more docs -debug

Contributing

Looking for anyone that could have a use for this module in his or her daily life to help contribute .

Examples

Take a look at my examples

cd /YOURDIRECTORY/
npm install buildreq
cd ex/
node app.js

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