Bulk Loader

Bulk Loader is a node.js module that can load all files in a given directory with filename matching a regular expression pattern. You can also pass a callback to be run when matching files are loaded.

Methods

setBasePath (path)

path: sets the base path where the script should start looking, this is required when loading from path other than the app root dir

load (filepath, pattern, callback)

filepath: can be a file name or a path to a directory pattern: regex pattern to filter the files. eg: /Model.coffee$/i callback: call back will be run on each file

loadMultiple (filepaths, pattern, callback)

filepaths: an array of dir (reference: loadDir.dir) pattern: regex pattern to filter the files. eg: /Model.coffee$/i callback: call back will be run on each file

Expected callback signature

callback (err, file, filename)

err: Error object with a message file: The required file filename: The filename

How to install

$ npm install bulk-loader

How to use

Let's imagine you have the follow directory structure for your project

$ ls
angular     app.js     config  node_modules  public     routes   test
app.coffee  bootstrap  models  package.json  README.md  scripts  views
 
$ ls models/
picturesModel.js       restaurantsModel.js       reviewsModel.js       usersModel.js
picturesSchema.js      restaurantsSchema.js      reviewsSchema.js      usersSchema.js
 

You want to load all the Model.js files in app.js and call init method

bulkloader = require("bulk-loader")
 
loadModelCallback = function(err, file, filename) {
    if (err) console.log(filename + " failed to load.\n" + err)
    file.init()
}
// loading model files
bulkloader.load("models", /Model\.js$/, loadModelCallback)