ilorm

ilorm (I Love ORM)

New way to manipulate data with NodeJS.

You can found example and documentation on the Official Ilorm website

Why a new ORM ?

• Elegant way to separate database from business logic.
• Easy way to create powerful plugins using the "class" inheritance.
• Universal database / data source connector (MongoDB, SQL, Redis, REST, CSV...).
• Use newest feature of ECMAScript (modern javascript).

Features

• Universal connector to bind every kind of database or data source.
• Powerful plugin ecosystem
• Query builder
• Data validation

Contributing

Please, refer to our code of conduct before starting and to our contributing guide.

Initialize

Schema

With a Schema you define the way your data are represented.

const ilorm = require('ilorm');
const schema = ilorm.schema;
 
const userSchema = schema.new({
  firstName: schema.String().required(),
  lastName: schema.String().required(),
  children: schema.Array(schema.reference('User')),
  birthday: schema.Date(),
  weight: schema.Number().min(5).max(500)
});
 

ilorm.schema

Function	Description
static new( schema )	Create a new ilorm schema.
static string()	Instantiate a Field/String
static number()	Instantiate a Field/Number
static boolean()	Instantiate a Field/Boolean
static date()	Instantiate a Field/Date
static reference()	Instantiate a Field/Reference

All Fields

All Fields are children of the class BaseField. This class contains this method :

Function	Description
required()	The field is required for create an object (per default not required).
default(value)	Set a precise value for default (if you do not set a value at creation).

Field/Number

Represent a javascript number.

Field/String

Represent a javascript string.

Field/Boolean

Represent a javascript boolean.

Field/Date

Represent a javascript date.

Field/Reference

Represent a javascript reference to another instance.

Models

const ilorm = require('ilorm');
const ilormMongo = require('ilorm-connector-mongo');
 
const userSchema = require('./schema');
const userModel = ilorm.newModel({
  name:'User',
  connector: ilormMongo({ db }),
  schema: userSchema,
});
 
userModel.query()
  .firstName.is('Smith')
  .findOne()
  .then(user => {
    user.weight = 30;
    return user.save();
  });

ilorm.model

Function	Description
query()	Instantiate a Query targeting the current Model

Query

Fields

In a query, every field present in the schema could be use to build the query. The [field] part in further documentation are every field declared in your specific schema.

Exemple of query

// if your schema is something like this ;
const schema = ilorm.schema({
  firstName: ilorm.String().required(),
});
 
// You could write query like this :
const user = await User.query()
    .firstName.is('Smith')
    .findOne();

Filters

Function	Description
[field].is(value)	Check if the field is equal value
[field].isNot(value)	Check if the field is not equal with value
[field].isIn(arrayOfValue)	Check if the field value is one of the array value
[field].isNotIn(arrayOfValue)	Check if the field value is none of array value
[field].between(min, max)	Check if the value is between min and max (include)
[field].min(value)	Check if the value is equal or superior than the value
[field].max(value)	Check if the value is equal or inferior than the value
[field].linkedWith(value)	Check if the field (reference) is linked with another model, id, ...

Update

Used for update or updateOne query only :

Function	Description
[field].set(value)	Set the value of the field
[field].inc(value)	Incremente the value of the field by the given value

Operations

Function	Description
find()	Run the query and return a promise with the result (array of instance).
findOne()	Run the query and return a promise the result (instance).
count()	Count the number of instance and return it.
stream()	Run the query with a stream context could be the best solution for big query.
remove()	Remove the instance which match the query.
removeOne()	Remove only one instance which math the query.
update()	Used to update many instance.
updateOne()	Used to update one instance.

Query.update

userModel.query()
  .firstName.is('Smith')
  .weight.set(30)
  .update();
 

Query.stream

userModel.query()
  .stream() //Return a standard stream
  .pipe(otherStream);
 

Instances

Instances are returned after a loading (find, or stream). It's a specific item loaded from the database. You can create a new instance from the model :

const instance = new userModel();
instance.firstName = 'Thibauld';
instance.lastName = 'Smith';
instance.save();

Function	Description
save()	Save the instance in the database (auto insert or update)
remove()	Delete the instance from the database