synth-db

An ORM for Node and SQL databases. Heavily inspired by ActiveRecord with a goal of being compatible with the same db that a Rails app would use.

Requires Node 0.12 or IO.js so it can make use of ES6/ES2015 features of JavaScript. Requires classes and arrow functions.

Being developed readme first (tests second). There's still lots of missing implementation.

Install

npm install --save synth-db
npm install --save knex pg      # needed too

API

init

Create a connection to your db using knex, then pass it to synth-db.

let knex = require('knex')('postgres://localhost/mydb');
let sdb = require('synth-db');
sdb.setKnex(knex);

synth-db is a base class that your models will extend.

Declaring Models

Create a model and have it extend the Base class.

// Assuming you called setKnex previously in the app
var sdb = require('synth-db');
 
class User extends sdb.Base {
  constructor () {
    super();
  }
}
 
/* init will populate the attributes with fields from the `users` table */
User.init().then(function () {
  return User.first;
}).then(function (user) {
  console.log(user.name);
})

The above will look to the database for a users table, and add setters and getters for each column detected.

What can you do with a model? You can use it to find records from the table is represents.

Querying

.find(id:string|number):Record

.find takes in the primary key used to look up a record. The id field will be used for lookups. A promise to the record is returned, if no record is found, the promise will be rejected.

var userId = 1235;
User.find(userId).then(function (currentUser) {
  console.log(`Email: ${currentUser.email}`);
}, function () {
  console.log("Sorry, no record was found");
});

.where([equalities:object]|[searchString:string][, ...vars]):Relation

.where can either take an equalities object or a search string. The equality object is a set of keys and values that need to all be true for a record to be included.

Alternatively, you can pass in a search string that will be passed through to the db. Don't put user provided data into the search string, instead insert a ? into the string, and pass the data as an extra argument, this will avoid SQL injection attacks.

var query = User.where({ confirmed: true });
// or
query = User.where('confirmed = ?', true);
query.toString(); // "select * from users where confirmed = true;"
// Only once .then is called on a relation is the db hit
query.then(function (users) {
  return user.email;
});

.all:Array[Record]

Executes the current relation by turning it into a query, returning a promise to an array of records.

Note: Instead of using .all you can also use .then().

User.order('created_at').limit(10).all.then(function (users) {
  users.forEach(function (user) {
    console.log(user.name);
  });
});
 
// or
 
User.order('created_at').limit(10).then(function (users) {
  …
});