mongoose-rest

mongoose-rest - Generate RESTful, resource-based routes for your Mongoose models.

$ npm install mongoose-rest

Usage

var mongoose = require('mongoose')
  , app = require('express').createServer()
  , rest = require('mongoose-rest');
 
//Define your schemas
 
rest.use(mongoose);
rest.createRoutes(app, config);

This will add two types of routes depending on your document structure

Top level routes

Method  Route                     Action
GET     /<resource>.:format?      index
POST    /<resource>               create
GET     /<resource>/:id.:format?  read
PUT     /<resource>/:id           update
DELETE  /<resource>/:id           delete

Embedded routes

Method  Route                                         Action
GET     /<parent>/:parent_id/<resource>.:format?      index
POST    /<parent>/:parent_id/<resource>               create
GET     /<parent>/:parent_id/<resource>/:id.:format?  read
PUT     /<parent>/:parent_id/<resource>/:id           update
DELETE  /<parent>/:parent_id/<resource>/:id           delete

Note: Currently only one level of embedded documents is supported.

Access Control

If a static acl() method is defined on the schema, each route will pass through it

Post.acl(user, action, post, allowed) {
    //Only logged in users may see posts
    if (!user) allowed(false);

    //Only the posting user may update or delete the post
    if (action == 'update' || action == 'delete') {
        allowed(post.get('user') == user.get('id'));
    }
});

Search

The index action uses the static search() method if it's defined on the schema, otherwise it defaults to find().

TODO

Slugs

TODO

Backbone models

This is an experimental feature.

rest.generateBackboneFile('/path/to/output.js', namespace);

Then serve the .js file as normal.

License

Copyright (c) 2011 Chris O'Hara cohara87@gmail.com

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