## loopback-connector-mysql `loopback-connector-mysql` is the MySQL connector module for [loopback-datasource-juggler](http://docs.strongloop.com/loopback-datasource-juggler/). ## Usage To use it you need `loopback-datasource-juggler`. 1. Setup dependencies in `package.json`: ```json { ... "dependencies": { "loopback-datasource-juggler": "latest", "loopback-connector-mysql": "latest" }, ... } ``` 2. Use: ```javascript var DataSource = require('loopback-datasource-juggler').DataSource; var dataSource = new DataSource('mysql', { host: 'localhost', port: 3306, database: 'mydb', username: 'myuser', password: 'mypass' }); ``` You can optionally pass a few additional parameters supported by [`node-mysql`](https://github.com/felixge/node-mysql), most particularly `password` and `collation`. `Collation` currently defaults to `utf8_general_ci`. The `collation` value will also be used to derive the connection charset. ## Data type mappings `loopback-connector-mysql` uses the following rules to map between JSON types and MySQL data types. ### JSON to MySQL types - String/JSON: VARCHAR - Text: TEXT - Number: INT - Date: DATETIME - BOOLEAN: TINYINT(1) - Point/GeoPoint: POINT - Enum: ENUM ### MySQL to JSON types - CHAR: String - CHAR(1): Boolean - VARCHAR/TINYTEXT/MEDIUMTEXT/LONGTEXT/TEXT/ENUM/SET: String - TINYBLOB/MEDIUMBLOB/LONGBLOB/BLOB/BINARY/VARBINARY/BIT: Binary - TINYINT/SMALLINT/INT/MEDIUMINT/YEAR/FLOAT/DOUBLE/NUMERIC/DECIMAL: Number - DATE/TIMESTAMP/DATETIME: Date ## Using the `dataType` field/column option with MySQL `loopback-connector-mysql` allows mapping of LoopBack model properties to MYSQL columns using the 'mysql' property of the property definition. For example, "locationId":{ "type":"String", "required":true, "length":20, "mysql": { "columnName":"LOCATION_ID", "dataType":"VARCHAR2", "dataLength":20, "nullable":"N" } } `loopback-connector-mysql` also supports using the `dataType` column/property attribute to specify what MySQL column type is used for many loopback-datasource-juggler types. The following type-dataType combinations are supported: - Number - integer - tinyint - smallint - mediumint - int - bigint Use the `limit` option to alter the display width. Example: `{ count : { type: Number, dataType: 'smallInt' }}` - floating point types - float - double Use the `precision` and `scale` options to specify custom precision. Default is (16,8). Example: `{ average : { type: Number, dataType: 'float', precision: 20, scale: 4 }}` - fixed-point exact value types - decimal - numeric Use the `precision` and `scale` options to specify custom precision. Default is (9,2). These aren't likely to function as true fixed-point. Example: `{ stdDev : { type: Number, dataType: 'decimal', precision: 12, scale: 8 }}` - String / DataSource.Text / DataSource.JSON - varchar - char - text - mediumtext - tinytext - longtext Example: `{ userName : { type: String, dataType: 'char', limit: 24 }}` Example: `{ biography : { type: String, dataType: 'longtext' }}` - Date - datetime - timestamp Example: `{ startTime : { type: Date, dataType: 'timestamp' }}` * Enum Enums are special. Create an Enum using Enum factory: ```javascript var MOOD = dataSource.EnumFactory('glad', 'sad', 'mad'); MOOD.SAD; // 'sad' MOOD(2); // 'sad' MOOD('SAD'); // 'sad' MOOD('sad'); // 'sad' ``` - `{ mood: { type: MOOD }}` - `{ choice: { type: dataSource.EnumFactory('yes', 'no', 'maybe'), null: false }}` ## Discovering Models MySQL data sources allow you to discover model definition information from existing mysql databases. See the following APIs: - [dataSource.discoverModelDefinitions([owner], fn)](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback#datasourcediscovermodeldefinitionsusername-fn) - [dataSource.discoverSchema([owner], name, fn)](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback#datasourcediscoverschemaowner-name-fn) ### Asynchronous APIs for discovery * MySQL.prototype.discoverModelDefinitions = function (options, cb) - options: - all: {Boolean} To include tables/views from all schemas/owners - owner/schema: {String} The schema/owner name - views: {Boolean} To include views - cb: - Get a list of table/view names, for example: {type: 'table', name: 'INVENTORY', owner: 'STRONGLOOP' } {type: 'table', name: 'LOCATION', owner: 'STRONGLOOP' } {type: 'view', name: 'INVENTORY_VIEW', owner: 'STRONGLOOP' } * MySQL.prototype.discoverModelProperties = function (table, options, cb) - table: {String} The name of a table or view - options: - owner/schema: {String} The schema/owner name - cb: - Get a list of model property definitions, for example: { owner: 'STRONGLOOP', tableName: 'PRODUCT', columnName: 'ID', dataType: 'VARCHAR2', dataLength: 20, nullable: 'N', type: 'String' } { owner: 'STRONGLOOP', tableName: 'PRODUCT', columnName: 'NAME', dataType: 'VARCHAR2', dataLength: 64, nullable: 'Y', type: 'String' } * MySQL.prototype.discoverPrimaryKeys= function(table, options, cb) - table: {String} The name of a table or view - options: - owner/schema: {String} The schema/owner name - cb: - Get a list of primary key definitions, for example: { owner: 'STRONGLOOP', tableName: 'INVENTORY', columnName: 'PRODUCT_ID', keySeq: 1, pkName: 'ID_PK' } { owner: 'STRONGLOOP', tableName: 'INVENTORY', columnName: 'LOCATION_ID', keySeq: 2, pkName: 'ID_PK' } * MySQL.prototype.discoverForeignKeys= function(table, options, cb) - table: {String} The name of a table or view - options: - owner/schema: {String} The schema/owner name - cb: - Get a list of foreign key definitions, for example: { fkOwner: 'STRONGLOOP', fkName: 'PRODUCT_FK', fkTableName: 'INVENTORY', fkColumnName: 'PRODUCT_ID', keySeq: 1, pkOwner: 'STRONGLOOP', pkName: 'PRODUCT_PK', pkTableName: 'PRODUCT', pkColumnName: 'ID' } * MySQL.prototype.discoverExportedForeignKeys= function(table, options, cb) - table: {String} The name of a table or view - options: - owner/schema: {String} The schema/owner name - cb: - Get a list of foreign key definitions that reference the primary key of the given table, for example: { fkName: 'PRODUCT_FK', fkOwner: 'STRONGLOOP', fkTableName: 'INVENTORY', fkColumnName: 'PRODUCT_ID', keySeq: 1, pkName: 'PRODUCT_PK', pkOwner: 'STRONGLOOP', pkTableName: 'PRODUCT', pkColumnName: 'ID' } ### Synchronous APIs for discovery * MySQL.prototype.discoverModelDefinitionsSync = function (options) * MySQL.prototype.discoverModelPropertiesSync = function (table, options) * MySQL.prototype.discoverPrimaryKeysSync= function(table, options) * MySQL.prototype.discoverForeignKeysSync= function(table, options) * MySQL.prototype.discoverExportedForeignKeysSync= function(table, options) ### Discover/build/try the models #### Build a LDL schema by discovery Data sources backed by the MySQL connector can discover LDL models from the database using the `discoverSchema` API. For example, dataSource.discoverSchema('INVENTORY', {owner: 'STRONGLOOP'}, function (err, schema) { ... } Here is the sample result. Please note there are 'mysql' properties in addition to the regular LDL model options and properties. The 'mysql' objects contain the MySQL specific mappings. { "name":"Inventory", "options":{ "idInjection":false, "mysql":{ "schema":"STRONGLOOP", "table":"INVENTORY" } }, "properties":{ "productId":{ "type":"String", "required":false, "length":60, "precision":null, "scale":null, "id":1, "mysql":{ "columnName":"PRODUCT_ID", "dataType":"varchar", "dataLength":60, "dataPrecision":null, "dataScale":null, "nullable":"NO" } }, "locationId":{ "type":"String", "required":false, "length":60, "precision":null, "scale":null, "id":2, "mysql":{ "columnName":"LOCATION_ID", "dataType":"varchar", "dataLength":60, "dataPrecision":null, "dataScale":null, "nullable":"NO" } }, "available":{ "type":"Number", "required":false, "length":null, "precision":10, "scale":0, "mysql":{ "columnName":"AVAILABLE", "dataType":"int", "dataLength":null, "dataPrecision":10, "dataScale":0, "nullable":"YES" } }, "total":{ "type":"Number", "required":false, "length":null, "precision":10, "scale":0, "mysql":{ "columnName":"TOTAL", "dataType":"int", "dataLength":null, "dataPrecision":10, "dataScale":0, "nullable":"YES" } } } } We can also discover and build model classes in one shot. The following example uses `discoverAndBuildModels` to discover, build and try the models: dataSource.discoverAndBuildModels('INVENTORY', { owner: 'STRONGLOOP', visited: {}, associations: true}, function (err, models) { // Show records from the models for(var m in models) { models[m].all(show); }; // Find one record for inventory models.Inventory.findOne({}, function(err, inv) { console.log("\nInventory: ", inv); // Follow the foreign key to navigate to the product inv.product(function(err, prod) { console.log("\nProduct: ", prod); console.log("\n ------------- "); }); }); } ## License [The MIT license](LICENSE). The project was initially forked from [mysql-adapter](https://github.com/jugglingdb/mysql-adapter) which carries the following copyright and permission notices: Copyright (C) 2012 by Anatoliy Chakkaev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 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