## About [](http://travis-ci.org/#!/1602/jugglingdb)
[JugglingDB(3)](http://jugglingdb.co) is cross-db ORM for nodejs, providing
**common interface** to access most popular database formats. Currently
supported are: mysql, sqlite3, postgres, couchdb, mongodb, redis, neo4j and
js-memory-storage (yep, self-written engine for test-usage only). You can add
your favorite database adapter, checkout one of the existing adapters to learn
how, it's super-easy, I guarantee.
Jugglingdb also works on client-side (using WebService and Memory adapters),
which allows to write rich client-side apps talking to server using JSON API.
## Installation
npm install jugglingdb
plus you should install appropriated adapter, for example for redis:
npm install jugglingdb-redis
check following list of available adapters
## JugglingDB adapters
## Participation
- Check status of project on trello board: https://trello.com/board/jugglingdb/4f0a0b1e27d3103c64288388
- Make sure all tests pass (`npm test` command)
- Feel free to vote and comment on cards (tickets/issues), if you want to join team -- send me a message with your email.
If you want to create your own jugglingdb adapter, you should publish your
adapter package with name `jugglingdb-ADAPTERNAME`. Creating adapter is simple,
check [jugglingdb/redis-adapter](https://github.com/jugglingdb/redis-adapter) for example. JugglingDB core
exports common tests each adapter should pass, you could create your adapter in
TDD style, check that adapter pass all tests defined in `test/common_test.js`.
## Usage
```javascript
var Schema = require('jugglingdb').Schema;
var schema = new Schema('redis', {port: 6379}); //port number depends on your configuration
// define models
var Post = schema.define('Post', {
title: { type: String, length: 255 },
content: { type: Schema.Text },
date: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
published: { type: Boolean, default: false, index: true }
});
// simplier way to describe model
var User = schema.define('User', {
name: String,
bio: Schema.Text,
approved: Boolean,
joinedAt: Date,
age: Number
}, {
restPath: '/users' // tell WebService adapter which path use as API endpoint
});
// define any custom method
User.prototype.getNameAndAge = function () {
return this.name + ', ' + this.age;
};
// models also accessible in schema:
schema.models.User;
schema.models.Post;
// setup relationships
User.hasMany(Post, {as: 'posts', foreignKey: 'userId'});
// creates instance methods:
// user.posts(conds)
// user.posts.build(data) // like new Post({userId: user.id});
// user.posts.create(data) // build and save
Post.belongsTo(User, {as: 'author', foreignKey: 'userId'});
// creates instance methods:
// post.author(callback) -- getter when called with function
// post.author() -- sync getter when called without params
// post.author(user) -- setter when called with object
schema.automigrate(); // required only for mysql NOTE: it will drop User and Post tables
// work with models:
var user = new User;
user.save(function (err) {
var post = user.posts.build({title: 'Hello world'});
post.save(console.log);
});
// or just call it as function (with the same result):
var user = User();
user.save(...);
// Common API methods
// just instantiate model
new Post
// save model (of course async)
Post.create(cb);
// all posts
Post.all(cb)
// all posts by user
Post.all({where: {userId: user.id}, order: 'id', limit: 10, skip: 20});
// the same as prev
user.posts(cb)
// get one latest post
Post.findOne({where: {published: true}, order: 'date DESC'}, cb);
// same as new Post({userId: user.id});
user.posts.build
// save as Post.create({userId: user.id}, cb);
user.posts.create(cb)
// find instance by id
User.find(1, cb)
// count instances
User.count([conditions, ]cb)
// destroy instance
user.destroy(cb);
// destroy all instances
User.destroyAll(cb);
// Setup validations
User.validatesPresenceOf('name', 'email')
User.validatesLengthOf('password', {min: 5, message: {min: 'Password is too short'}});
User.validatesInclusionOf('gender', {in: ['male', 'female']});
User.validatesExclusionOf('domain', {in: ['www', 'billing', 'admin']});
User.validatesNumericalityOf('age', {int: true});
User.validatesUniquenessOf('email', {message: 'email is not unique'});
user.isValid(function (valid) {
if (!valid) {
user.errors // hash of errors {attr: [errmessage, errmessage, ...], attr: ...}
}
})
```
## Callbacks
The following callbacks supported:
- afterInitialize
- beforeCreate
- afterCreate
- beforeSave
- afterSave
- beforeUpdate
- afterUpdate
- beforeDestroy
- afterDestroy
- beforeValidation
- afterValidation
Each callback is class method of the model, it should accept single argument: `next`, this is callback which
should be called after end of the hook. Except `afterInitialize` because this method is syncronous (called after `new Model`).
## Object lifecycle:
```javascript
var user = new User;
// afterInitialize
user.save(callback);
// beforeValidation
// afterValidation
// beforeSave
// beforeCreate
// afterCreate
// afterSave
// callback
user.updateAttribute('email', 'email@example.com', callback);
// beforeUpdate
// beforeValidation
// afterValidation
// afterUpdate
// callback
user.destroy(callback);
// beforeDestroy
// afterDestroy
// callback
User.create(data, callback);
// beforeValidate
// afterValidate
// beforeCreate
// afterCreate
// callback
```
Read the tests for usage examples: ./test/common_test.js
Validations: ./test/validations.test.js
## Your own database adapter
To use custom adapter, pass it's package name as first argument to `Schema` constructor:
var mySchema = new Schema('mycouch', {host:.., port:...});
In that case your adapter should be named as 'jugglingdb-mycouch' npm package.
## Testing
Core of jugglingdb tests only basic features (database-agnostic) like
validations, hooks and runs db-specific tests using memory storage. It also
exports complete bucket of tests for external running. Each adapter should run
this bucket (example from `jugglingdb-redis`):
var jdb = require('jugglingdb'),
Schema = jdb.Schema,
test = jdb.test;
var schema = new Schema(__dirname + '/..', {host: 'localhost', database: 1});
test(module.exports, schema);
Each adapter could add specific tests to standart bucket:
test.it('should do something special', function (test) {
test.done();
});
Or it could tell core to skip some test from bucket:
test.skip('name of test case');
To run tests use this command:
npm test
Before running make sure you've installed package (`npm install`) and if you
running some specific adapter tests, ensure you've configured database
correctly (host, port, username, password).
## Contributing
If you have found a bug please write unit test, and make sure all other tests still pass before pushing code to repo.
## License
MIT