let UserError = require('vn-loopback/util/user-error'); module.exports = Self => { Self.remoteMethod('updateQuantity', { description: 'Changes the quantity of a sale', accessType: 'WRITE', accepts: [{ arg: 'id', type: 'number', required: true, description: 'sale ID', http: {source: 'path'} }, { arg: 'quantity', type: 'number', required: true, description: 'newQuantity' }], returns: { type: 'string', root: true }, http: { path: `/:id/updateQuantity`, verb: 'post' } }); Self.updateQuantity = async(id, quantity) => { if (isNaN(quantity)) throw new UserError(`The value should be a number`); let currentLine = await Self.app.models.Sale.findOne({where: {id: id}}); if (quantity > currentLine.quantity) throw new UserError('The new quantity should be smaller than the old one'); return await currentLine.updateAttributes({quantity: quantity}); }; };