MyModels

MyModels is a library for creating and managing Domain Model classes in Node.js with JSON-serialization and MySQL DAO classes support. It's simple to pick up and use, and it's designed to be flexible and extensible, while still being very lightweight and avoid boilerplate code.

npm i @translated/mymodels

Quickstart

Let's create our first model with its DAO; a simple User class:

import {JsonSerializable, field, MyDAO} from "@translated/mymodels"
import {Md5} from "ts-md5";

class User extends JsonSerializable {
    @field() id: number;
    @field() name: string;
    @field(false) password: string;

    @field() get passwordHash(): string {
        return Md5.hashStr(this.password);
    }
}

class UserDao extends MyDAO<User> {
    constructor(db: MyDatabase) {
        super(db, User, "users");
    }
}

We have defined 4 fields in the User class:

• id: the unique identifier.
• name: the name of the user.
• password: the password of the user - note this field visible is set to false, so it won't be JSON-serialized.
• passwordHash: this is a virtual field, it's not stored in the database, but it's computed at runtime and included in the JSON.

JSON Serialization

Let's see how the JSON serialization works:

let user = new User();
user.id = 1;
user.name = "John Doe";
user.password = "s3cret";

console.log(user.json());
// {
//   id: 1,
//   name: 'John Doe',
//   passwordHash: '33e1b232a4e6fa0028a6670753749a17'
// }

console.log(user.json({case: "snake"}));
// {
//   id: 1,
//   name: 'John Doe',
//   password_hash: '33e1b232a4e6fa0028a6670753749a17'
// }

As you can see, the password field is not included in the JSON, but the passwordHash field is. Moreover, you can further customize the JSON output by passing an options object to the json() method; in the example above, we're using the case: "snake" option to convert the keys to snake_case.

Note: storing passwords in plain text is a very bad practice, and you should always salt-hash them before storing them in the database. This code is intended for demonstration purposes only.

Interacting with the Database

By using the default inherited methods in the defined UserDao class, you can already perform basic CRUD operations:

const mydb = new MyDatabase({
    host: "localhost",
    port: 3306,
    user: "root",
    password: "your_password_here",
    database: "test"
});

const dao = new UserDao(mydb);

const user = new User();
user.name = "John Doe";
user.password = "s3cret";

await dao.insert(user);

console.log(user.id); // If the id is auto-generated by the database, the library will automatically update the object.

Now that we have our database populated with a user, we can retrieve it:

const dao = new UserDao(mydb);

const user = await dao.selectOne({id: 1});
console.log(user.name); // John Doe

Finally, we conclude this quickstart by showing how, exploiting the basic methods provided by the MyDAO class, you can create queries with more complex logic, for example:

class UserDao extends MyDAO<User> {
    constructor(db: MyDatabase) {
        super(db, User, "users");
    }

    // return all users who have been active in the last 30 days
    public async getActiveUsers(days: number = 30): Promise<User[]> {
        return await this.selectWhere("last_login > NOW() - INTERVAL ? DAY", [days]);
    }
}