api-model v0.2.1

WIP minimalistic api json model.

Installation

"api-model": "https://github.com/subtub/node-api-model/archive/v0.2.1.tar.gz"

General Information

Create a javascript object to use with your restful api.

The base model looks like this:

{
  meta: {
    code: 200
    status: 'ok'
  },
  data: {
  
  }
}

A simple object with two main subobjects – meta and – data.

meta
The meta object will be filled by express, restify or an other http server module.

data
With the data object you can do anything.

How to use

Simple example on how to use the api-model at a route.
Include the module and set the different keys like this:

var ApiModel = require('api-model');


function sampleRoute(req, res) {
  var apiModel = new ApiModel(res);
  
  // set the data you want to respond
  apiModel.setData('some data here');
  
  // return the object
  res.json(apiModel.getStore());
}

In this example we set the status code manually.

var ApiModel = require('api-model');


function sampleRoute(req, res) {
  var apiModel = new ApiModel();
  
  // set status code and status
  apiModel.setMetaCode(res.statusCode);
  apiModel.setMetaStatus();
  
  // set the data you want to respond
  apiModel.setData({
    foo: 'FOO',
    bar: {
      baz: 'BAZ'
    }
  });
  
  // return the object
  res.json(apiModel.getStore());
}