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Quickly and easily expose your Mongoose models to the world with an easy to customize API built on top of Express.

var express = require('express'),
    mongoose = require('mongoose'),
    bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
    em = require('em-expose');

var UserModel = require('./models/User.js'),
    CommentModel = require('./models/Comment.js');

em
    .expose(UserModel, {
        path: '/account', // would default to /user
        protected: ['username', 'createdAt', 'updatedAt'], // not editable
        private: ['password', 'auth._google_id', 'auth._facebook._id', '__v'] // never visible
    })

var app = express();
app.use(bodyParser());

// expose user model
app.use('/user', em(UserModel, {

    // these fields wont be viewable
    private: {
        'auth.password': true, // flatten paths
        'createdAt': true,
        'metadata': {
            'awards': true // or keep them expanded
        },
        'comments._id': true // filter items in collections
    },

    // these fields wont be editable
    protected: {
        'username': true,
    },

    // custom CRUD
    methods: {
        remove: false // in this case don't let them be deleted
    }
}));

// The following routes are now exposed
// /user         GET(browse), POST(create)
// /user/:id     GET(get), POST(save)

Documentation

Exposer

expose(Model, options) require(em-expose)(Model, options)

Builds an Express router that exposes the Mongoose model.

Arguments

• Model - a Mongoose model
• options
  • private - Object of paths that are not shown or editable.
  • protected - Object of paths that are shown but not editable.
  • methods - Object to override individual method settings
    • browse, create, retrieve, update, and/or delete
      • private - Override the object of paths that are not shown or editable.
      • protected - Override the object of paths that are shown but not editable. (only matters on create and update)
      • preModel - function(req, res, nex) - Express style function, called before model is requested
      • postModel - function(req, res, next) - Express style function, called after/if model has been found (access it with req.doc)
      • preSend - function(req, res, next) - Express style function, called just before sending the model