REST-Docs

RESTful HTTP client library + Docs to test your API REST. Supports for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL and SQLite3.

Table of contents

• Install
• Install Database Library
• Usage
• Usage with .env file
• Result
• Test API
• Methods
• Migrations
• Examples
• Author
• License

Install

npm i rest-docs --save

Install Database Library

• MSSQL

npm i mssql --save

• MySQL and MariaDB

npm i mysql --save

• PostgreSQL

npm i pg --save

• SQLite3

npm i sqlite3 --save

Usage

// server.js
const rest_docs = require('rest-docs');
var rest = new rest_docs();

rest.startServer({
  ip: '127.0.0.1', //<-- YOUR_SERVER_IP
  port: '8080', //<-- YOUR_SERVER_PORT
  compression: 'gzip' //<-- YOUR_COMPRESSION_STRATEGY
})

rest.startDBServer('mysql', {
  host: 'localhost', //<-- YOUR_DATABASE_HOST
  port: 3306, //<-- YOUR_DATABASE_PORT
  user: 'root', //<-- YOUR_DATABASE_USER
  password: '', //<-- YOUR_DATABASE_PASSWORD
  database: 'medic', //<-- YOUR_DATABASE_NAME
  timezone: '+00:00' //<-- YOUR_DATABASE_TIMEZONE
});

const api_config = {
  base: '/api',
  pages: {
    docs: true, //<-- Expose PAGE: /{{base}}/docs
    monitor: true //<-- Expose PAGE: /{{base}}/monitor
  },
  routes: {
    tb: [
      {      
        table: 'doctors', //<-- YOUR_TABLE_NAME
        event: 'DOCTOR', //<-- YOUR_EVENT_NAME 
        methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'], //<-- YOUR_METHODS
        //Used only by methods 'POST' and 'PUT'
        columns: [
            {name: 'id', primary: true},
            {name: 'name'},
            {name: 'specialty'},
            {name: 'address'},
            {name: 'photo'}
        ]
      }
    ]  
  }
}

rest.buildRoutes(api_config)

Run

node server.js
# PAGES: {
#   api: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api',
#   docs: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/docs',
#   monitor: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/monitor'    
# }
# App listening at http://127.0.0.1:8080

Usage with .env file

npm i dotenv --save

// .env
NODE_ENV=development

IP=localhost
PORT=8000
COMPRESSION=gzip

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_USER=root
DB_PASSWORD=
DB_DATABASE=medic

API_KEY=65856b68541470a4ad95e7fe8b6bbb40

// server.js
const rest_docs = require('rest-docs');
var rest = new rest_docs();

rest.startServer()
rest.startDBServer();

const api_config = {
  base: '/api',
  table: {
    created_date: 'created',
    modified_date: 'modified',
    active: 'deleted'
  },
  routes: {
    tb: [
      {      
        table: 'doctors', //<-- YOUR_TABLE_NAME
        event: 'DOCTOR', //<-- YOUR_EVENT_NAME 
        methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'], //<-- YOUR_METHODS
        //Used only by methods 'POST' and 'PUT'
        columns: [
            {name: 'id', primary: true},
            {name: 'name'},
            {name: 'specialty'},
            {name: 'address'},
            {name: 'photo'}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }  
}

rest.buildRoutes(api_config)

Run

node server.js
# PAGES: {
#   api: 'http://localhost:8000/api',
#   docs: 'http://localhost:8000/api/docs',
#   monitor: 'http://localhost:8000/api/monitor'    
# }
# App listening at http://localhost:8000

Result

• GET /api/docs

Test API

• GET /api/doctors

• GET /api/doctors/:id

• POST /api/doctors

• PUT /api/doctors/:id

• DELETE /api/doctors/:id

Pages

• Docs /api/docs

• Monitor /api/monitor

Methods

• startServer(SERVER_CONFIG)

The SERVER_CONFIG represents the connection to the server.

|Constant |Default |Description | |-------------|-----------|--------------------| |ip |'localhost'|Server ip | |port |8000 |Server port | |compression|'' |Compression strategy|

Example:

// SERVER_CONFIG
{
  ip: {YOUR_SERVER_IP},
  port: {YOUR_SERVER_PORT},
  compression: {YOUR_COMPRESSION_STRATEGY}
}

• startDBServer(CLIENT, CONNECTION_CONFIG)

The CLIENT parameter is required and determines which client adapter will be used with the library. By default: myslq.

|Database |CLIENT |Additional command to install the appropriate database library| |----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------| |MariaDB |myslq |$ npm i mysql --save | |MSSQL |msslq |$ npm i mssql --save | |MySQL |myslq |$ npm i mysql --save | |PostgreSQL|pg |$ npm i pg --save | |SQLite3 |sqlite |$ npm i sqlite3 --save |

The CONNECTION_CONFIG represents the connection parameters to the database.

|Constant |Default |Description | |----------|-----------|------------------| |host |'localhost'|Database host name| |user |'root' |Database user name| |password|'' |Database password | |database|'database' |Database name | |timezone|'+00:00' |Database timezone |

Example:

// CONNECTION_CONFIG
{
  host: {YOUR_DATABASE_HOST},
  user: {YOUR_DATABASE_USER},
  password: {YOUR_DATABASE_PASSWORD},
  database: {YOUR_DATABASE_NAME},
  timezone: {YOUR_DATABASE_TIMEZONE}
}

• buildRoutes(API_CONFIG)

The API_CONFIG represents the API configuration.

|Constant |Description | |---------|---------------------------------| |base |Main path of the API | |pages |Pages of the API | |table |Main configuration for all tables| |routes |All API routes |

Example:

// API_CONFIG
{
  base: '/api',
  pages: PAGE_CONFIG,
  table: TABLE_CONFIG,
  routes: ROUTE_CONFIG     
}

The PAGE_CONFIG represents the global configuration of the pages.

|Constant |Default |Description | |----------|--------|-----------------------------------------| |docs |true |Indicates if the docs page is visible | |monitor |true |Indicates if the monitor page is visible |

Example:

// PAGE_CONFIG
{      
  docs: true,  
  monitor: true
}

The TABLE_CONFIG represents the global configuration of table.

|Constant |Default |Description | |----------------|-----------|---------------------------------| |created_date |'created' |Name of the creation date column | |modified_date |'modified' |Name of the modified date column | |active |'deleted' |Name of the deleted column |

Example:

// TABLE_CONFIG
{
  created_date: 'created',
  modified_date: 'modified',
  active: 'deleted'
}

The ROUTE_CONFIG represents the route groups.

|Constant |Default |Description | |----------|--------|-----------------------------| |tb |[] |Group for tables or views | |fn |[] |Group for functions | |sp |[] |Group for stored procedures |

Example:

// ROUTE_CONFIG
{      
  tb: [
    TB_CONFIG,
    ...
  ],  
  fn: [
    FN_CONFIG,
    ...
  ],
  sp: [
    SP_CONFIG,
    ...
  ]
}

The TB_CONFIG represents the table or view configuration.

|Constant |Default |Description | |----------|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |table |'table' |Table name | |view |null |View name | |event |'TABLE' |Event name(For socket.io event. => 'TABLE_INSERTED', 'TABLE_UPDATED', 'TABLE_DELETED') | |methods |['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'] |List of methods to implement['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH', 'SEARCH', 'SEARCH_COLUMN', 'POST_BATCH', 'PUT_BATCH', 'PATCH_BATCH', 'DELETE_BATCH'] | |columns |[] |List of columns(Used only by methods 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'POST_BATCH', 'PUT_BATCH' and 'PATCH_BATCH') |

Example:

// TB_CONFIG
{      
  table: 'table',  
  view: null,
  event: 'TABLE',  
  methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'],  
  columns: [
    COLUMN_CONFIG,
    ...
  ]
}

The COLUMN_CONFIG represents the column of table.

|Constant |Default |Description | |----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------| |name |'' |Column name | |primary |false |Defines if column is primary key | |hidden |false |Defines if the column data will be sent in the response |

Example:

// COLUMN_CONFIG
{
  name: 'id', 
  primary: true,
  hidden: true
}

The FN_CONFIG represents the function configuration.

|Constant |Default |Description | |-----------|-----------|---------------| |function |'function' |Function name | |params |[] |List of params |

Example:

// FN_CONFIG
{      
  function: 'function',  
  params: [
    PARAM_CONFIG,
    ...
  ]
}

The SP_CONFIG represents the stored procedure configuration.

|Constant |Default |Description | |------------|------------|----------------------| |procedure |'procedure' |Stored procedure name | |params |[] |List of params |

Example:

// SP_CONFIG
{      
  procedure: 'procedure',  
  params: [
    PARAM_CONFIG,
    ...
  ]
}

The PARAM_CONFIG represents the param of function or stored procedure.

|Constant |Default |Description | |----------|--------|------------| |name |'' |Param name |

Example:

// PARAM_CONFIG
{
  name: 'n'
}

Examples

• MySQL or MariaDB.
• PostgreSQL.
• SQLite3.

Migrations

• For version 0.x to 1.x.

Author

@victor-valencia.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.