RethinkDB-CMS

Phase 1: A livefeed of any changes to a rethinkdb datastore for consumption by client apps.
Phase 2: Providing a bare-bones (but extensible) admin for that generic JSON datastore.

Requirements

RethinkDB

Install

npm install rethinkdb-cms --save

Phase 1

Admin of the RethinkDB is to be done via another mechanism.
I am using chateau as the CMS.

This version of rethinkdb-cms offers a live socket feed every time something updates.

Here is a sample usage of configuring a rethinkdb-cms live feed server:

var Cms    = require('rethinkdb-cms');
var rdbcms = new Cms();
var r      = require('rethinkdb');

r.connect({ db: 'my_rethinkdb' }).then(function(conn) {

	rdbcms.setDb(conn);
	rdbcms.setCollections([ 'news', 'notices' ]); 
	
	rdbcms.activateFeed({ port: 4000 });
	
	r.table('news')
	.insert({ 'content': 'Here is some NEW news!', 'updatedDts' : new Date() })
	.run(conn);;

	// rdbcms.stopFeed();
	
});

And here is the HTML for a sample client app to consume that:

<script src="https://cdn.socket.io/socket.io-1.4.5.js"></script>
<script>
var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:4000');
socket.on('update', function (data) {
	console.log('I just received an update to the collection',
				  data.table, 
				  ', here is the new data:', 
				  data.new_val);
});
</script>

Working Demo

https://github.com/krisrandall/rethinkdb-cms-demo

Phase 2

Develop the CMS ... this part of the project I do not see myself getting to in the short term ... I would love to but need to focus on feed-my-family work.

If you would love to donate to this project, I would love that, and it would mean I am able to do this Phase 2 part, which is the namesake of this npm module.

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