Maki plugins can be used to extend any Maki-rolled application.
For example, to add sessions (and basic user support, at the time of writing):
var Sessions = require('maki-sessions');
var sessions = new Sessions({
resource: 'Person'
});
maki.use( sessions );
maki.define('Person', {
attributes: { name: String }
});Plugins must have an extends property, which may contain one or more of the
following attributes: resources, services – all of which are keyed to the
name of the service each item extends.
services have the following attributes: {function} middleware,
{function} setup. Middlewares must use the connect middleware pattern
(request, response, and next – don't forget to call next()!), while
setup accepts a single parameter maki, and will be executed before the
service is started.
resource plugins should expose a Resource Plugin, and will generally be
attached to the underlying Model once created (at attach time).