MongoDBCollection Configs

This example illustrates how to configure operation handlers in MongoDBCollection. Collections have 10 operation handlers which correspond to the following HTTP Methods:

Operation Handler	HTTP Method and Endpoint
insert	POST /<collection> (array)
find	GET /<collection>
save	PUT /<collection>
update	PATCH /<collection>
remove	DELETE /<collection>
insertObject	POST /<collection> (object)
findObject	GET /<collection>/<_id>
saveObject	PUT /<collection>/<_id>
updateObject	PATCH /<collection>/<_id>
removeObject	DELETE /<collection>/<_id>

Each handler has a config object such as insertConfig or removeObjectConfig. These contain common configuration options for handlers such as:

• documentation for the handlers,
• schema for validating requests,
• parameter definitions,
• and behavioral flags such as returnsInsertedObjects.

You can view a MongoDBCollection with all of the default config objects in lib/ContactsEndpoint.js. That file contains detailed comments on all of the configuration options. You can also read more in the documentation.

Here are a few useful notes on a some of the config options:

• parameters: This is an object of parameters which will be passed to handlers via the options argument. See the OperationParameter documentation to learn about the structure of operation parameters. You can overwrite the default parameters or add more by using the $merge keyword of Atom. For example:

  parameters: {
    $merge: {
      datetime: {
        location: 'query',
        schema: {
          type: 'string'
        },
        required: false
      }
    }
  }

• returnsUpsertedObjects and returnsRemovedObjects: The insert, save, insertObject, and saveObject handlers can be configured to respond with the inserted or saved documents by setting returnsInsertedObjects or returnsSavedObjects to true. However, due to limitations with MongoDB, returnsUpsertedObjects and returnsRemovedObjects cannot be set to true. You cannot receive the upserted or removed objects from the response without a second database call. If you require this, you should implement it in a post hook.

Installing the service

We encourage you to clone the git repository so you can play around with the code.

$ git clone [email protected]:carbon-io-examples/mongodb-collection-config.git
$ cd mongodb-collection-config
$ npm install

Setting up your environment

This example expects a running MongoDB database. The code will honor a DB_URI environment variable. The default URI is mongodb://localhost:27017/contacts.

To set the environment variable to point the app at a database different from the default (on Mac):

$ export DB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb

Running the service

To run the service:

$ node lib/ContactService

For cmdline help:

$ node lib/ContactService -h

Accessing the service

You can interact with the service via HTTP. Here is an example using curl to create a new user:

$ curl localhost:9900/contacts -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"firstName": "Ada", "email": "[email protected]"}'

Running the unit tests

This example comes with a simple unit test written in Carbon.io's test framework called TestTube. It is located in the test directory.

$ node test/ContactServiceTest

or

$ npm test

Generating API documentation (aglio flavor)

To generate documentation using aglio, install it as a devDependency:

$ npm install -D --no-optional aglio

Using --no-optional speeds up aglio's install time significantly. Then generate the docs using this command:

$ node lib/ContactService gen-static-docs --flavor aglio --out docs/index.html

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