LazyBoy Object Modeller

Oh my word... What have you done?

LazyBoy makes it easier to build applications with Couchdb. It removes the repeatable cruft and makes working with Couchdb as fun as it should be.

4 easy steps to installation

1. Download

   npm install lazyboy

2. Connect to database

   var Model = require('lazyboy') Model.create_connection("my_database");

3. Define a model

   Model.define('User', { name: String surname: {type: String, default: "Rambo"} })

4. Read the docs: http://garrensmith.com/LazyBoy

How do I use this it?

Below is a quick cheatsheet but the docs can be found at http://garrensmith.com/LazyBoy

Defining a model

var Model = require('LazyBoy');

Model.define('User', {
  name: String
  surname: {type: String, default: "Rambo"}
})

Creating and saving a model

var user = Model.create('User', {name: "John", surname: "Rambo"});

user.save(function (err, saved_user) {
    // .. do some other stuff here
})

Finding a model

Finding by Id

var user_id = "123456";

var User = Model('User');
User.find(user_id, function (err, user) {
    // .. do something with the user
})

Find all or by criteria

var User = Model('User');
User.all(function (err, users) {
    // .. do something with the user
})

var User = Model('User');
User.where("name","Ben", function (err, users) {
    // .. do something with the users
})

Find first by criteria

var User = Model('User');
User.findFirst('name', 'Ben', function (err, user){
  // .. do something with the user
})

Custom View

var Band = Model.define("Band",{rank: Number, name: String});

Band.addView('ByRankAndName',{ 
  map: function (doc) {
    if (doc.model_type === 'Band') {
      emit([doc.rank, doc.name],1);
    }
  }
});

Band.view('ByRankAndName')
  .startkey([2, "Incubus"])
  .endkey([3, {}])
  .limit(10)
  .skip(3, function (err, bands) {
   // will only execute the chain when a function has a callback passed to it
});

Logging

Logging has been disabled for now.

What needs doing?

• Define model_type field stored in db
• Multiple db support
• Improved logging

Changelog

• 16 May 2013 - Add findFirst
• 24 October 2012 - Add Chainable Api
• 25 July 2012 - Bug fixes, change tests to mocha
• 20 July 2012 - Added toJSON function on Document
• 11 Nov 2011 - Added Validations using node-validator
• 13 Sep 2011 - Add Id to serialised model
• 11 Sep 2011 - Add Before And After Remove Callbacks (Donnie Hedin)
• 17 Aug 2011 - Add support for custom methods

Contributors

• Sven Bergström (underscorediscovery)
• Donnie Hedin (sofa420)
• 8bitDesigner