Restify

Restful factory for AngularJS.

Install

• bower install restify
• <script src="bower_components/restify/dist/restify.min.js">

Dependencies

• Angular.js
• Lodash

Example

# declare restify as a dependency of your application module
app = angular.module('yourModule',['restify'])

# create a service by injecting restify and using its factory function
# note: you should probably create one service for the whole api
#       and then pass it all over the place

app.factory 'API', ['restify',(restify)->
  
  # restify 
  # gets a base url and a configuration block
  # returns a Restified Object

  restify '/api' , (config)->

    # add your endpoints
    config.add('/users/:id/images')
    config.add('/stores/:name/branches/:id')
    config.add('/stores/:name/products/:id')
    config.add('/stores/:name/images')
]


# inject your service and start playing

app.controller 'MyCtrl',['$scope', 'API', ($scope, API)->

  # GET /api/users
  API.users.$get().then (users)->
    $scope.users = users

  $scope.userImages = (user)->
    # provided that user.id == 123
    # GET /api/users/123/images
    user.images.$uget().then (images)->
      user.images = images

  $scope.create = (user)->
    # PUT /api/users
    $scope.users.$post(user)

  $scope.save = (user)->
    # provided that user.id == 123
    # PUT /api/users/123
    user.$put()

  $scope.changePassword = (user, password)->
    # provided that user.id == 123
    # PATCH /api/users/123
    user.$patch({password: password})

  $scope.remove (user)->    
    user.$delete().then ()->
      $scope.users = _.without($scope.users,user)
]

View:

  <ul>
    <li ng-repeat="user in users">
      <input type="text" ng-model="user.name">
      <input type="text" ng-model="user.email">
      <button ng-click="save(user)">Save</button>
      <button ng-click="remove(user)">Remove</button>      
      <button ng-click="getImages(user)">See Images</button>
      <ul>
        <li ng-repeat="image in user.images">
            <img src="{{image.src}}" alt="{{image.alt}}">
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>  

Restify Class

Own properties (All own properties are prefixed with $$)

Owned properties are ment to be used internally, don't mess with them!

• $$url
• $$route
• $$parent
• $$headers
• $$requestInterceptor
• $$responseInterceptor

Methods (All inherited methods are prefixed with $)

• $get(): getting the response and restifying it
• $uget(): getting the response without restifying it
• $delete():
• $post([data]): If data is not provided then this object is sent stripped from functions or Restified objects.
• $patch([data]): If data is not provided then this object is sent stripped from functions or Restified objects.
• $put([data]): If data is not provided then this object is sent stripped from functions or Restified objects.

Configuration methods(see below)

• $setHeaders(headers)
• $setResponseInterceptor(callback)
• $setRequestInterceptor(callback)

Configartion

All restified object inherits configuration from its parent chain and may override it

# parent chain: api > users > user

users = api.users
user = users.$id(123)

api.$setHeaders({'X-AUTH-TOKEN': 123})
user.$get() # sends X-AUTH-TOKEN: 123

users.$setHeaders({'X-AUTH-TOKEN': 456})
user.$get() # sends X-AUTH-TOKEN: 456

api.$get() # still sends X-AUTH-TOKEN: 123

# note: $id creates a new restified object
sameUser = users.$id(123)
user !== sameUser # true

# note: every request data creates a new restified object
user.$get.then(sameUser)->
  user !== sameUser # true