Sailsjs for backend rest api
==
help with salsas:
- Google Groups: sails.js
- IRC: #sailsjs
- Stack Overflow (using tag sails.js)
==
instal
mac:
nodejs.org
download pkg
(
/usr/local/bin/node
/usr/local/bin/npm
add to $PATH
/usr/local/bin
)
(sudo) npm install sails –global
==
setup first project
sails new firstApp
move to folder
cd firstApp
to start sails:
sails lift
generate new model via blueprint engine
sails generate api user
then question about migrate on sails lift
choose alter in non Prod env
change firstApp/config/model.js
module.exports.models = {
migrate: 'alter'
};http://localhost:1337/user
first results
in json response []
localhost:1337/user/create?name=HJSnips
results in
[
{
"name": "HJSnips",
"createdAt": "2016-03-30T07:30:39.555Z",
"updatedAt": "2016-03-30T07:30:39.555Z",
"id": 1
}
]==
use Sails built-in integration
with websockets and Socket.io
create
firstApp/assets/js/test.js
io.socket.get('/user', function (users){ console.log(users);});
io.socket.on('user', function (message) {
console.log("Got message: ", message);
});==
policies
firstApp/config/policies.js
module.exports.policies = {
'UserController': {
'create': ['sessionAuth']
}
};==
static assets
npm install sails-generate-static --save
sails generate static
sails lift
now when adding content to assets Grunt will create routes files in .tmp
== css assets
to use css in html via grunt make sure:
<!--STYLES-->
<!--STYLES END-->
are in!
<head>
<title>New Sails App</title>
<!-- Viewport mobile tag for sensible mobile support -->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1">
<!--STYLES-->
<!--STYLES END-->
</head> <html>
<body>
<!--STYLES-->
<!--STYLES END-->
</head>
<body>
<!--TEMPLATES-->
<!--TEMPLATES END-->
<!--SCRIPTS-->
<!--SCRIPTS END-->
</body>
</html>