This documentation is for v4.x, you can find the documentation for previous versions here, Before upgrading please read the docs , this version includes breaking changes.
Harpee is a modeling tool for HarperDB which allows you to have a structured data for your tables (collections), it supports both callbacks and promises.
To use harpee, install with
npm i harpee --save
or
yarn add harpee
require it in your application.
// commonjs
const { harpee } = require("harpee");
// as ES6 module
import { harpee } from "harpee";
// as ES6 module
import { harpee,HType } from "harpee";
// create a connection.
harpee.createConnection({host:
// "https://localhost:9925" or https://xxxxxxxx.harperdbcloud.com,
user:"YOUR-DB-USERNAME",
pass:"YOUR-DB-PASSWORD",
token:xcxxxxxxxxxxx, // your JWT token, you should only use token if no `username` and `password`.
})
// create a Schema.
// `name` is optional , if not specified, a default schema with the name `defaultSchema` will be created.
const usersSchema = new harpee.Schema({
name:"usersSchema",
fields:{
username: HType.string().required(),
email: HType.string()
.email({ minDomainSegments: 2, tlds: { allow: ['com', 'net'] } }).required() ,
phone: HType.number(),
verified:HType.bool().default(false)
}
primaryKey:'user_id' // optional, alias for hash_attribute, default 'id'
silent:false // optional, when true turns off error throwing when `Schema.fields` doesn't match `Model.create` values, default is false
})
// create a model, the model name represents a table.
const UsersModel = new harpee.Model("users",usersSchema);
// Next, initialize it.
// Recommended: you should get rid of this method after running your app for the first time.
await UsersModel.init();
Now you can start using the model UsersModel
to perform several operations.
// this will insert the following data in `users` table.
UsersModel.create(
{
username: "lucky",
email: "user@email.com",
phone: 1234567890,
},
callback
);
// this returns every data from the `users` table.
UsersModel.find({}, (err, result) => {
if (err) console.log(err);
console.log(result.data);
});
// or
UsersModel.find([]).then((result) => console.log(result.data));
// you can specify the columns to be returned.
const result = await UsersModel.find(["username"]);
// console.log(result.data)
// you can specify an object with options
UsersModel.find(
{
limit: 5,
offset: 10,
orderby: ["user_id"],
order: "desc",
where: 'username="lucky"',
getAttributes: ["username"],
},
(err, result) => {
if (err) console.log(err);
console.log(result.data);
}
); // this will return only usernames.
// this will return only data based on the specified `ids`,
UsersModel.findById(
{ ids: [1, 2], getAttributes: ["username", "email"] },
(err, result) => {
if (err) console.log(err);
console.log(result.data);
}
);
To better understand how Harpee works, you should check out HarperDB docs to learn more about HarperDB.
Harpee consist of the following function and classes,
createConnection
function creates a connection with your harperDB instance. it takes in an object with the following props.
host
Type - String : your HarperDB url, https://localhost:9925 or https://xxxxxxxxxx.harperdbcloud.com.username
Type - String : your HarperDB username.user
Type - String : same as username.password
Type - String : your HarperDB password.pass
Type - String : same as password.token
Type - String : A generated JWT token, token is optional,you should only include it in place of username
and password
.Schema
class creates a schema, it takes in an object with the following props,
name
Type - String : optional, if not specified a default schema named defaultSchema will be created, but if you want your schema to have a different name, then you should specify this option.primaryKey
Type - String optional: this option allows you to set a hash_attribute, if not specified, will default to id
.silent
Type - boolean : optional when true, turns off errors when Schema.fields
types doesn't match Model.create()
values, default is false
.fields
Type - Object : this option let's specify table columns and their types ,Note: the properties and data-types declared in fields must be same with properties and data-types that will be specified at
Model.create(object)
orModel.createMany(object[])
, otherwise an error will be thrown, you can turn this off by settingsilent
option inSchema
class totrue
.
const ArticleSchema = new harpee.Schema({ name:"MyArticlesSchema"},
fields:{
title: HType.string().required(),
author: HType.object({name: HType.string()}).required(),
body: HType.string().required(),
publishDate: HType.date().default(new Date()),
status:HType.string().equal('published','draft').default('published'),
tags:HType.array()
})
The Model class takes the following options.
modelName
Type - String : this modelName represents a table that will be created.schemaConfig
Type - Schema(Object) : this option takes in an instance of Schema
.const Articles = new harpee.Model("Articles", ArticleSchema);
Model has the following methods. all methods supports both callbacks and promises, the callback function takes two parameters err
and result
.
inserts new data into the table, takes in an object of the data to be inserted.
// inserts new data into Articles table.
Articles.create({
id: 1,
title: "post 1",
author: { name: "lucky" },
body: "lorem ipsum dot set amor",
publishDate: new Date(),
tags: ["first"],
});
This methods let's you update values as well nested values, such as objects & arrays, by simply specifying a path.
// this will update the author's name, 'lucky' => 'lucky victory'
Articles.updateNested(
{
// the id of the data to be updated
id: 1,
path: "author.name",
// the new value
value: "lucky victory",
// returns the updated data
returnData: true,
},
(err, result) => {
console.log(result.data);
}
);
// exampme 2
Articles.updateNested(
{
// the id of the data to be updated
id: 1,
// this will update the tags
path: ".tags",
// the new value
value: (article) => {
article.tags.push("second");
return article.tags;
},
// returns the updated data
returnData: true,
},
(err, result) => {
console.log(result.data);
}
);
The find method returns all data from the table. to do this, pass an empty array []
or wildcard ["*"]
as the first argument, you can also choose to return specific data,
for instance, in order to return only Article titles,
// this will return only Articles titles.
Articles.find(["title"], (err, result) => {
console.log(result.data);
});
the find method also takes an object with options, useful for advanced filtering.
limit
: Type - Number optional:getAttributes
:Type - Array optionallimit
: Type - Number optional,offset
: Type - Number optional,order
: Type - String optionalorderby
: Type - String[] optionalwhere
: Type - String optionaland
: Type - String|Number optionalYou can find more methods on the documentation page.
For bugs or feature request, please create an issue.