Table of Contents

1. Intro
2. Install
3. Get started
4. Simple querying
5. Using models
6. ToDo

Intro

Smorm is a small, minimalist ORM, for those out there who still feel good typing some raw SQL.

What it does:

• Basic ORM Models usage
• CRUD operations out of the box
• Async/await operations
• Transactions support

What it does not do:

• Query builder:
  • apart from the aforementioned CRUD stuff, you'll use raw SQL for any other query
• Table relations:
  • it does not provide the typical methods FatherModel.getChildrens()

Currently, it only supports PostgreSQL through pg-promise. We may add support for other databases (MySql, MsSql, Sqlite, ...) in the future... or may not.

Install

npm install smorm --save-dev

Get started

// Using Node.js `require()`
const Smorm = require('smorm');
// Using ES6 imports
import Smorm from 'smorm';

A simple way to work with smorm: create an unique db connection to be used widely trough your app.

const config= {
  host:     'localhost',
  port:      5432,
  database: 'smorm',
  user:     'postgres',
  password: 'postgres'
}

const db= Smorm(config, 'warn')

export default db

The second parameter on the Smorm call indicates the logging level.

Possible values are:

• undefined or 'none' => will disable any smorm logging
• 'error', 'warn' or 'debug'
• an object implementing the methods error(), warn() and debug()

Simple querying

Import your db connection:

import db from './my_db'

To select several records:

const query = 'SELECT name, job FROM employee WHERE employer_id = $1'
const result= db.select(qry, [1])

To select one record:

const query = 'SELECT name, job FROM employee WHERE id = $1'
const result= db.select_one(qry, [1])

Using models

Model definition

import {Model, datatypes} from 'smorm'
import db from './db'

First create a Model's definition.

It's basically a JSON listing all the fields of the table that your Model will represent.

You have to indicate, for each field:

• type: one of datatypes
• key: if the field is table's Primary Key
• nullable: if the field allows NULL values

There is no way to specify table relations, cause smorm does nothing about it. Yet. This may change in future versions: smorm wants to make sense out of its 'r'!

const MODEL_DEFINITION= {
  id: {
    type: datatypes.INTEGER,
    key: true,
    nullable: false
  },
  name: {
    type: datatypes.TEXT,
    nullable: false,
  },
  description: {
    type: datatypes.TEXT,
    nullable: true,
  },
  counter: {
    type: datatypes.INTEGER,
    nullable: true,
  }    
}

Model instantiation

Next thing is just instantiate the model:

const TestModel = new Model(db, 'smorm_test', MODEL_DEFINITION)
export default TestModel

As for with db connection, you may work with an unique instance per model.

In smorm, a Model instance always refers to the database table; it never refers to a single record.

In other words: unlike other ORMs, you will not do const model= Model.create(); model.fieldA= 'value'; model.save(). In smorm you will do Model.insert({data}) or Model.update({data}, {filter}).

Insert

Let's test our brand new TestModel. Let's .insert() some data:

const testData= [
  {name: 'Peter', description: 'A simple man', counter: 91},
  {name: 'Harry', description: 'A dirty man' , counter: 99},
  {name: 'James', description: 'A golden man', counter: 99},
  {name: 'Jonny', description: 'A rocker man', counter: 46},
]

let prms = testData.map(async (rec) => {
  return await TestModel.insert(rec)
})
await Promise.all(prms)

.insert() parameters are:

• data: an object with "what to insert". Fields that do not exist on Model definition will be discarded.
• options: an object that may contain following fields:
  • transaction: an smorm transaction object

It returns an int with the .id of the newly created record.

Update

Let's also .update() some record:

const count= await TestModel.update({description: 'A not so simple man'}, {name: 'Peter'})
// count: 1

.update() parameters are:

• data: an object with "what to update". Fields that do not exist on Model definition will be discarded.
• filter: an object with "which records to update". Fields that do not exist on Model definition will be discarded.
• options: an object that may contain following fields:
  • transaction: an smorm transaction object

It returns an int with the number of affected records by the update.

Delete

Let's also .delete() some record:

const count= await TestModel.delete( {name: 'Jonny'})
// count: 1

.delete() parameters are:

• filter: an object with "which recors to delete". Fields that do not exist on Model definition will be discarded.
• options: an object that may contain following fields:
  • transaction: an smorm transaction object

It returns an int with the number of deleted records.

Read

Probably the most wanted method.

const records= await TestModel.read( counter: 99 )
// records:
// [ {id: 2, name: 'Harry', description: 'A dirty man' , counter: 99},
//   {id: 3, name: 'James', description: 'A golden man', counter: 99}]

.read() parameters are:

• filter: an object with "which recors to read". Fields that do not exist on Model definition will be discarded.
• options: an object that may contain following fields:
  • fields: a subset of table's field names to include on the result output
  • sortby: indicates wat field to sort by the read. It may be an string with the field's name (sort will be ASC), or a two elements Array like [field_name, ASC|DESC]
  • limit and offset: to make paginated reads
  • transaction: an smorm transaction object

It returns an Array of objects, empty if no record was found with the specified filter.

Find

For one-records by .id reads in the database:

const record= await TestModel.find( id: 1 )
// record:
// {id: 1, name: 'Peter', description: 'A not so simple man', counter: 91}

.find() parameters are:

• id: an int with the .id to look for
• options: an object that may contain following fields:
  • transaction: an smorm transaction object

It returns an object with the desired record, empty if none was found.

Todo

• Transaction creation out of the box