Marlinspike NPM

marlinspike

Superpowers for your Sails.js Hooks.

This package was last updated in 2015. For the most up-to-date information and tools related to hooks in Sails, visit the official Sails website or ask for help.

Features

Makes it easy to build and maintain Sails Hooks as separate projects
Magically extend Sails apps with additional Model, Controllers, Services.

Compatibility

Sails.js 0.12 and newer
node.js 0.12 and newer

Install

$ npm install marlinspike --save

Usage

// config/customhook.js
export const customhook = {
  /**
   * Load hook into sails.hooks.custom
   */
  name: 'custom',

  /**
   * Load hook config into sails.hook.customHook
   */
  configKey: 'customHook',

  marlinspike: {
    /**
     * Load controllers from ../api/controllers into the parent app
     */
    controllers: true,

    /**
     * Load models from ../api/models into the parent app
     */
    models: true,

    /**
     * Load services from ../api/services into the parent app
     */
    services: true,

    /**
     * Load config from ../config/customhook.js into the parent app
     */
    config: true
  }
}

// api/hooks/customhook.js
import Marlinspike from 'marlinspike'

class CustomHook extends Marlinspike {
  defaults (overrides) {
    // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/defaults#?using-defaults-as-a-function
  },

  configure () {
    // this.sails = sails
    // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/configure
  },

  initialize (next) {
    // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/initialize
  },

  routes () {
    return {
      // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/routes
    }
  }
}

export default Marlinspike.createSailsHook(CustomHook)