sails-waterline-fixtures v0.0.1

sails-waterline-fixtures

JSON fixtures for Sails. Data automatically loaded, updated and checked every time after lift your sails app, or change in fixtures directory.

ROADMAP

• load data from diffrent file types (JSON, JS, CSON, jsongen)
• update exist-data on reloading
• update data on changes in fixtures folder
• add option disabled fixtures on production environment
• Check that`s worked with relations
• Time based data generator
• Time based data infinite generator
• Random time based data generator
• Move documentation to wiki
• Fixtures with timeout for controllers and Srvices

Howto

1. Setup your models
2. Edit your bootstrap.js
3. Fill data
4. sails lift

Bootstrap config

Simply call #init(config, callback), it will handle the rest.

var fixtures = require('sails-fixtures');

module.exports.bootstrap = function(next) {

  fixtures.init(next);

};

If you use nodemon or any other library for livereload server on change, and whant to use fixtures livereload feature, you will need to add your fixtures folder to .nodemonignore file.

echo "fixtures" >> .nodemonignore

Configuration

Data format

Fixtures are loaded in parallel. Their contents are loaded in series in specified order.

Fixtures can be writen in different forma like

[
  {
    "model":"modelname",
    "items":[
      {
        "id":1,
        "attribute":"foo"
      },
      {
        "id":50,
        "attribute":"bar"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "model":"anothermodel",
    "items":[
      {
        "id":7,
        "name":"test"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Timeout fixtures

Infinite fixtures