REST API Resource Template Data

aname-async.js

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */
var async = require('async')
    , countryTemplate = require('./country')
    , _ = require('underscore');

function aname(models, model, options, callback) {
    if ( ! _.isObject(model)) {
        if (typeof callback != 'undefined') {
            callback(new Error('Model is undefined'));
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    if (typeof options == 'function') {
        callback = options;
        options  = {};
    }

    options = _.extend(options, defaultOptions);

    var self = this;
    
    Object.defineProperty(this, '__data', {
        writable: true,
        enumerable: false,
        configurable: true,
        value: {}
    });

    function setAttribute(field, value) {
        if (typeof value == 'undefined') {
            if ( ! _.has(model.__data, field)) {
                self.__data[field] = null;
            } else {
                self.__data[field] = model.__data[field];
            }
        } else {
            self.__data[field] = value;
        }
    }

    /* Define each resource attribute */
    async.waterfall([
        function(done) {
            setAttribute('id', model.uniqueCode);

            done(null);
        }, 
        function(done) {
            setAttribute('slug');

            done(null);
        }, 
        function(done) {
            setAttribute('name');

            done(null);
        }, 
        function(done) {
            models.countries.findOne({
                where: {code: model.countryCode}
            }, function(err, country) {
                if (err) {
                    setAttribute('country', null);

                    return done(null);
                }

                countryTemplate(country, function(err, countryTemplate) {
                    if (err) {
                        setAttribute('country', null);
                    } else {
                        setAttribute('country', countryTemplate);
                    }

                    done(null);
                });
            });
        }
    ], function() {
        return callback(null, self.__data);
    });

    return self.__data;
}

/**
 * Expose `aname`.
 */
module.exports = aname;

aname.js

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */
var _ = require('underscore');

var defaultOptions = {};

function aname(models, model, options, callback) {
    if ( ! _.isObject(model)) {
        if (typeof callback != 'undefined') {
            callback(new Error('Model is undefined'));
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    if (typeof options == 'function') {
        callback = options;
        options  = {};
    }

    options = _.extend(options, defaultOptions);

    var self = this;
    
    Object.defineProperty(this, '__data', {
        writable: true,
        enumerable: false,
        configurable: true,
        value: {}
    });

    function setAttribute(field, value) {
        if (typeof value == 'undefined') {
            if ( ! _.has(model.__data, field)) {
                self.__data[field] = null;
            } else {
                self.__data[field] = model.__data[field];
            }
        } else {
            self.__data[field] = value;
        }
    }

    /* Define each resource attribute */
    setAttribute('id', model.uniqueCode);
    setAttribute('name');
    setAttribute('slug');

    return self.__data;
}

/**
 * Expose `aname`.
 */
module.exports = aname;

how_to_use.js

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */
var apiTemplates = require('./templates');

/* Use the simple one */
res.send(apiTemplates.aname(model));

/* Use the async one */
res.send(apiTemplates.aname(models, model, function(err, anameTemplate) {
    res.send(anameTemplate);
}));

index.js

module.exports.country = require('./country');
module.exports.city = require('./city');
module.exports.aname = require('./aname');