How do I add a custom property to a jugglingdb model? I want to define a custom property specifically versus a custom method because I want to return it to the client.
Here is an example using the ubiquitous Post model:
db/schema.js:
var Post = schema.define('Post', {
title: { type: String, length: 255 },
content: { type: Schema.Text },
date: { type: Date, default: function () { return new Date;} },
timestamp: { type: Number, default: Date.now },
published: { type: Boolean, default: false, index: true }
});
app/models/post.js:
var moment = require('moment');
module.exports = function (compound, Post) {
// I'd like to populate the property in here.
Post.prototype.time = '';
Post.prototype.afterInitialize = function () {
// Something like this:
this.time = moment(this.date).format('hh:mm A');
};
}
I would like to return it like so in app/controllers/posts_controller.js:
action(function index() {
Post.all(function (err, posts) {
// Error handling omitted for succinctness.
respondTo(function (format) {
format.json(function () {
send({ code: 200, data: posts });
});
});
});
});
Expected results:
{
code: 200,
data: [
{
title: '10 things you should not do in jugglingdb',
content: 'Number 1: Try to create a custom property...',
date: '2013-08-13T07:55:45.000Z',
time: '07:55 AM',
[...] // Omitted data
},
[...] // Omitted additional records
}
Things I've tried in app/models/post.js:
Attempt 1:
Post.prototype.afterInitialize = function () {
Object.defineProperty(this, 'time', {
__proto__: null,
writable: false,
enumerable: true,
configurable: true,
value: moment(this.date).format('hh:mm A')
});
this.__data.time = this.time;
this.__dataWas.time = this.time;
this._time = this.time;
};
This would return post.time in the console via compound c
, but not on post.toJSON()
.
Attempt 2:
Post.prototype.afterInitialize = function () {
Post.defineProperty('time', { type: 'String' });
this.__data.time = moment(this.date).format('hh:mm A');
};
This attempt was promising...it provided the output expected via .toJSON()
. However as I feared, it also tried to update the database with that field as well.
There is currently a small scope issue that will prevent the value from being printed (it will just display time:
only), but I've went ahead and made a pull request for that here.
Otherwise, omitting the prototype portion on afterInitialize
was successful:
Post.afterInitialize = function () {
this.time = moment(this.date).format('hh:mm A'); // Works with toJSON()
this.__data.time = this.time; // Displays the value using console c
};