custom-rest-templater

Custom REST Templater for NodeJS

Simple module for generating custom but uniform responses for REST Requests for NodeJS for avoiding the need to repeat the status code in all the response across the project

1. Installation

Using npm:

$ npm install custom-rest-templater

2. Configuration

var customRestTemplater = require('custom-rest-templater');
// all *Status* properties should be a valid Http Status code
customRestTemplater.options(Object);

The options method receives an object with the following properties (all are optional):

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
defaultStatusSuccess	Integer	200	Status code for a successful response
defaultStatusFailure	Integer	400	Status code for a non successful response
getShouldHaveBody	Boolean	true	Review if the object sent is empty for generating a successful response for a GET request
getStatusSuccess	Integer	200	Status code for a successful response for a GET request
getStatusFailure	Integer	404	Status code for a non successful response for a GET request
postShouldHaveBody	Boolean	true	Review if the object sent is empty for generating a successful response for a POST request
postStatusSuccess	Integer	201	Status code for a successful response for a POST request
postStatusFailure	Integer	400	Status code for a non successful response for a POST request
putShouldHaveBody	Boolean	true	Review if the object sent is empty for generating a successful response for a PUT request
putStatusSuccess	Integer	200	Status code for a successful response for a PUT request
putStatusFailure	Integer	400	Status code for a non successful response for a PUT request
patchShouldHaveBody	Boolean	true	Review if the object sent is empty for generating a successful response for a PATCH request
patchStatusSuccess	Integer	200	Status code for a successful response for a PATCH request
patchStatusFailure	Integer	400	Status code for a non successful response for a PATCH request
deleteShouldHaveBody	Boolean	true	Review if the object sent is empty for generating a successful response for a DELETE request
deleteStatusSuccess	Integer	200	Status code for a successful response for a DELETE request
deleteStatusFailure	Integer	400	Status code for a non successful response for a DELETE request
template	Function	null	Callback for generating the response body, if not set then it sends the object used in the customRest/customRestSuccess/customRestFailure method

The template function receives three arguments:

Property	Type	Description
object	Object	The object that is been sent as the response body
defaultData	Object	An object with status and message properties corresponding to the HTTP Status Code and its Description
responseArgs	Object	Additional arguments sent as the second parameter on the customRest method

It should return an object for the response body and it can have any format.

Example

var customRestTemplater = require('custom-rest-templater');
customRestTemplater.options({
  patchShouldHaveBody: false, // patch method may not have a body for a successful response
  putShouldHaveBody: false, // put method may not have a body for a successful response
  deleteShouldHaveBody: false, // delete method may not have a body for a successful response
  template: (object, defaultData, responseArgs) => {
    return {
      data: object,
      additionalData: responseArgs
    };
  }
});

3. Methods added to the Response Object

Method	Description
customRest	creates the response and tests if the object is empty for sending a successful or not status code
customRestSuccess	creates the response and sends a successful status code
customRestSuccess	creates the response and sends a non successful status code

All the methods have the following parameters

Parameter	Type	Default Value	Required	Description
responseBody	Object	null	true	The object to be sent as the response body (the one to be tested if is empty)
responseArgs	Object	{}	false	Additional params to be sent in the response, here we could modify the response status code by sending a custom status key

4. Usage Examples

Sample template using the defaultData sent

var customRestTemplater = require('custom-rest-templater');
customRestTemplater.options({
  template: (object, defaultData, responseArgs) => {
    return {
      data: defaultData.status < 400 ? object : null,
      success: defaultData.status < 400,
      message: responseArgs.hasOwnProperty('message') ?
               responseArgs.message :
               defaultData.message
    };
  }
});

GET Request

If a non empty object is sent

res.customRest({name: 'myName'});

Response

status: 200
body: {"data":{"name":"myName"},"success":true,"message":"Ok"}

If an empty object or "nothing" is sent

res.customRest({});

Response

status: 404
body: {"data":{},"success":false,"message":"Not found"}

POST Request

If a non empty object is sent

res.customRest({name: 'myName'});

Response

status: 201
body: {"data":{"name":"myName"},"success":true,"message":"Created"}

If an empty object or "nothing" is sent

res.customRest({});

Response

status: 400
body: {"data":{},"success":false,"message":"Bad request"}

PUT, PATCH, DELETE Request

If a non empty object is sent

res.customRest({name: 'myName'});

Response

status: 200
body: {"data":{"name":"myName"},"success":true,"message":"Ok"}

If an empty object or "nothing" is sent

res.customRest({});

Response

status: 400
body: {"data":{},"success":false,"message":"Bad request"}

Custom status sent

If a non empty object is sent

res.customRest({name: 'myName'}, {status: 202});

Response

status: 202
body: {"data":{"name":"myName"},"success":true,"message":"Accepted"}

Successful Response on empty object for a GET Request

If a non empty object is sent

res.customRestSuccess({});

Response

status: 200
body: {"data":{},"success":true,"message":"Ok"}

Non Successful Response on non empty object for a GET Request

If a non empty object is sent

res.customRestFailure({name: 'myName'});

Response

status: 404
body: {"data":null,"success":true,"message":"Not Found"}

Here data is sent as null because of the template function

Non Successful Response on non empty object for a GET Request with custom status

If a non empty object is sent

res.customRestFailure({name: 'myName'}, {status: 400});

Response

status: 400
body: {"data":null,"success":true,"message":"Bad request"}

Here data is sent as null because of the template function

5. Contact

You can contact me at [e-mail]