Clear Endpoints Declaration

module.exports = {

    factory: BooksFactory,

    GET: [
        // books?genre=western
        function (genre = null) {
            return BooksFactory.find({genre});
        }
    ],

    POST: [
        // books/
        function () {
            return BooksFactory.new(this.request.body)
                .then(book => book.save());
        }
    ]
}

Automatic RESTful URLs

// Endpoint URLs is build based on function arguments:

function (limit = 10, offset = 0) { }
// https://api.example.com/books?limit=42&offset=21


function (libraryShelvesId, favoriteBooksId, orderBy = "") { }
// https://api.example.com/library-shelves/42/favorite-books/84?orderBy=+author

Models Schema Validation

{
    name: "Book",
    
    properties: {
        id: Property.id(),
        name: Property.string().min(1).required(),
        isbn: Property.string().pattern(/^\d-\d{3}-\d{5}-\d$/).example("0-330-25864-8"),
        authorId: Property.model("Author"),
        genre: Property.set(["Fantasy", "Science fiction", "Western", "Romance"]),
        creationTime: Property.date().private(),
        modificationTime: Property.date().private()
    }
    ...
}

Annotations

function(isbn) {
    // @path: books/isbn/(\d{1,5}[- ]\d{1,7}[- ]\d{1,6}[- ](?:\d|X))
    // @model: Books    
    // @summary: Get book by ISBN number
    
    return BooksFactory.get({isbn})
}

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