asok-backend

Asok is the node backend for the asok frontend.

It consists of

• a simple Hello service that sends a random greeting it takes from a mongodb
• documentation of the simple hello in /doc
• a navigation list with some (hardcoded) urls
• a productlist that is not finished yet

But hey, Asok is an intern, he has to learn a lot.

Installation

• Clone into directory

• run npm install

• Configure mongo instance in simplehello.js defaults to

  • Host: 'localhost'
  • Port: 27017
  • Database: 'asok'

• set the collection to use in the DtoProvider used in simplehello.js

  • helloProvider.setCollectionName('greetings');

• Put some greetings in the database:

    $ mongo
    > use asok
    > db.greetings.insert( [
        { greeting : "Hello", recipient : "world" },
        { greeting : "Hallo", recipient : "wereld" },
        { greeting : "Ola", recipient : "mundo" },
        { greeting : "Ciao", recipient : "bambino" },
        { greeting : "Gutentag", recipient : "welt" },
        { greeting : "qo'", recipient : "vIvan" },
        { greeting : "привет", recipient : "мир" }
      ] )
    > db.greetings.find()
    { "_id" : ObjectId(..), "greeting" : "Hello", "recipient" : "world" }
    { "_id" : ObjectId(..), "greeting" : "Hallo", "recipient" : "wereld" }
    { "_id" : ObjectId(..), "greeting" : "Ola", "recipient" : "mundo" }
    { "_id" : ObjectId(..), "greeting" : "Ciao", "recipient" : "bambino" }
    { "_id" : ObjectId(..), "greeting" : "Gutentag", "recipient" : "welt" }
    { "_id" : ObjectId(..), "greeting" : "qo'", "recipient" : "vIvan" }
    { "_id" : ObjectId(..), "greeting" : "привет", "recipient" : "мир" }
    > quit()
    $
  

• start the server:

    $ node index.js 
  

  or use nodemon for development:

    $ nodemon .
  

Usage

See for usage the asok frontend. Basically, call the provided urls like so:

      $.getJSON( "/hapi/hello").done(function( data ) {
        // do something wtih the data, like send it to a ractive frontend
        greet.set({
          greeting: data.greeting,
          recipient: data.recipient
        });
      });

Used technology

asok uses Hapi, a rich framework for building web applications and services, to expose its GET urls.

The HelloProvider uses mongoDB native to connect to the mongoDB backend.