/******************************************************************************************** * SAILS.JS CHEATSHEET * REFERENCE: https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference * CONCEPTS: https://sailsjs.com/documentation/concepts * APP STRUCTURE: https://sailsjs.com/documentation/anatomy * * 1. APPLICATION * 2. BLUEPRINT API * 3. COMMAND-LINE INTERFACE * 4. CONFIGURATION * 5. REQUEST * 6. RESPONSE * 7. WATERLINE ORM * 8. WEBSOCKETS ********************************************************************************************/ /******************************************************************************************** * 1. APPLICATION * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/application ********************************************************************************************/ // A dictionary of all loaded Sails models, indexed by their identity. sails.models // A dictionary of all accessible helpers, including organics. sails.helpers // A dictionary of all loaded Sails hooks, indexed by their identity. sails.hooks // The full set of configuration options for the Sails instance // It is assembled automatically when Sails loads your app // merging together command-line arguments, environment variables, your .sailsrc file, // and the configuration objects exported from any and all modules in your app's config/ directory. sails.config // The runtime values of your app's custom configuration settings. sails.config.custom // A set of convenience methods for low - level interaction with connected websockets. sails.sockets // Talk to Socket.io directly. sails.io // A regular expression designed for use in identifying URL paths that seem like they are probably // for a static asset of some kind (e.g. image, stylesheet, favicon.ico, robots.txt, etc). sails.LOOKS_LIKE_ASSET_RX // Return a dictionary of Sails actions. sails.getActions() // Look up the first route pointing at the specified target (e.g. MeController.login) // and return a dictionary containing its method and URL. sails.getRouteFor(target) // Look up the first route pointing at the specified target (e.g. entrance/view-login) // and return its URL. sails.getUrlFor(target) // Lift a Sails app programmatically. // This does exactly what you might be used to seeing by now when you run sails lift. sailsApp.lift(configOverrides, function(err) {}) // Load a Sails app into memory-- but without lifting an HTTP server. // Useful for writing tests, command - line scripts, and scheduled jobs. sailsApp.load(configOverrides, function(err) {}) // Shut down a lifted Sails app and have it cease listening for / responding to any future requests. sails.lower(callback) // Register a new Sails action that can then be bound to a route. sails.registerAction(action, name) // Register a new action middleware function that will be applied to actions // with the specified identities. sails.registerActionMiddleware(actionMiddlewareFns, actionIdentities) // Flush and reload all Sails actions. sails.reloadActions() // Compile a view into an HTML template. sails.renderView(pathToView, templateData) // Make a virtual request to a running Sails instance. sails.request(request) sails.request(url, body) sails.request(url, callback) sails.request(url, body, callback) // Access a particular datastore, or the default datastore. sails.getDatastore(datastoreName) // Log a message or some data at the "debug" log level using Sails' built-in logger. sails.log(message) /******************************************************************************************** * 2. BLUEPRINT API * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/blueprint-api ********************************************************************************************/ // Find a list of records that match the specified criteria // and (if possible) subscribe to each of them. GET /:model // Look up the record with the specified id from the database // and (if possible) subscribe to the record to hear about any future changes. GET /:model/:id // Populate and return foreign record(s) for the given association of this record. GET /:model/:id/:association // Create a new record in your database // and notify subscribed sockets that a newly record is created POST /:model // Update an existing record in the database // and notify subscribed sockets that it has changed. PATCH /:model/:id // Replace all of the foreign records in one of this record's collections // and notify subscribed sockets to the parent record. PUT /:model/:id/:association // Add a foreign record to one of this record's collections // and notify subscribed sockets to the parent record. PUT /:model/:id/:association/:fk // Delete the record specified by id from the database forever // and notify subscribed sockets that a record has been deleted DELETE /:model/:id // Remove a foreign record from one of this record's collections // and notify subscribed sockets about this removed child DELETE /:model/:id/:association/:fk /******************************************************************************************** * 3. COMMAND-LINE INTERFACE * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/command-line-interface ********************************************************************************************/ // Lift your Node.js/Sails.js app in interactive mode, and enter the REPL. // Useful for trying out Waterline queries, quickly managing your data, and checking // out your project's runtime configuration. sails console [--dontLift] // Generate api/models/Foo.js, including attributes with the specified types if provided. sails generate model // Generate a standalone action. sails generate action // Generate a helper at api/helpers/foo.js. sails generate helper // Generate api/controllers/FooController.js, including actions with the specified names if provided. sails generate controller // Generate a project hook in api/hooks/foo/. sails generate hook // Generate a foo folder containing the files necessary for building a new generator. sails generate generator // Generate a custom response at api/responses/foo.js sails generate response // Generate a api/adapters/foo/ folder containing the files necessary for building a new adapter. sails generate adapter // Generate a sails.io.js file at the specified location, overwriting the default sails.io.js if applicable. sails generate sails.io.js // Generate api/models/Foo.js and api/controllers/FooController.js. sails generate api // Alias for sails new. sails generate new // Experimental. Adds the following files to your app: // .gitignore, .jshintrc, .editorconfig, .npmignore, .travis.yml, .appveyor.yml sails generate etc // Attach the node debugger and lift the sails app; similar to running node--inspect app.js. // You can then use a tool like the Chrome DevTools to interactively debug your apps. sails inspect // Run the Sails app in the current dir // (if node_modules/sails exists, it will be used instead of the globally installed Sails) sails lift [--prod] [--port ] [--verbose] [--silly] // Create a new sails project. sails new [--no-frontend] [--minimal] [--without=package,package,package] // Get the version of your computer's globally installed Sails command-line tool // (i.e. the version you installed with npm install -g sails). sails version /******************************************************************************************** * 4. CONFIGURATION * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/configuration ********************************************************************************************/ // Determines which TCP port your Sails app will use to listen for incoming requests. sails.config.port // Declare the host name of your Sails app (By default, Sails will assume localhost). sails.config.explicitHost // The runtime “environment” of your Sails app (usually either development or production). sails.config.environment // A time limit, in milliseconds, imposed on all hooks in your app (default to 20000) sails.config.hookTimeout // Configure SSL settings for HTTPs and WSS sails.config.ssl // These configurable settings allow you to configure the blueprint API in Sails. sails.config.blueprints // Asynchronous bootstrap function that runs before your Sails app gets lifted (i.e. starts up). // Can be used for setting up baseline data, running sanity checks on the status of your database... sails.config.bootstrap // Custom configuration for your app (one-off settings specific to your application) // Things like the domain to use when sending emails, or 3rd party API keys for Stripe, Mailgun... sails.config.custom // Datastore configurations(or simply datastores) are like "saved settings" for your adapters. sails.config.datastores // Configuration for the global variables that Sails exposes by default. sails.config.globals // Configuration for your app's underlying HTTP server. sails.config.http // Configuration for Sails' built-in internationalization & localization features. sails.config.i18n // Configuration for the logger in your Sails app. sails.config.log // Your default project-wide model settings. sails.config.models // Dictionary that maps policies to an app’s actions. sails.config.policies // Configuration for custom (aka "explicit") routes. sails.config.routes // Configuration for your app's security settings. sails.config.security // Configuration for Sails's built-in session support. sails.config.session // Provide transparent access to Socket.io sails.config.sockets // Configuration for your app's server-side views. sails.config.views /******************************************************************************************** * 5. REQUEST * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/request-req ********************************************************************************************/ // The moment that Sails started processing the request, as a Javascript Date object. req._startTime // An object containing text parameters from the parsed request body, defaulting to {}. // If a request contains one or more file uploads, only the text parameters sent before // the first file parameter will be available in req.body. req.body // An object containing all of the unsigned cookies from this request (req). req.cookies // A flag indicating the user-agent sending this request (req) wants "fresh" data // (as indicated by the "if-none-match", "cache-control", and/or "if-modified-since" request headers.) req.fresh // An object containing pre-defined/custom header given in the current request. req.headers // Returns the hostname supplied in the host HTTP header. // This header may be set either by the client or by the proxy. req.hostname // The IP address of the client who sent this request (req). req.ip // Contains the IP addresses in this request's "X-Forwarded-For" header // as an array of the IP address strings. req.ips // A flag indicating whether or not this request (req) originated from a Socket.io connection. req.isSocket // The request method (aka "verb".) // All requests to a Sails server have a "method", even via WebSockets. req.method // Dictionary (plain JavaScript object) of request-agnostic settings available in your app's actions. req.options // Retains the original request URL allowing you to rewrite req.url freely for internal routing purposes. // In almost all cases, you’ll want to use req.url instead. req.originalUrl // An object containing parameter values parsed from the URL path. req.params // The URL pathname from the request URL string of the current request (req). req.path // The protocol used to send this request (req). req.protocol // A dictionary containing the parsed query-string, defaulting to {}. req.query // Indicates whether or not the request was sent over a secure TLS connection (i.e. https:// or wss://). req.secure // A dictionary containing all of the signed cookies from this request (req). req.signedCookies // If the current Request (req) originated from a connected Socket.io client, // req.socket refers to the raw Socket.io socket instance. req.socket // An array of all the subdomains in this request's URL. req.subdomains // Like req.path, but also includes the query string suffix. req.url // A flag indicating whether the requesting client would prefer a JSON response // (as opposed to some other format, like XML or HTML.) req.wantsJSON // A flag indicating whether the current request (req) appears to be an AJAX request. req.xhr // Return whether this request (req) advertises that it understands the specified media type. req.accepts(mediaType) // Return whether this request (req) advertises that it is able to handle any of the specified // character set(s), and if so, which one. req.acceptsCharsets(charset1, charset2, …) // Return whether this request (req) advertises that it understands any of the specified // language(s), and if so, which one. req.acceptsLanguages(language1, language2, …) // Returns the value of all parameters sent in the request, merged together into a single dictionary req.allParams() // Build and return a Skipper Upstream representing an incoming multipart file upload from the specified field. req.file(field) // Returns the value of the specified header field in this request (req). Note that header names are case-insensitive. req.get(header) // Returns true if this request's declared "Content-Type" matches the specified media/mime type. req.is(type) // Returns the value of the parameter with the specified name. req.param(name[, defaultValue]) // Override the inferred locale for this request. req.setLocale(override) // Time out this request if a response is not sent within the specified number of milliseconds. req.setTimeout(numMilliseconds) /******************************************************************************************** * 6. REPONSE * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/response-res ********************************************************************************************/ /******************************************************************************************** * 7. WATERLINE ORM * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/waterline-orm ********************************************************************************************/ /******************************************************************************************** * 8. WEB SOCKETS * https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/web-sockets ********************************************************************************************/