Feedback about ApeyEye – An Object-Resource Mapping Node.js REST Framework

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11 years ago

Apey Eye is an Object-Resource Mapping Node.js API framework that uses next-generation JS features that can be used today, like Classes, Decorators and async/await for maximum expressiveness. It can work as a BAAS out-of-the-box, respecting REST and HATEOAS conventions, or be easily configured to match most API needs.

ApeyEye is still in early preview, but we would like to share and validate our progress with the JavaScript community. Any feedback would be great!

npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/apey-eye GitHub: https://github.com/glazedSolutions/apey-eye

"Object-Resource Mapping? Do you mean a ORM?" It's common having an object relational mapping to interact with relational database content in an object oriented way. Likewise, Apey Eye also offers an object oriented approach to manage data in entire flow of requests handling, from Models (our DB/ORM classes) to Resources (in the REST sense), through an object-resource mapping where objects have methods that map to get, post, put, patch and delete methods, for a resource/ or resource/:id/ url. Generally speaking, static methods correspond to HTTP methods you’d call on "resource/" and instance methods correspond to HTTP methods you’d call on "resource/:id". Furthermore, this object oriented approach allow entities like Model and Resource to have be used imperatively, making it easier to use them in other contexts, like unit testing.