Importer

This service allows you to import JSON data easily.

Features

• Import data, under the form of JSON-formatted arrays
• Allow to create different kind of import actions
• The import action will be called once per items in the JSON array

Dependencies

• None

Install

$ npm install @semapps/importer --save

Usage

const { ImporterService } = require('@semapps/importer');

const path = require('path');

module.exports = {

mixins: [ImporterService],

settings: {

importsDir: path.resolve(__dirname, '../imports'),

allowedActions: ['createObject']

},

actions: {

// Called once per items in array

createObject(ctx) {

const { data, userId } = ctx.params;

// Handle stuff here...

}

}

};

Importing data

Start Moleculer in REPL mode and call the import action like this:

mol$ call importer.import --action createObject --fileName objects.json

Any other parameter you give will be passed to the action.

Service settings

Property	Type	Default	Description
importsDir	string	required	Directory where the JSON files are located
allowedActions	array	required	List of allowed import actions

Actions

import

Parameters

Property	Type	Default	Description
action	string	required	Name of the action
fileName	string	required	Name of the file, located in the baseDir directory

Any other parameter you give will be passed to the action.