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