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danst_18
danst_18

Reputation: 497

Sails.js filtering records using the route

I am very new to Sails.js and I am trying to understand its magic.

I have three nested models using associations : Series.js -> Season.js -> and Episode.js.

Series.js

module.exports = {

  attributes: {

    /* other attributes */

    seasons: {
      collection: 'season',
      via: 'series'
    }

  } 
};

Season.js

module.exports = {

  attributes: {

    /* other attributes */

    episodes: {
      collection: 'episode',
      via: 'season'
    },
    series: {
      model: 'series'
    }

  } 
};

Episode.js

module.exports = {

  attributes: {

    /* other attributes */

    season: {
      model: 'season'
    }

  } 
};

Out of the box, I can get the seasons of a series using the route:

/series/:id/seasons

And also the episodes of a season using the route:

/seasons/:id/episodes

What I don't understand is why I can't get the episodes of a season of a series using this route:

series/:id/seasons/:id/episodes

Any idea why is this happening? I know I could use custom routes to get the behaviour I want, but it'd be nice to be able to do it without any further configuration.

I know Sails.js only allows one level population, but this doesn't seem the issue since I have set populate: false.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 172

Answers (1)

sgress454
sgress454

Reputation: 24958

Sails doesn't provide this route automatically:

series/:id/seasons/:id/episodes

because it doesn't really make sense if you think about it. If you already know the ID of the season, then the series it belongs to is irrelevant. Just use:

seasons/:id/episodes

to get the episodes you want.

Upvotes: 1

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