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Himmators
Himmators

Reputation: 15006

Where should I store my data models?

I use sqlight to create a datamodel in a node-module:

database.js:

var Sequelize = require('sequelize'),
    settings = require('./settings.js').settings,
    sequelize = new Sequelize(settings.database),
    //Datamodel
    User = sequelize.define('user', {
        authID:     Sequelize.STRING,
        name:       Sequelize.STRING,
    }),
    UserAttribute = sequelize.define('userAttributes', {
        name:       Sequelize.STRING,
        value:      Sequelize.STRING,
    }),
    Hail = sequelize.define('hail', {
        lat:        Sequelize.INTEGER,
        lon:        Sequelize.INTEGER,
    });

UserAttribute.belongsTo(User);
Hail.belongsTo(User, {as: 'driver'});
Hail.belongsTo(User, {as: 'rider'});

sequelize.sync(settings.sync).then(function() {
    return User.create({});
}).then(function(driver) {
  console.log(driver.get({
    plain: true
  }));
});

This works fine, but what if I want to access the models in another part of my application, like if I would like to create a user inside a controller. Where should i store them and what would be a good way of doing that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 273

Answers (1)

alecxe
alecxe

Reputation: 473833

A common way of organizing apps having Sequelize models is creating a models package with index.js inside handling association and reading the models inside the package directory. Example:

Also see @Farm's answer in this thread:

Upvotes: 1

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