Use colibri if you need to create RESTful backend to you mongodb collections in quick and easy way.
Let's write a backend for well-known ToDo application (see example/todo)
express = require 'express'
mongoose = require 'mongoose'
colibri = require 'colibri'
app = express.createServer()
app.use express.bodyParser()
app.use express.static "#{__dirname}/static"
#mongoose-related stuff: Schema and Model
mongoose.connect 'mongodb://localhost/colibriTodo'
TodoSchema = new mongoose.Schema
title : String
order : Number
done : type:Boolean, default:no
TodoModel = mongoose.model 'todo', TodoSchema
#And now - the magic!
# - create REST backend
resource = colibri.createResource
model : TodoModel
plainOutput : yes
# - bind our rest backend to app
resource.express app
#Listen
app.listen 3000
colibri adds the following routes automatically to your Express app:
GET /todo- get a list of itemsPOST /todo- create new itemGET /todo/:id- get an item with corresponding _idPUT /todo/:id- save an item with corresponding _idDELETE /todo/:id- delete an item with corresponding _id
We have a todo-server ready to use with - for example - Backbone.