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A tool belt for concise schemas
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# concise :clipboard: [](https://travis-ci.org/guigrpa/concise) [](https://coveralls.io/github/guigrpa/concise?branch=master) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/concise)
A tool belt for concise schemas.
## Why? :sparkles:
* Write your schema once, concisely (using e.g. YAML or JSON)
* If it's too large, divide it into manageable chunks
* Use plugins to import it into Concise and then export it again in whatever format you need:
- YAML (`concise-yaml`)
- JSON (`concise-json`)
- PostgreSQL SQL (`concise-pg`)
- Sequelize ORM (`concise-sequelize`)
- Flow types (`concise-flow`)
- GraphQL schema language (`concise-graphql`)
- Entity-relationship diagram (`concise-diagram`)
- Firebase database rules (`concise-firebase`)
* Update your schema in one place!
## Installation
You will need to install `concise` and the input/output plugins you need. For example:
```bash
$ npm install concise concise-yaml concise-pg
```
## Usage
### Concise input/output
TBW
### Concise schema reference
Here is an example schema written in YAML:
```
models:
common:
isIncludeOnly: true
fields:
id:
type: uuid
isPrimaryKey: true
notes:
type: string
isLong: true
person:
description: A project member
includes: { common: true }
fields:
name:
description: Name of the user
type: string
validations:
isRequired: true
isUnique: true
surname: { type: string }
aBoolean:
type: boolean
validations:
isRequired: true
defaultValue: false
relations:
project: true
project:
includes: { common: true }
fields:
name: { type: string }
relations:
projectManager:
model: user
validations:
isRequired: true
technicalManager:
model: user
inverse: false
```
This simple schema already illustrates some of concise's features:
* **Includes**: common fields (and relations) can be extracted from models. Models marked as `isIncludeOnly` may have special treatment in some plugins, e.g. `concise-pg` will not generate tables for them, `concise-diagram` will omit them in diagrams, etc.
* **Comments**: `description` attributes can be set on models, fields and relations. They are *strongly recommended* and are taken into account in all built-in plugins: `concise-graphql` includes them in schema (so they can be shown in the great GraphiQL tool), `concise-diagram` shows them as tooltips in diagrams, `concise-pg` generates `COMMENT` SQL statements for them, etc.
* **Relations** are defined at the model that contains the foreign key (e.g. in a *1:N* relation, at the *1* end). In the example above, a `person` belongs to a `project`.
* **Bidirectional relations**: relations are bidirectional by default, and the *inverse* relation (in the previous example, from `project` to `person`) is plural by default. The inverse relation can be fully customised and even removed (set to `false`).
* **Validation rules** can be applied to both model fields and relations.
Check out the [full reference (Flow definitions)](https://github.com/guigrpa/concise/blob/master/packages/concise-types/index.js). The root type for user-provided schema is `Schema`.
### Plugin options
#### Common options
Input options:
* `file?` (`string`): if specified, raw input schema will be read from the specified path
* `raw?` (`string`): if specified, its value is used as raw input schema
* **Note**: either `file` or `raw` should be specified for input processors
#### concise-yaml
Input/output.
No specific options.
#### concise-json
Input/output.
Output options:
* `file?` (`string`): if specified, output will be written to the specified path
* `prettyJson?` (`boolean` = `false`): prettify JSON output
#### concise-pg
Output-only.
Output options:
* `file?` (`string`): if specified, output will be written to the specified path
* `schema?` (`string`): PostgreSQL schema; if unspecified, no schema is used
in the SQL definitions (which corresponds to the `public` schema)
#### concise-sequelize
Output-only.
Output options:
* `Sequelize` (`Object`): the Sequelize class
* `sequelize` (`Object`): a Sequelize instance
* `extensions?` (`MapOf<ModelName, SequelizeExtensions>`): object that
associates a given model (or `$all` for all models) to a set of
extensions (or customizations). **Description to be completed (see
typedefs and tests for the time being)**
---------------------
--------------
#### concise-flow
Output-only.
Output options:
* `file?` (`string`): if specified, output will be written to the specified path
#### concise-graphql
Output-only.
Output options:
* `file?` (`string`): if specified, output will be written to the specified path
* `relay?` (`boolean` = `false`): include `Node` interface
and `node` root field, define connections, etc.
* `storyboard?` (`boolean` = `false`): include `storyId` field
in mutation input types to support end-to-end Storyboard stories
#### concise-diagram
Output-only.
Output options:
* `file?` (`string`): if specified, output will be written to the specified path
* `filterEdges?` (`{ from: ModelName, to: ModelName, as: FieldName, isRequired: boolean } => boolean`):
return `true` if a given edge must be shown. Default: all edges are shown
* `edgeLabels?` (`boolean` = `true`): show edge labels
#### concise-firebase
Output-only.
Output options:
* `file?` (`string`): if specified, output will be written to the specified path
## Examples
Check out the [`concise-examples` package](https://github.com/guigrpa/concise/blob/master/packages/concise-examples), as well as the [sample schema](https://github.com/guigrpa/concise/blob/master/packages/__tests__/fixtures).
## [Changelog](https://github.com/guigrpa/concise/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) :scroll:
## License (MIT) :books:
Copyright (c) [Guillermo Grau Panea](https://github.com/guigrpa) 2017-now
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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