sails-rigger/index.js

A reliable callback handler for loading an external Sails.js app via require()

var path = require('path');
var SailsApp = require('sails').Sails;
var _ = require('lodash');

var baseConfig = {
  hooks: {
  },
  models: {
    migrate: 'safe'
  }
};
var extendConfig = {
  hooks: {
    /*
    moduleloader: true,
    logger: true,
    orm: true,
    blueprints: true,
    responses: true,
    controllers: true,
    policies: true,
    services: true,
    userconfig: true,
    userhooks: true,
    */

    grunt: false

  },
  models: {
    migrate: 'safe'
  },
  cache: { },
  //http: { }
};

function extend (sails, app, _config, cb) {
  if (_.isFunction(_config)) cb = _config;

  var config = _.merge(_.cloneDeep(extendConfig), _config, {
    appPath: path.dirname(require.resolve(app))
  });

  return sails.load(config, function (error, _sails) {
    if (error) throw new Error(error);
    cb(error, sails);
  });
}

function load (app, config, cb) {
  return extend(new SailsApp(), app, config, cb);
}

exports.load = load;
exports.extend = extend;