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loopback-connector-rethinkdb

Loopback connector for RethinkDB.

Installation

In your application root directory, enter this command to install the connector:

npm install loopback-connector-rethinkdb --save

This installs the module from npm and adds it as a dependency to the application's package.json file.

Creating a RethinkDB data source

Add an entry in the application's /server/datasources.json :

"mydb": {
  "url":  "http://username:password@host.com:28015/dbName"
  "connector": "rethinkdb"  
}

Edit datasources.json to add any other additional properties that you require.

Connection properties

Property	Type	Description
connector	String	Connector name, “loopback-connector-rethinkdb”
url	String	Full connection url. Overrides other connection settings
database	String	Database name
host	String	Database host name
password	String	Password to connect to database
port	Number	Database TCP port
username	String	Username to connect to database

Additional properties

You can specify an 'additionalSettings' property:

"additionalSettings": {
  "ssl": {
    "ca": "${RETHINKDB_SSL}"
  }
}

RETHINKDB_SSL contains the base64encoded SSL cert.

Changefeed

The connector has support for RethinkDB changefeeds. You can access to the functionality by doing:

ModelName.dataSource.connector.changeFeed(Model.modelName, filter, options);

The filter parameter is the standard loopback filtering object. The options parameter can have a throttle property, specified in milliseconds. Disabled by default.

PS: If a change happens, the changefeed function will return the entire results set. Delta results are on the roadmap