This plugin works with Bookshelf.js, available here http://bookshelfjs.org, in order to introduce a soft deletion. What this means is that items will appear deleted to an end user, but will not in fact be removed from the database.
npm install bookshelf-soft-delete
Then in your bookshelf configuration:
var bookshelf = require('bookshelf')(knex);
bookshelf.plugin(require('bookshelf-soft-delete');
On your bookshelf Model which you would like to mark for soft deletion:
soft: true
or, if you don't want to use the default column names (deleted_at and restored_at) :
soft: ['deletionDate', 'restorationDate']
Please note that strictly speaking any truthy value will be sufficient. This
will override destroy to simply set the deleted_at column of the
corresponding table to the Date stamp at moment of deletion, and override the
collection fetch and fetchOne to filter out model instances where
deleted_at is set. Please note, that if you set this on a Model, the table
for which does not have a deleted_at column or a restored_at column, an
error event will be emited when your model is created.
If you wish to disable soft delete for a given operation, e.g., fetch, simply
pass an object with softDelete: false to that operation.
If you need to restore something which has been soft deleted, model.restore
will do this.