Created a 'generic' serialize method, useful to use with web sockets.

README.md

@@ -18,12 +18,19 @@ This is a [Sails JS](http://sailsjs.org) hook for creating an API which conforms
 
 Just lift your app as normal, and your api responses will be formatted in accordance with [jsonapi.org](http://jsonapi.org/format/).
 
+If you need to serialize data for other reasons (eg. send data trough sockets), you can use the serializeData method like this `serializedData = sails.hooks.jsonapi.serializeData(model,data);`.
+This method takes 2 arguments
+* *model:* The name of the model that you wish to serialize ('model' must be defined on the sails models).
+* *data:* The data to be serialized.
+
 #### Options
 Create a `jsonapi.js` file inside the `config/` directory of your app, and you can set the following options:
 
 | Option        | Default   |  Description  |
 |---------------|:---------:|---------------|
 | `compoundDoc` |  `true`   | When set to 'true' (default), response will be a [compound document](http://jsonapi.org/format/#document-compound-documents) including related resources. |
+| `keyForAttribute` |  `dash-case`   | A function or string to customize attributes. Functions are passed the attribute as a single argument and expect a string to be returned. Strings are aliases for inbuilt functions for common case conversions. Options include: dash-case (default), lisp-case, spinal-case, kebab-case, underscore_case, snake_case, camelCase, CamelCase. |
+| `pluralizeType` |  `true`   | When set to 'true' (default), the type is pluralized. |
 
 ### Known Limitations
 
@@ -47,4 +54,4 @@ This is unfinished. So far, the following are not yet implemented:
 - [ ] Deleting resources
 - [ ] Deleting relationships
 
-There may be more. Please submit issue reports. Or better yet, pull requests.
+There may be more. Please submit issue reports. Or better yet, pull requests.

lib/hook.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 module.exports = function jsonApiHook(sails) {
   var moduleUtils = require('./utils/module-utils');
+  var serializer = require('./serializer');
   var _ = require('lodash');
   var normalizeQueryParams = require('./requests/query-params');
   var normalizePayload = require('./requests/payload');
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function jsonApiHook(sails) {
    * @param  {Function} next [description]
    * @api private
    */
-  var addResponseMethods = function (req, res) {
+  function addResponseMethods (req, res) {
     // Attach custom responses to `res` object
     // Provide access to `req` and `res` in each of their `this` contexts.
     _.each(sails.middleware.jsonapi.responses, function eachMethod(responseFn, name) {
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ module.exports = function jsonApiHook(sails) {
       });
     },
 
+    serializeData: function (type,data) {
+      return serializer(type,data);
+    },
+
     /**
      * Shadow route bindings
      * @type {Object}
@@ -54,19 +59,23 @@ module.exports = function jsonApiHook(sails) {
       before: {
 
         'all /*': function (req, res, next) {
+          if (req.isSocket) return next();
           addResponseMethods(req, res);
           next();
         },
 
         'GET /*': function (req, res, next) {
+          if (req.isSocket) return next();
           addResponseMethods(req, res);
           normalizeQueryParams(req, res);
           next();
         },
 
         'POST /*': function (req, res, next) {
+          if (req.isSocket) return next();
           addResponseMethods(req, res);
           normalizePayload(req, next);
+          next();
         }
       }
     }

lib/responses/json.js → lib/responses/ok.js

@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ module.exports = function json() {
   sails.log.verbose('[jsonapi] modelName ::', modelName);
   Model = sails.models[modelName];
   opts = {
-    attributes: modelUtils.getAttributes(Model)
+    attributes: modelUtils.getAttributes(Model),
+    keyForAttribute:sails.config.jsonapi.keyForAttribute,
+    pluralizeType:sails.config.jsonapi.pluralizeType
   };
   // Add related model data
   relationships = modelUtils.getRelationships(req);
@@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ module.exports = function json() {
     Model = sails.models[collection];
     // Related model attributes
     opts[alias] = {
-      attributes: modelUtils.getOwnAttributes(Model)
+      attributes: modelUtils.getOwnAttributes(Model),
+      keyForAttribute:sails.config.jsonapi.keyForAttribute,
+      pluralizeType:sails.config.jsonapi.pluralizeType
     };
     // add models as relationships
     modelUtils.getRef(Model, function (ref) {

lib/serializer.js

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const JSONAPISerializer = require('jsonapi-serializer').Serializer;
+
+module.exports = function (modelName, data){
+	let sailsModel = sails.models[modelName];
+	try{
+		if (!sailsModel || typeof sailsModel === 'undefined') {
+			throw `Looks like the model '${modelName}', does not exist.`;
+		}
+	}catch(err){
+		// throw 1;
+		console.error(err);
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	let attributes = [];
+	Object.keys(sailsModel.definition).forEach(function (key) {
+		if (!sailsModel.definition[key].primaryKey && !sailsModel.definition[key].alias) {
+			attributes.push(key);
+		}
+	});
+	let Serializer = new JSONAPISerializer(modelName, {
+		attributes,
+		keyForAttribute:sails.config.jsonapi.keyForAttribute,
+		pluralizeType:sails.config.jsonapi.pluralizeType
+	});
+	try{
+		data = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));
+		return Serializer.serialize(data);;
+	}
+	catch(err){
+		console.error(`Unable to parse '${data}' for model '${modelName}', rerurning empty object \n
+			Attributes: ${attributes}`);
+		return{};
+	}
+}

lib/utils/norm-utils.js

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports.normalizeData = function (data) {
-  return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));
+	try{
+		data = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));
+		return data;
+	}catch(err){
+		console.error(`Unable to parse '${data}', rerurning empty object`);
+		return {};
+	}
 };

package.json

@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/IanVS/sails-hook-jsonapi"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "jsonapi-serializer": "^3.1.0",
-    "lodash": "^4.5.0",
-    "pluralize": "^1.1.2",
+    "jsonapi-serializer": "^3.2.1",
+    "lodash": "^4.13.1",
+    "pluralize": "^1.2.1",
     "sails-build-dictionary": "^0.10.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {