Auto-create mysql table with StrongLoop

Question

I am trying to use Strongloop with MySql but cannot figure out how to migrate or automatically create tables into a MySql database.

Is there at least a way to export the

Answer 1

In the same kind of issue, if you need to automatically create a database, you can use the createDatabase option in your dataSource JSON file.

  "mysql": {
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": 0,
    "database": "db",
    "username": "root",
    "password": "",
    "name": "mysql",
    "connector": "mysql",
    "debug": false,
    "createDatabase": true
  }

So you don't need to write yourself the queries to create the base. Hope it helps.

Answer 2

jduhls answer is beautiful, but I needed to tweak it slightly to add some static data into tables. Here's my tweaked version, along with an example of loading data into a simple SystemSettings table (id, settingName, settingValue):

var async = require('async');

var SYSTEM_SETTINGS = [
  {
    "settingName": "mustPayInAdvance",
    "settingValue": "false",
  }
];

module.exports = function(app) {
    var path = require('path');
    var models = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../model-config.json'));
    var datasources = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../datasources.json'));
    var modelUpdates = [];

    function buildModelListForOperation(){
        Object.keys(models).forEach(function(key) {
            if (typeof models[key].dataSource != 'undefined') {
                if (typeof datasources[models[key].dataSource] != 'undefined') {
                    modelUpdates.push({operation: app.dataSources[models[key].dataSource], key: key});
                }
            }
        });
    }

    function createStaticData() {
        app.models.SystemSettings.create(SYSTEM_SETTINGS, function(err, created) {
            if (err) 
                throw err;
            else
                console.log('Sample data was imported.');
        });
    }

    function processModelsAndData(operationType) {
        buildModelListForOperation();

        // Create all models
        async.each(modelUpdates, function(item, callback) {
            item.operation[operationType](item.key, function (err) {
                if (err) throw err;
                console.log('Model ' + item.key + ' migrated');
                callback();
            });
        }, function (err) {
            if (err) throw err;
            createStaticData();
        });    
    }

    //TODO: change to 'autoupdate' when ready for CI deployment to production
    processModelsAndData('automigrate');
};