hapi-rethinkdb

Hapi (>=8.0) plugin for rethinkdb native driver.

Install hapi-rethinkdb

npm install --save rethinkdb hapi-rethinkdb

Register plugin

You can pass as options either an URL or host and port. Obviously passing an URL is way more convenient (specially for 12factor-compliant apps).

    var Hapi = require('hapi');
    var server = new Hapi.Server();

    server.register({
      register: require('hapi-rethinkdb'),
      options: { url: 'rethinkdb://:password@domain.tld:port/dbname' }
    }, function (err) {
      if (err) console.error(err);
    });

Options

url: the URL of your RethinkDB instance in form rethinkdb://password@domain.tld:port/dbname, default to rethinkdb://localhost:28015/test

host: the hostname of your RethinkDB instance, default to localhost
port: the port of your RethinkDB instance, default to 28015
db: the name of your RethinkDB database, default to test
password: the authentication key to access your RethinkDB, defaults to no password

Use plugin

The connection object returned by rethinkdb.connect callback is exposed on server.plugins['hapi-rethinkdb'].connection and binded to the context on routes and extensions as this.rethinkdbConn. You can find the rethinkdb library itself exposed on server.plugins['hapi-rethinkdb'].library and server.plugins['hapi-rethinkdb'].rethinkdb or binded to the context on routes and extensions as this.rethinkdb.

From a handler you can use it like:

    function handler (request, response) {
      var r = request.server.plugins['hapi-rethinkdb'].rethinkdb;
      // r === this.rethinkdb;

      var conn = request.server.plugins['hapi-rethinkdb'].connection;
      // conn === this.rethinkdbConn;

      r.table('example').run(conn, function (err, cursor) {
        cursor.each(console.log);
      });
    }

License