sequelize-import

Importing sequelize modules with ease.

Installation

npm install sequelize-import

How to use?

Let we say we have following directory structure:

/path/to/models
├── Contacts
│   └── Contact.js
└── User.js

Model definitions inside *.js files can be something like this:

module.exports = function (sequelize, DataTypes) {
	return sequelize.define('User', {
		email: DataTypes.STRING,
		password: DataTypes.STRING
	});
};

To include all defined models inside /path/to/models directory and its subdirectories you can use following:

var models = require('sequelize-import')('/path/to/models', sequelize_connection, { 
	exclude: ['index.js'] 
});

Now you can access to Contact and User models in this way:

models.User
models.Contacts.Contact

Note: The model name is how it will be exposed, e.g: javascript var User = sequelize.define('User', {}, {}); will be exposed as javascript models.User.

Note that sequelize-import will recursively search for js files inside specified directory.

With this you can separate models definitions into multiple files, and then load it into some central place, then define relations between models, etc.

Options

exclude

List of files to exclude when generating models

{
	exclude: ['index.js', 'something.js']
}

Questions