Sequelize Search Builder

About

This is a lightweight library to convert search request (e.g. HTTP) to Sequelize ORM query.

Installation

npm install --save sequelize-search-builder

Usage

Example based on Express framework.

Direct generation of where/order/limit/offset query

const router  = require('express').Router(),
    models = require('../models'),
    searchBuilder = require('sequelize-search-builder');

router.get('/search', async (req, res, next) => {
    // Set req.query param to Search Builder constructor
    const search = new searchBuilder(models.Sequelize, req.query),
        whereQuery  = search.getWhereQuery(),
        orderQuery  = search.getOrderQuery(),
        limitQuery  = search.getLimitQuery(),
        offsetQuery = search.getOffsetQuery();
    
    res.json({
        data: await models.product.findAll({
            include: [{ all: true, nested: true, duplicating: false }],
            where:  whereQuery,
            order:  orderQuery,
            limit:  limitQuery,
            offset: offsetQuery,
            logging: console.log,
        })
    });
});

Full query generation example (getFullQuery method)

res.json({
    data: await models.product.findAll(search.getFullQuery({
        include: [{ all: true, nested: true, duplicating: true }],
    }))
});

You can set HTTP query string as second parameter for Seach Builder constructor (it will parse by 'qs' library to object).

Request Examples

Equal:

// HTTP:
?filter[name]=John&filter[surname]=Smith
// req.query:
{ filter: { name: 'John', surname: 'Smith' } }
// getWhereQuery()
{ name: 'John', surname: 'Smith' }

Equal (OR):

// HTTP:
?filter[name]=John&filter[surname]=Smith&filter[_condition]=or
// req.query:
{ filter: { name: 'John', surname: 'Smith', _condition: 'or', } }
// getWhereQuery()
{ [Symbol(or)]: {name: 'John', surname: 'Smith'} }

Conditions:

// HTTP:
filter[age][gt]=100&filter[age][lt]=10&filter[age][_condition]=or&filter[name][iLike]=%john%&filter[_condition]=or
// req.query
{
  filter: {
    age: {
      gt: 100,
      lt: 10,
      _condition: 'or',
    },
    name: {
      iLike: '%john%',
    },
    _condition: 'or',
  },
}
// getWhereQuery()
{
  [Op.or]: {
    [Op.or]: [{
      age: {
        [Op.gt]: 100,
      },
    }, {
      age: {
        [Op.lt]: 10,
      },
    }],
    name: {
      [Op.like]: '%john%',
    },
  },
}

If _condition parameter is absent - "and" will be used by default

Order:

// HTTP:
?filter[name]=desc
// req.query:
{ order: { name: 'desc' } }
// getOrderQuery()
[ [ 'name', 'desc' ] ]

You can find more examples in the tests of the project (test/index.js)

Git repository with DB tests: https://github.com/segemun/sequelize-search-builder-db-tests

Allowed query conditions

Request Option	Sequelize Symbol	Description
eq (=)	= (no Symbol)	Equal
gt	Op.gt	Greater than
gte	Op.gte	Greater than or equal
lt	Op.lt	Less than
lte	Op.lte	Less than or equal
ne	Op.ne	Not equal
between	Op.between	Between [value1, value2]
notBetween	Op.notBetween	Not Between [value1, value2]
in	Op.in	In value list [value1, value2, ...]
notIn	Op.notIn	Not in value list [value1, value2, ...]
like	Op.like	Like search (%value, value%, %value%)
notLike	Op.notLike	Not like search (%value, value%, %value%)
iLike	Op.iLike	case insensitive LIKE (PG only)
notILike	Op.notILike	case insensitive NOT LIKE (PG only)
regexp	Op.regexp	Regexp (MySQL and PG only)
notRegexp	Op.notRegexp	Not Regexp (MySQL and PG only)
iRegexp	Op.iRegexp	iRegexp (case insensitive) (PG only)
notIRegexp	Op.notIRegexp	notIRegexp (case insensitive) (PG only)

Configuration

You can redefine configuration variables in rc file

Just create .sequelize-search-builderrc file in root folder of your project

Or use setter for 'config' parameter (setConfig)

RC file example:

{
  "logging": false,
  "fields": {
    "filter" : "filter",
    "order"  : "order",
    "limit"  : "limit",
    "offset" : "offset"
  },
  "default-limit": 10
}

Setter example:

new searchBuilder(models.Sequelize, req.query)
    .setConfig({
        logging: true,
    });

Front-End

You can use Sequelize Search Builder Client module for the generation request http search string on the client side.

Contribute

You are Welcome =) Keep in mind:

npm run test