README.md

@@ -92,13 +92,25 @@ It's easy to restrict your requests using Sequelize's `where` query option. Just
 Team.findOne({ where: { city: 'windsor' }})
 ```
 
+You can also do more complex queries by setting the value of a key to JSON.
+
+```js
+// returns only teams that have a `address.city` property of "windsor"
+// GET /team?city={"address": "windsor"}
+// or
+// GET /team?city[address]=windsor
+
+// results in the Sequelize query:
+Team.findOne({ where: { address: { city: 'windsor' }}})
+```
+
 ## `include` queries
 Getting related models is easy, just use a query parameter `include`.
 
 ```js
 // returns all teams with their related City model
 // GET /teams?include=city or
-// GET /teams?include={"include": {"model": "City"}}}
+// GET /teams?include={"model": "City"}
 
 
 // results in a Sequelize query:
@@ -126,7 +138,7 @@ Team.findAll({include: [Player]})
 Filtering by related models property, you can pass **where** paremeter inside each **include** item(s) object.
 ```js
 // returns all team with their related City where City property name equals Healdsburg
-// GET /teams?include={"include": {"model": "City", "where": {"name": "Healdsburg"}}}
+// GET /teams?include={"model": "City", "where": {"name": "Healdsburg"}}
 
 // results in a Sequelize query:
 Team.findAll({include: {model: City, where: {name: 'Healdsburg'}}})

src/crud.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import { parseInclude, parseWhere, parseLimitAndOffset, parseOrder } from './utils';
 import { notFound } from 'boom';
 import * as associations from './associations/index';
-import getConfigForMethod from './get-config-for-method.js';
+import getConfigForMethod, { sequelizeOperators } from './get-config-for-method.js';
 
 const createAll = ({
     server,
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const createAll = ({
     prefix,
     config,
     attributeValidation,
-  modelAssociations,
+    associationValidation,
     scopes,
 }) => {
   Object.keys(methods).forEach((method) => {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const createAll = ({
       config: getConfigForMethod({
         method,
         attributeValidation,
-        modelAssociations,
+        associationValidation,
         config,
         scopes,
       }),
@@ -71,6 +71,27 @@ export default (server, model, { prefix, defaultConfig: config, models: permissi
     return params;
   }, {});
 
+  const modelsHasAssociations = modelAssociations && modelAssociations.length;
+  const validAssociationsString = modelsHasAssociations
+      ? joi.string().valid(...modelAssociations)
+      : joi.valid(null);
+  const validAssociationsObject = modelsHasAssociations
+      ? joi.object().keys({
+        model: joi.string().valid(...modelAssociations),
+        where: joi.object().keys({
+          ...attributeValidation,
+          ...sequelizeOperators,
+        }),
+      })
+      : joi.valid(null);
+  const associationValidation = {
+    include: [
+      joi.array().items(validAssociationsString),
+      joi.array().items(validAssociationsObject),
+      validAssociationsString,
+      validAssociationsObject,
+    ],
+  };
   const scopes = Object.keys(model.options.scopes);
 
   // if we don't have any permissions set, just create all the methods
@@ -81,7 +102,7 @@ export default (server, model, { prefix, defaultConfig: config, models: permissi
       prefix,
       config,
       attributeValidation,
-      modelAssociations,
+      associationValidation,
       scopes,
     });
     // if permissions are set, but we can't parse them, throw an error
@@ -96,7 +117,7 @@ export default (server, model, { prefix, defaultConfig: config, models: permissi
       prefix,
       config,
       attributeValidation,
-      modelAssociations,
+      associationValidation,
       scopes,
     });
     // if we've gotten here, we have complex permissions and need to set them
@@ -118,7 +139,7 @@ export default (server, model, { prefix, defaultConfig: config, models: permissi
               config: getConfigForMethod({
                 method,
                 attributeValidation,
-                modelAssociations,
+                associationValidation,
                 scopes,
                 config: permissionConfig,
               }),
@@ -130,7 +151,7 @@ export default (server, model, { prefix, defaultConfig: config, models: permissi
             model,
             prefix,
             attributeValidation,
-            modelAssociations,
+            associationValidation,
             scopes,
             config: permissionConfig,
           });

src/get-config-for-method.js

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const restrictMethods = [
 ];
 
 export default ({
-  method, attributeValidation, modelAssociations, scopes = [], config = {},
+  method, attributeValidation, associationValidation, scopes = [], config = {},
 }) => {
   const hasWhere = whereMethods.includes(method);
   const hasInclude = includeMethods.includes(method);
@@ -96,27 +96,9 @@ export default ({
   }
 
   if (hasInclude) {
-    const modelsHasAssociations = modelAssociations && modelAssociations.length;
-    const validAssociationsString = modelsHasAssociations
-      ? joi.string().valid(...modelAssociations)
-      : joi.valid(null);
-    const validAssociationsObject = modelsHasAssociations
-      ? joi.object().keys({
-        model: joi.string().valid(...modelAssociations),
-        where: joi.object().keys({
-          ...attributeValidation,
-          ...sequelizeOperators,
-        }),
-      })
-      : joi.valid(null);
     const query = concatToJoiObject(joi.object()
       .keys({
-        include: [
+        ...associationValidation,
-          joi.array().items(validAssociationsString),
-          joi.array().items(validAssociationsObject),
-          validAssociationsString,
-          validAssociationsObject,
-        ],
       }),
       get(methodConfig, 'validate.query')
     );

src/get-config-for-method.test.js

@@ -20,19 +20,8 @@ test.beforeEach((t) => {
     myKey: joi.any(),
   };
 
-  const validAssociationsString = joi.string().valid(...t.context.models);
-  const validAssociationsObject = joi.object().keys({
-    model: joi.string().valid(...t.context.models),
-    where: joi.object(),
-  });
-
   t.context.associationValidation = {
-    include: [
+    include: joi.array().items(joi.string().valid(t.context.models)),
-      joi.array().items(validAssociationsString),
-      joi.array().items(validAssociationsObject),
-      validAssociationsString,
-      validAssociationsObject,
-    ],
   };
 
   t.context.config = {
@@ -162,12 +151,12 @@ test('query attributeValidation w/ config as joi object', (t) => {
 
 test('validate.query associationValidation', (t) => {
   const { attributeValidation, associationValidation, models } = t.context;
-  const modelAssociations = models;
+
   includeMethods.forEach((method) => {
     const configForMethod = getConfigForMethod({
       method,
       attributeValidation,
-      modelAssociations,
+      associationValidation,
     });
     const { query } = configForMethod.validate;
 
@@ -194,7 +183,6 @@ test('validate.query associationValidation', (t) => {
 
 test('query associationValidation w/ config as plain object', (t) => {
   const { associationValidation, models } = t.context;
-  const modelAssociations = models;
   const config = {
     validate: {
       query: {
@@ -206,7 +194,7 @@ test('query associationValidation w/ config as plain object', (t) => {
   includeMethods.forEach((method) => {
     const configForMethod = getConfigForMethod({
       method,
-      modelAssociations,
+      associationValidation,
       config,
     });
     const { query } = configForMethod.validate;
@@ -234,7 +222,6 @@ test('query associationValidation w/ config as plain object', (t) => {
 
 test('query associationValidation w/ config as joi object', (t) => {
   const { associationValidation, models } = t.context;
-  const modelAssociations = models;
   const queryKeys = {
     aKey: joi.boolean(),
   };
@@ -247,7 +234,7 @@ test('query associationValidation w/ config as joi object', (t) => {
   includeMethods.forEach((method) => {
     const configForMethod = getConfigForMethod({
       method,
-      modelAssociations,
+      associationValidation,
       config,
     });
     const { query } = configForMethod.validate;