NodeGrid

NodeGrid is a simple, light-weight backend as a service framework for mobile applications. Build you app, we care about your backend. NodeGrid core is built top of light-weight NodeJS and MongoDB

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Documents

NodeGrid contains REST API for provide the services. NodeGrid provide following services

• User Management
• Enable Security
• Store and Query dynamic entities (CRUD operations)
• Create relations between dynamic entities
• Send push notification
• Enable server side events

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User Management

Developers now need to worry about their application's backend users. NodeGrid provide service for users operations and developers can keep there dynamic data in user object as they wish

Enable Security

In each API requests are authenticated using token authentication. For using the NodeGrid, user need to log-in and get a token from system to access the other REST calls.

Store and Query dynamic entities

Authenticated user can create, read, update, delete entities just using simple REST calls

Create relations between stored entities

This is one of special feature NodeGrid provide to developers. Developers can create relations between the objects and entities they created dynamically. This also can do from simple REST call.

Send push notification

From this feature, NodeGrid facilitate all the backend functionalities for GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) & APNS (Apple Push Notification Service). Developers only need to care about there client application.

Enable server side events

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Installation

Pre-requisite

• Node server - v0.10.0 or higher (http://nodejs.org/)
• NodeJS dependency installer npm (https://www.npmjs.org/)
• MongoDB server - v2.6 or higher (http://www.mongodb.org/)

Running

After setup the pre-requisite clone the NodeGrid to your system.

• Install nodejs dependencies,

  npm install

• Run the NodeGrid,

  node app.js

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Portal & Analytics

NodeGrid provide interfaces for access your backend data & check analytics through your web.

Portal

Access the web portal through following url.

URL: http://localhost:3000/portal
Request Type: GET

Analytics

Access the web analytics through following url.

URL: http://localhost:3000/analytics
Request Type: GET

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Samples

Application Status

After you install and start NodeGrid you can check the application status

check status

URL: http://localhost:3000/system/status
Request Type: GET

curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:3000/system/status

Sample Response:

{
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "mongo-connection": "CONNECTED"
}

Users

To use NodeGrid you need to create users, Those users can access the REST API.

Create user

URL: http://localhost:3000/system/user
Request Type: POST
Data Object: {"name":"John Smith", "username":"john", "password":"john123"}

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"John Smith", "username":"john", "password":"john123"}' http://localhost:3000/system/user

Sample Response:

{
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "msg": "New system user added successfully",
    "data": {
        "__v": 0,
        "data": {
            "lastAccessedTime": "",
            "createdTime": 1416892013,
            "password": "$2a$10$pUu03u5k260tuIKaJpM1cODK0D2CsTj.GxzFHMBfwrHLRHmCOn5/u",
            "username": "john",
            "name": "John Smith"
        },
        "_id": "54740e6d721de8b8135dfb4e"
    }
}

Get user from - userId

Replace the <userId> from your user's id.

URL: http://localhost:3000/system/user/<userId>
Request Type: GET

curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:3000/system/user/\<userId>

Sample Response:

{
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "msg": "Data retrieved successfully",
    "data": [
        {
            "_id": "54740e6d721de8b8135dfb4e",
            "data": {
                "name": "John Smith",
                "username": "john",
                "password": "$2a$10$pUu03u5k260tuIKaJpM1cODK0D2CsTj.GxzFHMBfwrHLRHmCOn5/u",
                "createdTime": 1416892013,
                "lastAccessedTime": ""
            },
            "__v": 0
        }
    ]
}

Get user from - username

Replace the <username> from your user's username.

URL: http://localhost:3000/system/user/<username>
Request Type: GET

curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:3000/system/user/\<username>

Sample Response:

{
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "msg": "Data retrieved successfully",
    "data": [
        {
            "_id": "54740e6d721de8b8135dfb4e",
            "data": {
                "name": "John Smith",
                "username": "john",
                "password": "$2a$10$pUu03u5k260tuIKaJpM1cODK0D2CsTj.GxzFHMBfwrHLRHmCOn5/u",
                "createdTime": 1416892013,
                "lastAccessedTime": ""
            },
            "__v": 0
        }
    ]
}

Delete user from - userId

Replace the <userId> from your user's id.

URL: http://localhost:3000/system/user/<userId>
Request Type: DELETE

curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:3000/system/user/\<userId>

Sample Response:

{
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "msg": "System user removed from the collection successfully.",
    "data": 1
}

Token Authentication

Created user need to authenticate NodeGrid to access the REST API. This authentication happen from accessToken. For each and every REST call, user need to pass accessToken.

Generate AccessToken

URL: http://localhost:3000/system/security/generateToken
Request Type: POST
Data Object: {"username":"john", "password":"john123"}

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"username":"john", "password":"john123"}' http://localhost:3000/system/security/generateToken

Sample Response:

{
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "msg": "New accessToken saved successfully",
    "data": {
        "__v": 0,
        "data": {
            "status": "valid",
            "expiringTime": 1416980339,
            "createdTime": 1416893939,
            "userId": "547415c57cb17d271ce44ae7",
            "accessToken": "f02a2e0e569b8fc216b3d1da6035d6581ea1cec4"
        },
        "_id": "547415f37cb17d271ce44ae8"
    }
}

This [App README](https://github.com/PahanPerera/nodegrid/blob/master/core/README.md) will show how to use NodeGrid as an App