Fixed #17

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "axe-api",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "description": "AXE API is a simple tool which has been created based on Express and Knex.js to create Rest APIs quickly.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "type": "module",

src/Constants.js

@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ const DEPENDECY_TYPES = {
   SINGLETON: "SINGLETON",
 };
 
+const TIMESTAMP_COLUMNS = {
+  CREATED_AT: "createdAtColumn",
+  UPDATED_AT: "updatedAtColumn",
+};
+
 export {
   LOG_LEVEL,
   HOOK_FUNCTIONS,
@@ -134,4 +139,5 @@ export {
   LOG_COLORS,
   DEPENDECY_TYPES,
   HANDLERS,
+  TIMESTAMP_COLUMNS,
 };

src/Controller/helpers.js

@@ -185,3 +185,11 @@ export const filterHiddenFields = (itemArray, hiddens) => {
     });
   });
 };
+
+export const bindTimestampValues = (formData, columnTypes = [], model) => {
+  for (const columnType of columnTypes) {
+    if (model.instance[columnType]) {
+      formData[model.instance[columnType]] = new Date();
+    }
+  }
+};

src/Controller/store.js

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import {
   callHooks,
   getParentColumn,
   filterHiddenFields,
+  bindTimestampValues,
 } from "./helpers.js";
 import Validator from "validatorjs";
-import { HOOK_FUNCTIONS } from "./../Constants.js";
+import { HOOK_FUNCTIONS, TIMESTAMP_COLUMNS } from "./../Constants.js";
 
 export default async (pack) => {
   const { request, response, model, database, relation, parentModel } = pack;
@@ -30,6 +31,13 @@ export default async (pack) => {
     formData[relation.foreignKey] = request.params[parentColumn];
   }
 
+  // We should bind the timestamp values
+  bindTimestampValues(
+    formData,
+    [TIMESTAMP_COLUMNS.CREATED_AT, TIMESTAMP_COLUMNS.UPDATED_AT],
+    model
+  );
+
   await callHooks(model, HOOK_FUNCTIONS.onBeforeInsert, {
     ...pack,
     formData,

src/Controller/update.js

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import {
   callHooks,
   getParentColumn,
   filterHiddenFields,
+  bindTimestampValues,
 } from "./helpers.js";
 import Validator from "validatorjs";
-import { HOOK_FUNCTIONS } from "./../Constants.js";
+import { HOOK_FUNCTIONS, TIMESTAMP_COLUMNS } from "./../Constants.js";
 import ApiError from "./../Exceptions/ApiError.js";
 
 export default async (pack) => {
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ export default async (pack) => {
     }
   }
 
+  // We should bind the timestamp values
+  bindTimestampValues(formData, [TIMESTAMP_COLUMNS.UPDATED_AT], model);
+
   await callHooks(model, HOOK_FUNCTIONS.onBeforeUpdate, {
     ...pack,
     item,

src/Models/Model.js

@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ class Model {
     return [];
   }
 
+  get createdAtColumn() {
+    return "created_at";
+  }
+
+  get updatedAtColumn() {
+    return "updated_at";
+  }
+
   hasMany(relatedModel, primaryKey = "id", foreignKey = null) {
     if (!foreignKey) {
       const currentModelName = pluralize.singular(