This custom resource type allows you to define custom actions, to be performed outside the default collection resource, i.e., dpd-actions do not necessarily require a collection to be executed.
Within your deployd app, you can add dpd-actions using npm:
npm install dpd-actions
See Installing Modules for details.
Go to the deployd dashboard and add a new dpd-action. Specify a name for your action ('myactions'). In the actions panel add actions using the provided forms and add the code necessary to execute the action.
Actions can be accessed using the dpd client or http request.
For the dpd client use:
dpd.actions.myaction('actionname', callback);
For http access:
`http.get/post/put/delete('http://my-host:my-port/actions/myaction/actionname');
resource
Allows you to specify any resource in your current setup. This resource will be directly available through the store object within your actions.
A couple of helper methods/objects will be available within a custom action:
require
Provides access to the node module loader
dpd
Gives access to the internal dpd client. Allows to query other resources / collections / actions within your deployd app.
store
Direct access to this action's resource's Mongo store. Provides two accessor methods:
store.fetch: Query the mongo store
store.persist: Persist data into the mongo store
this/data
Provides access to the requested resource and is used to provide the values returned by the request.