auto-create table

README.md

@@ -5,18 +5,11 @@ This sample application shows a simple way to use a Node.js app along with Workf
 
 ### Run on Heroku
 1. Deploy the app: [![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.png)](https://heroku.com/deploy)
-1. Setup the contact table:
-
-        create table contact (id VARCHAR(18) PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(128), email VARCHAR(128));
 
 
 ### Run Locally
 
 1. Create a local MySQL database named `demo`
-1. Create a table:
-
-        create table contact (id VARCHAR(18) PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(128), email VARCHAR(128));
-
 1. Install the Node.js dependencies:
 
         npm install

server.js

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ let app = require('express')();
 let xmlparser = require('express-xml-bodyparser')({explicitArray: false});
 let mysql = require('mysql');
 
-
 let tableName = 'contact';
 
 function transform(sobject) {
@@ -13,13 +12,18 @@ function transform(sobject) {
   };
 }
 
-
-app.use(xmlparser);
-
 let connection = mysql.createConnection(process.env.CLEARDB_DATABASE_URL || 'mysql://root@localhost/demo');
 
 connection.connect();
 
+// create the table if it doesn't exist
+connection.query(`SELECT * FROM ${tableName}`, function(err) {
+  if ((err != null) && (err.code == 'ER_NO_SUCH_TABLE')) {
+    connection.query('create table contact (id VARCHAR(18) PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(128), email VARCHAR(128))');
+  }
+});
+
+
 function ack() {
   return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
@@ -43,6 +47,8 @@ function nack(errorMessage) {
     </soapenv:Envelope>`;
 }
 
+app.use(xmlparser);
+
 app.post('/', function(req, res) {
 
   try {