Copyright Since 2005 ColdBox Platform by Luis Majano and Ortus Solutions, Corp
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REST HMVC Template

This template gives you the base for building RESTFul web services with ColdBox in a modular (HMVC) fashion. This template will create an api module with a v1 sub-module within it. It will leverage ColdBox modular inherit entry points to mimic the URL resources to your modular design.

+ modules_app
  + api
    + models
    + modules_app
      + v1

Implicit Methods

The base handler implements an around handler approach to provide consistency and the following actions:

• onError - Fires whenever there is a runtime exception in any action
• onInvalidHTTPMethod - Fires on invalid HTTP method access
• onMissingAction - Fires on invalid missing actions on handlers

Utility Functions

We also give you some utility functions for RESTFul building:

• onInvalidRoute - Can be used to fire of route not founds via 404
• onExpectationFailed - Can be called when an expectation of a request fails, like invalid parameters/headers etc.
• onAuthorizationFailure - Can be called to send a NOT Authorized status code and message.

HTTP Security

By default the base handlers leverages ColdBox method security via the this.allowedMethods structure:

this.allowedMethods = {
    "index"     : METHODS.GET,
    "get"       : METHODS.GET,
    "list"      : METHODS.GET,
    "update"    : METHODS.PUT & "," & METHODS.PATCH,
    "delete"    : METHODS.DELETE
};

HTTP Methods

The base handler contains a static construct called METHODS that implements basic HTTP Methods that you can use for messages and allowed methods.

METHODS = {
    "HEAD"      : "HEAD",
    "GET"       : "GET",
    "POST"      : "POST",
    "PATCH"     : "PATCH",
    "PUT"       : "PUT",
    "DELETE"    : "DELETE"
};

Status Codes

The base handler contains a static construct called STATUS that implements basic HTTP status codes you can use:

STATUS = {
    "CREATED"               : 201,
    "ACCEPTED"              : 202,
    "SUCCESS"               : 200,
    "NO_CONTENT"            : 204,
    "RESET"                 : 205,
    "PARTIAL_CONTENT"       : 206,
    "BAD_REQUEST"           : 400,
    "NOT_AUTHORIZED"        : 401,
    "NOT_FOUND"             : 404,
    "NOT_ALLOWED"           : 405,
    "NOT_ACCEPTABLE"        : 406,
    "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"     : 429,
    "EXPECTATION_FAILED"    : 417,
    "INTERNAL_ERROR"        : 500,
    "NOT_IMPLEMENTED"       : 501
};

Quick Installation

Install the template dependencies by running the install command:

box install

This will setup all the needed dependencies for each application template. You can then start the embedded server:

box server start

Code to your liking and enjoy!

Dockerfile

We have included a build/Dockerfile so you can build docker containers from your source code. We have also added two scripts in your box.json so you can build the docker image and run the docker image using our CommandBox Docker containers.

# Build a docker **container**
run-script docker:build
# Run the container
run-script docker:run
# Go into the container's bash prompt
run-script docker:bash

Docker Compose Stack

We have included a build/docker-compose.yaml stack that can be used to run the application in a container alongside a database. We have included support for MySQL, PostgreSQL and MSSQL. We have also included the run-script docker:stack command you so you compose the stack up or down.

run-script docker:stack up
run-script docker:stack down

VSCode Helpers

We have included two vscode helpers for you:

• .vscode/settings.json - Includes introspection helpers for ColdBox and TestBox
• .vscode/tasks.json - Tasks to assist in running a Test Bundle and a CommandBox Task

We have included two custom tasks:

• Run CommandBox Task - Open a CommandBox task and run it
• Run TestBox Bundle - Open the bundle you want to test and then run it

To run the custom tasks open the command palette and choose Tasks: Run Build Task or the shortcut ⇧⌘B

Welcome to ColdBox

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• Conventions instead of configuration
• Modern URL routing
• RESTFul APIs
• A hierarchical approach to MVC using ColdBox Modules
• Event-driven programming
• Async and Parallel programming constructs
• Integration & Unit Testing
• Included dependency injection
• Caching engine and API
• Logging engine
• An extensive eco-system
• Much More

Learning ColdBox

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