Code Generation
Create a project
foal createapp my-app
Create a new directory with all the required files to get started.
If you specify the flag --mongodb, the new project will use mongoose and @foal/mongoose in place of typeorm and @foal/typeorm. You can find more information here.
If you specify the flag --yaml, the new project will use YAML format for its configuration files. You can find more information here.
Create a controller
foal g controller <name>
Create a new controller in ./src/app/controllers, in ./controllers or in the current directory depending on which folders are found.
Example
foal g controller auth
foal g controller api/product
Output
src/
'- app/
'- controllers/
|- api/
| |- product.controller.ts
| '- index.ts
|- auth.controller.ts
'- index.ts
The --register flag
foal g controller <name> --register
If you wish to automatically create a new route attached to this controller, you can use the --register flag to do so.
Example
foal g controller api --register
foal g controller api/product --register
Output
src/
'- app/
|- controllers/
| |- api/
| | |- product.controller.ts
| | '- index.ts
| |- api.controller.ts
| '- index.ts
'- app.controller.ts
app.controller.ts
export class AppController {
subControllers = [
controller('/api', ApiController)
]
}
api.controller.ts
export class ApiController {
subControllers = [
controller('/product', ProductController)
]
}
Create an entity (simple model)
foal g entity <name>
Create a new entity in ./src/app/entities, in ./entities or in the current directory depending on which folders are found.
Create a model (only for Mongoose)
foal g model <name>
Create a new model in ./src/app/models, in ./models or in the current directory depending on which folders are found.
Create REST API
foal g rest-api <name>
Create a new controller and a new entity to build a basic REST API. Depending on which directories are found, they will be generated in src/app/{entities}|{controllers}/, {entities}|{controllers}/ or in the current directory.
If you are in the root directory and you want to automatically register the controller within the app controller you can add the --register flag.
foal g rest-api <name> --register
See the page REST Blueprints for more details.
Create a hook
foal g hook <name>
Create a new hook in ./src/app/hooks, in ./hooks or in the current directory depending on which folders are found.
Create a script
foal g script <name>
Create a new shell script in src/scripts regardless of where you run the command.
Create a sub-app
foal g sub-app <name>
Create a new sub-app with all its files in ./src/app/sub-apps, in ./sub-apps or in the current directory depending on which folders are found.
Create a service
foal g service <name>
Create a new service in ./src/app/services, in ./services or in the current directory depending on which folders are found.
Example
foal g service auth
foal g service apis/github
Output
src/
'- app/
'- services/
|- apis/
| '- github.service.ts
| '- index.ts
|- auth.service.ts
'- index.ts