Display a customized response

This example shows you how to display a different response following a smart action based on the number of records selected:

• if the action is done on one company, the response is "Company is now live!"

• if the action is done on several company, the response is "Companies are now live!"

Requirements

• An admin backend running on forest-express-sequelize

How it works

Directory: /models

This directory contains the companies.js file where the model is declared.

/models/companies.js

module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
  const { Sequelize } = sequelize;
  const Companies = sequelize.define('companies', {
    name: {
      type: DataTypes.STRING,
    },
    status: {
      type: DataTypes.STRING,
    }
  }, {
    tableName: 'companies',
    timestamps: false,
    schema: process.env.DATABASE_SCHEMA,
  });


  return Companies;
};

Directory: /forest

This directory contains the companies.js file where the Smart Action Mark as Liveis declared.

const { collection } = require('forest-express-sequelize');

collection('companies', {
  actions: [{
    name: 'Mark as Live',
    type: 'bulk',
  }],
});

Directory: /routes

This directory contains the companies.js file where the implementation of the route is handled. The POST /forest/actions/mark-as-live API call is triggered when you click on the Smart Action in the Forest UI.

//...
const { RecordsGetter } = require('forest-express-sequelize');

router.post('/actions/mark-as-live', (req, res) => {
  return new RecordsGetter(companies, req.user, req.query).getIdsFromRequest(req)
    .then((companyIds) => {
      const companiesCount = companyIds.length;
      return companies
        .update({ status: 'live' }, { where: { id: companyIds }})
        .then(() => {
          const message = companiesCount > 1 ? 'Companies are now live!' : 'Company is now live!';
          res.send({ success: message });
        });
    });
});

//...