tjwebb/marlinspike

# marlinspike

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Superpowers for your [Sails.js](http://sailsjs.org) Hooks.

## Features
- Makes it easy to build and maintain Sails Hooks as separate projects
- Magically extend Sails apps with additional Model, Controllers, Services.

## Compatibility
- Sails.js 0.12 and newer
- node.js 0.12 and newer

## Install

```sh
$ npm install marlinspike --save
```

## Usage
```js
// config/customhook.js
export const customhook = {
  /**
   * Load hook into sails.hooks.custom
   */
  name: 'custom',

  /**
   * Load hook config into sails.hook.customHook
   */
  configKey: 'customHook',

  marlinspike: {
    /**
     * Load controllers from ../api/controllers into the parent app
     */
    controllers: true,

    /**
     * Load models from ../api/models into the parent app
     */
    models: true,

    /**
     * Load services from ../api/services into the parent app
     */
    services: true,

    /**
     * Load config from ../config/customhook.js into the parent app
     */
    config: true
  }
}
```

```js
// api/hooks/customhook.js
import Marlinspike from 'marlinspike'

class CustomHook extends Marlinspike {
  defaults (overrides) {
    // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/defaults#?using-defaults-as-a-function
  },

  configure () {
    // this.sails = sails
    // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/configure
  },

  initialize (next) {
    // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/initialize
  },

  routes () {
    return {
      // http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/hooks/hook-specification/routes
    }
  }
}

export default Marlinspike.createSailsHook(CustomHook)
```

## License
MIT

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