sails.js extra fields on many to many relationships join table

Question

I have two models:

Order.js

module.exports = {
    attributes: {
        //Id is generated by mongo and is a primary key
        address: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 1000
        },
        status: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 15,
            defaultsTo: 'pending',
            enum: ['pending', 'processing', 'cancelled']
        },
        total: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 50
        },
        menues: {
            collection: 'menu',
            via: 'orders',
            dominant: true
        },
        customer: {
            model: 'customer'
        }
    }
};

and Menu.js

module.exports = {
    attributes: {
        //Id is generated by mongo
        name: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 255
        },
        description: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 1000
        },
        price: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 15
        },
        picture: {
            type: 'string',
            size: 255
        },
        //Relations
        orders: {
            collection: 'order',
            via: 'menues'
        }
    }
};

There is a many-to-many relation it perfectly works and creates a menu_orders__order_menues collection, everything is fine.

But I need to save quantity for each Menu in order. Like for menu id "1" quantity is 2 etc.

So an additional data is quantity: each order should have a definite amount of each menu.

What is the best way to do this, and were and how to store it in db? I thought to store it in relations table somehow, but I didn't fing how.

Please let me know the most correct and acceptable solution.

P.S. I currently use sails-mongo but will migrate to MySQL or Postgres soon so I need this to be done relative way.

Answer 1

Add quantity field to your Menu model schema and can use afterCreate function to set a value for it.

Order.js

module.exports = {
    attributes: {
        address: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 1000
        },
        status: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 15,
            defaultsTo: 'pending',
            enum: ['pending', 'processing', 'cancelled']
        },
        total: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 50
        },
        menues: {
            collection: 'menu',
            via: 'orders',
            dominant: true
        },
        customer: {
            model: 'customer'
        }
    },
    afterCreate: function (order, cb) {
        Menu.find(order.menues, function (err, menues) {
            if (err) return cb(err);
            async.each(menues, function (menu, next) {
                menu.quantity++;
                menu.save(next);
            }, cb);
        });
    }
};

Menu.js

module.exports = {
    attributes: {
        name: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 255
        },
        description: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 1000
        },
        price: {
            type: 'string',
            required: true,
            size: 15
        },
        picture: {
            type: 'string',
            size: 255
        },
        quantity: {
            type: 'number',
            defaultsTo: 0
        },
        orders: {
            collection: 'order',
            via: 'menues'
        }
    }
};

It is not a finished solution. You have to handle afterUpdate and afterDestroy functions too.