What services would one add to the api/services folder in sails.js

Question

I have a question consisting of two parts:

1. What are the types of services one would add to the api/services folder in a sails.js app.
2. How would one 'wire' those services to the rest of the application.

Thanks,

TM

Answer 1

a service would be in my opinion, a piece of logic that you need in multiple locations of your app. for example an email service. the following is taken directly from the sails-wiki github page.

// EmailService.js - in api/services
exports.sendInviteEmail = function(options) {

var opts = {"type":"messages","call":"send","message":
    {
        "subject": "YourIn!",
        "from_email": "[email protected]",
        "from_name": "AmazingStartupApp",
        "to":[
            {"email": options.email, "name": options.name}
        ],
        "text": "Dear "+options.name+",\nYou're in the Beta! Click <insert link> to verify your account"
    }
};

myEmailSendingLibrary.send(opts);
};

The wiring is done by sails itself:

// Somewhere in a conroller
 EmailService.sendInviteEmail({email: '[email protected]', name: 'test'});