using thinky.io with RethinkDB

Starting thinky in node.js

thinky is a lightweight node.js ORM for RethinkDB.

First you need to have RethinkDB running on your server.

Then install the thinky.io npm package into your project.

npm install --save thinky

Now import thinky into your model file.

const thinky = require('thinky)();
const type = thinky.type

Next create a model.

const User = thinky.createModel('User' {
    email:type.string(),
    password: type.string()
});

You can now create and save a user.

const user = new User({
    email: 'test@email.com',
    password: 'password'
});

user.save();

The user will be given a unique id.

You can chain a promise onto the save function to use the resulting user, or catch an error.

user.save()
    .then(function(result) {
        console.log(result);
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
        console.log(error);
    });

Find your user using functions such as filter, and use promises to use the results.

User.filter({ email: 'test@email.com }).run()
    .then(function(result) {
        console.log(result);
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
        console.log(error);
    });

Or search for a specific user by the unique id.

User.get(id)
    .then(function(user) {
        console.log(user);
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
        console.log(error);
    });