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AdminForthResource

Resource describes one table or collection in database. AdminForth generates set of pages for 'list', 'show', 'edit', 'create', 'filter' operations for each resource.

Extends​

Properties​

columns​

columns: AdminForthResourceColumn[]

Overrides​

Omit.columns

dataSource​

dataSource: string

ID of datasource which will be used to fetch data from.

Inherited from​

Omit.dataSource

dataSourceColumns​

dataSourceColumns: AdminForthResourceColumn[]

Overrides​

Omit.dataSourceColumns

hooks?​

optional hooks: object

Hooks allow you to change the data on different stages of resource lifecycle. Hooks are functions which will be called on backend side (only backend side).

create?​

optional create: object

create.afterSave?​

optional afterSave: AfterSaveFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Initiate some trigger after record saved to database (e.g sync to another datasource)

create.beforeSave?​

optional beforeSave: BeforeCreateSaveFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Validate record before saving to database and interrupt execution if validation failed (allowedActions.create should be preferred in most cases)
  • fill-in adminUser as creator of record
  • Attach additional data to record before saving to database (mostly fillOnCreate should be used instead)

delete?​

optional delete: object

delete.afterSave?​

optional afterSave: BeforeSaveFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Initiate some trigger after record deleted from database (e.g sync to another datasource)

delete.beforeSave?​

optional beforeSave: BeforeSaveFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Validate that record can be deleted and interrupt execution if validation failed (allowedActions.delete should be preferred in most cases)

edit?​

optional edit: object

edit.afterSave?​

optional afterSave: AfterSaveFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Same as hooks.create.afterSave but for edit page

edit.beforeSave?​

optional beforeSave: BeforeSaveFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Same as hooks.create.beforeSave but for edit page

list?​

optional list: object

list.afterDatasourceResponse?​

optional afterDatasourceResponse: AfterDataSourceResponseFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Same as hooks.show.afterDatasourceResponse but applied for all records returned from database for showing in list view, e.g. add new field to each record in list view

list.beforeDatasourceRequest?​

optional beforeDatasourceRequest: BeforeDataSourceRequestFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • add additional filters in addition to what user selected before fetching data from database.
  • same as hooks.show.beforeDatasourceRequest

show?​

optional show: object

show.afterDatasourceResponse?​

optional afterDatasourceResponse: AfterDataSourceResponseFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • Transform value for some field for record returned from database before returning to frontend (minimize, sanitize, etc)
  • If some-why you can't use backendOnly you can cleanup sensitive fields here
  • Attach additional data to record before returning to frontend

show.beforeDatasourceRequest?​

optional beforeDatasourceRequest: BeforeDataSourceRequestFunction[]

Typical use-cases:

  • request additional data from database before returning to frontend for soft-join

Overrides​

Omit.hooks

label​

label: string

Overrides​

Omit.label

options​

options: ResourceOptions

plugins?​

optional plugins: IAdminForthPlugin[]

Array of plugins which will be used to modify resource configuration.

Overrides​

Omit.plugins

recordLabel()​

recordLabel: (record) => string

Parameters​

ParameterType
recordany

Returns​

string

Overrides​

Omit.recordLabel

resourceId​

resourceId: string

Overrides​

Omit.resourceId

table​

table: string

Table name in database which will be used to fetch data from. Might be case sensitive.

Inherited from​

Omit.table