Frontbase for Vapor

Prerequisites

This package is Swift wrapper for FBCAccess – the official C library for Frontbase –, which must be installed separately before using it in Swift projects.

Note: the database itself does not need to be running, only the header and library files matter.

Install Frontbase

Download an appropriate installer from the Frontbase download page.

Setup Frontbase for pkgConfig

Swift requires a pkgConfig configuration to find the header and library files.

Run the provided setupFBCAccess.sh script to install the required configuration file. It will sudo, so use an account that's in sudoers.

Using Frontbase

This section outlines how to import the Frontbase package for use in a Vapor project.

Include the Frontbase package in your project's Package.swift file.

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "Project",
    dependencies: [
        .package (url: "https://github.com/vapor/vapor.git", from: "3.0.0"),
        .package (url: "https://github.com/Oops-AB/Frontbase.git", from: "1.0.0"),
    ],
    targets: [ ... ]
)

The Frontbase package adds Frontbase access to your project, either directly or by using the Fluent ORM.

Examples

Setting up the Database

import Frontbase

	// Configure a Frontbase database
	let frontbase = FrontbaseDatabase (name: "Universe", onHost: "localhost", username: "_system", password: "secret")

	/// Register the configured Frontbase database to the database config.
	var databases = DatabasesConfig()
	databases.add (database: frontbase, as: .frontbase)
	services.register (databases)
	services.register (Databases.self)
)

Querying using Fluent ORM

	router.get ("planets", Int.parameter) { req -> Future<View> in
        let galaxyID = try req.parameters.next (Int.self)
        return req.withNewConnection (to: .frontbase) { conn in
            return conn.select()
                .column (.column (\Planet.id))
                .column (.column (\Planet.name))
                .from (Planet.self)
                .where (\Planet.galaxyId == galaxyID)
                .orderBy (\Planet.name)
                .all (decoding: Planet.self)
	    }.flatMap { (rows: [Planet]) -> Future<View> in
	        return try req.view().render ("planets", [
	        	"planets": rows
	        ])
	    }
	}

Raw SQL

	router.get ("planets", Int.parameter) { req -> Future<View> in
        let galaxyID = try req.parameters.next (Int.self)
        return req.withNewConnection (to: .frontbase) { conn in
	        return conn.raw("SELECT id, name FROM Planet WHERE galaxyID = ? ORDER BY name;")
                .bind (galaxyID)
	            .all (decoding: Planet.self)
	    }.flatMap { (rows: [Planet]) -> Future<View> in
	        return try req.view().render ("planets", [
	        	"planets": rows
	        ])
	    }
	}

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