Using MikroORM with NestJS framework
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InstallationEasiest way to integrate MikroORM to Nest is via @mikro-orm/nestjs
module.
Simply install it next to Nest, MikroORM and underlying driver:
or
Once the installation process is completed, we can import the MikroOrmModule
into the root AppModule
.
The forRoot()
method accepts the same configuration object as init()
from the MikroORM package.
You can also omit the parameter to use the CLI config.
Afterward, the EntityManager
will be available to inject across entire project (without importing any module elsewhere).
To define which repositories shall be registered in the current scope you can use the forFeature()
method. For example, in this way:
You should not register your base entities via
forFeature()
, as there are no repositories for those. On the other hand, base entities need to be part of the list inforRoot()
(or in the ORM config in general).
and import it into the root AppModule
:
In this way we can inject the PhotoRepository
to the PhotoService
using the @InjectRepository()
decorator:
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Auto entities automatically
autoLoadEntities
option was added in v4.1.0
Manually adding entities to the entities array of the connection options can be tedious. In addition, referencing entities from the root module breaks application domain boundaries and causes leaking implementation details to other parts of the application. To solve this issue, static glob paths can be used.
Note, however, that glob paths are not supported by webpack, so if you are building
your application within a monorepo, you won't be able to use them. To address this
issue, an alternative solution is provided. To automatically load entities, set the
autoLoadEntities
property of the configuration object (passed into the forRoot()
method) to true
, as shown below:
With that option specified, every entity registered through the forFeature()
method will be automatically added to the entities array of the configuration
object.
Note that entities that aren't registered through the
forFeature()
method, but are only referenced from the entity (via a relationship), won't be included by way of theautoLoadEntities
setting.
Using
autoLoadEntities
also has no effect on the MikroORM CLI - for that we still need CLI config with the full list of entities. On the other hand, we can use globs there, as the CLI won't go thru webpack.
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Request scoped handlers in queues
@UseRequestContext()
decorator was added in v4.1.0
As mentioned in the docs, we need a clean state for each request. That is handled
automatically thanks to the RequestContext
helper registered via middleware.
But middlewares are executed only for regular HTTP request handles, what if we need a request scoped method outside of that? One example of that is queue handlers or scheduled tasks.
We can use the @UseRequestContext()
decorator. It requires you to first inject the
MikroORM
instance to current context, it will be then used to create the context
for you. Under the hood, the decorator will register new request context for your
method and execute it inside the context.
AsyncLocalStorage
for request context#
Using By default, domain
api use used in the RequestContext
helper. Since @mikro-orm/core@4.0.3
,
you can use the new AsyncLocalStorage
too, if you are on up to date node version:
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Using custom repositoriesWhen using custom repositories, we can get around the need for @InjectRepository()
decorator by naming our repositories the same way as getRepositoryToken()
method do:
In other words, as long as we name the repository same was as the entity is called,
appending Repository
suffix, the repository will be registered automatically in
the Nest.js DI container.
**./author.entity.ts**
**./author.repository.ts**
As the custom repository name is the same as what getRepositoryToken()
would
return, we do not need the @InjectRepository()
decorator anymore:
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TestingThe @mikro-orm/nestjs
package exposes getRepositoryToken()
function that returns prepared token based on a given entity to allow mocking the repository.