While out of the box Sequelize will seem a bit opinionated it's trivial to both legacy and forward proof your application by defining (otherwise generated) table and field names.
Tables
sequelize.define('user', {
}, {
tableName: 'users'
});
Fields
sequelize.define('modelName', {
userId: {
type: Sequelize.INTEGER,
field: 'user_id'
}
});
Primary keys
Sequelize will assume your table has a id
primary key property by default.
To define your own primary key:
sequelize.define('collection', {
uid: {
type: Sequelize.INTEGER,
primaryKey: true,
autoIncrement: true // Automatically gets converted to SERIAL for postgres
}
});
sequelize.define('collection', {
uuid: {
type: Sequelize.UUID,
primaryKey: true
}
});
And if your model has no primary key at all you can use Model.removeAttribute('id');
Foreign keys
// 1:1
Organization.belongsTo(User, {foreignKey: 'owner_id'});
User.hasOne(Organization, {foreignKey: 'owner_id'});
// 1:M
Project.hasMany(Task, {foreignkey: 'tasks_pk'});
Task.belongsTo(Project, {foreignKey: 'tasks_pk'});
// N:M
User.hasMany(Role, {through: 'user_has_roles', foreignKey: 'user_role_user_id'});
Role.hasMany(User, {through: 'user_has_roles', foreignKey: 'roles_identifier'});