TypeORM
@adminjs/typeorm
Before reading this article, make sure you have set up an AdminJS instance using one of the supported Plugins.
Additionally, you should have installed
@adminjs/typeorm
as described in Getting started section.@adminjs/typeorm
currently only supports entities that extend BaseEntity
as shown on the example below:organization.entity.ts
import { BaseEntity, Column, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm'
@Entity({ name: 'organizations' })
export class Organization extends BaseEntity {
@PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
public id: number;
@Column()
public name: string;
}
There are small differences in how you connect TypeORM to Nest.js vs other plugins, so the guide will be split into two sections accordingly.
The configuration for non-Nest.js plugins is basically the same for each one of them:
- You must import the data source and initialize it
- You must import
AdminJSTypeorm
adapter and register it - You must import the entities you want to use and pass them to AdminJS
resources
options
app.ts
// ... other imports
import * as AdminJSTypeorm from '@adminjs/typeorm'
import dataSource from './path/to/your/datasource.js'
import { Organization } from './organization.entity.js'
AdminJS.registerAdapter({
Resource: AdminJSTypeorm.Resource,
Database: AdminJSTypeorm.Database,
})
// ... other code
const start = async () => {
// Make sure you initialize the data source before you create your AdminJS instance
await dataSource.initialize()
const adminOptions = {
// We pass Organization to `resources`
resources: [Organization],
}
// Please note that some plugins don't need you to create AdminJS instance manually,
// instead you would just pass `adminOptions` into the plugin directly,
// an example would be "@adminjs/hapi"
const admin = new AdminJS(adminOptions)
// ... other code
}
start()
Make sure you have set up your
app.module.ts
according to Nest.js documentation and you have followed Nest.js plugin tutorial as well.Your
app.module.ts
should have imports
option which contains:TypeOrmModule.forRoot(params)
to set up TypeORMAdminModule.createAdminAsync({ ... }
In your
app.module.ts
add these imports at the top of the file:app.module.ts
import * as AdminJSTypeorm from '@adminjs/typeorm'
import AdminJS from 'adminjs'
Following this, register
AdminJSTypeorm
adapter somewhere after your imports:app.module.ts
AdminJS.registerAdapter({
Resource: AdminJSTypeorm.Resource,
Database: AdminJSTypeorm.Database,
})
This will allow you to pass TypeORM models for AdminJS to load. If we use the
Organization
entity that we used as en example earlier, you should import it into app.module.ts
and pass it into resources
in your adminJsOptions
:app.module.ts
// ... other imports
import { Organization } from './organization.entity.js'
// ... other code
AdminModule.createAdminAsync({
useFactory: () => ({
adminJsOptions: {
rootPath: '/admin',
resources: [Organization],
},
}),
}),
// ... other code
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