How to create new Sails model from an existing model - node.js

Question

I am new to Sails and creating a simple application.
I am stuck with data model now.
User model is as follows:
module.exports = {
attributes: {
firstName: {
type: 'string'
},
lastName: {
type: 'string'
},
email: {
type: 'email',
required: true
},
password: {
type: 'String'
},
passwordSalt: {
type: 'String'
},
projects:{
collection: 'ProjectMember',
via: 'userId'
}
}
};
I need one more Model called TinyUser which gets some of attributes from User (Like Foreign key to User), so that I can access TinyUser instead of accessing User directly.
TinyUser Model is as follows:
module.exports = {
tableName: 'User',
attributes: {
firstName:{
type: 'string'
},
lastName: {
type: 'string'
},
email: {
type: 'email'
}
}
};
ProjectMember model is as follows:
module.exports = {
attributes: {
projectId: {
model: 'Project'
},
userId: {
model: 'TinyUser'
},
projectRole: {
model: 'ProjectRole'
},
}
};
In Sails, Is there anyway I can save data in TinyUser without actually creating but just holding some of attributes of User table data?
To Make it clear, If there is another table called Task and it is trying to access user data then TinyUser is better option as a model rather than User as it holds only required info. for task rather than storing all other fields which User does.
Is there any way I can fix this?
Thanks In Advance

Answer 1

Do you mean you need to have the "TinyUser" inherited from the "User" model?
You can do it like this.
/api/services/baseUserModel.js:
module.exports = {
attributes: {
firstName: 'string',
lastName: 'string',
email: {
type: 'email',
required: true
},
password: 'string',
passwordSalt: 'string',
projects: {
collection: 'ProjectMember',
via: 'userId'
}
}
};
/api/models/TinyUser.js:
var baseUserModel = require('../services/baseUserModel'),
_ = require('lodash');
module.exports = _.merge({
tableName: 'User',
attributes: {
firstName: 'string',
lastName: 'string',
email: {
type: 'email',
required: true
}
}
}, baseUserModel);
And the ProjectMember model should be:
module.exports = {
attributes: {
projectId: {
model: 'project'
},
userId: {
model: 'tinyuser'
},
projectRole: {
model: 'projectrole'
}
}
};