The feathers-service behavior maps can-connect's DataInterface methods to FeathersJS's Service Interface methods.

| DataInterface method | Feathers method | HTTP method | Example Path |
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
| .getListData()       | .find()         | GET         | /todos       |
| .getData()           | .get()          | GET         | /todos/{id}  |
| .createData()        | .create()       | POST        | /todos       |
| .updateData()        | .update()       | PUT         | /todos/{id}  |
| not yet implemented  | .patch()        | PATCH       | /todos/{id}  |
| .destroyData()       | .remove()       | DELETE      | /todos/{id}  | 

Use

Setting up the Feathers Client is a prerequisite for using this behavior. See the can-connect-feathers page for an example of a basic Feathers Client configuration. With the Feathers client setup, it can be used with the feathers-service behavior as demonstrated in the example, below. Also note that the real-time behavior is included to receive real-time push events from the server.

// models/todo.js
import connect from "can-connect";

import DefineMap from "can-define/map/";
import DefineList from "can-define/list/list";
import set from "can-set";

// Bring in the feathers service behavior
import feathersServiceBehavior from "can-connect-feathers/service";

import dataParse from "can-connect/data/parse/";
import constructor from "can-connect/constructor/";
import constructorStore from "can-connect/constructor/store/";
import constructorCallbacksOnce from "can-connect/constructor/callbacks-once/";
import canMap from "can-connect/can/map/";
import canRef from "can-connect/can/ref/";
import dataCallbacks from "can-connect/data/callbacks/";
import realtime from "can-connect/real-time/";

// Bring in the feathersClient instance.
import feathersClient from "./feathers";

// Use feathersClient.service(url) to create a service
const todoService = feathersClient.service( "/api/todos" );

const Todo = DefineMap.extend( "Todo", {
    _id: "string",
    description: "string",
    complete: "boolean"
} );

Todo.algebra = new set.Algebra(
    set.comparators.id( "_id" )
);

Todo.List = DefineList.extend( { "*": Todo } );

Todo.connection = connect( [

    // Include the feathers service behavior in the behaviors list.
    feathersServiceBehavior,
    dataParse,
    constructor,
    constructorStore,
    constructorCallbacksOnce,
    canMap,
    canRef,

    // Include both the dataCallbacks and realtime behaviors.
    dataCallbacks,
    realtime
], {
    idProp: "_id",
    Map: Todo,
    List: Todo.List,

    // Pass the service as the `feathersService` property.
    feathersService: todoService,
    name: "todos",
    algebra: Todo.algebra
} );

export default Todo;

In the above example, both Todo and Todo.connection will have methods for handling data, as described in the basic use section.