##loopback-connector-akera @akeraio/loopback-connector is the LoopBack connector for Akera.io Application Server for [loopback-datasource-juggler] (https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-datasource-juggler/).

##Installation

npm install @akeraio/loopback-connector --save

##Basic use

To use this connector you need loopback-datasource-juggler and akera-api.

1.package.json must contain these dependencies:

    {
      ...
      "dependencies": {
        "loopback-datasource-juggler": "latest",
        "@akeraio/loopback-connector": "latest"
      },
      ...
    }

2. Quick start:

	var datasource = require('loopback-datasource-juggler').DataSource;
	var config = {
		host: 'localhost',
		port: 8900,
		useSSL: false,
		database: 'sports2000',
		debug: true
	};
	var ds = new datasource('@akeraio/loopback-connector', config);

For information on configuring the connector in a LoopBack application, please refer to LoopBack documentation.

For Loopback 4 the datasource configuration looks something like this:

{
  "name": "akera",
  "connector": "@akeraio/loopback-connector",
  "host": "localhost",
  "port": 8900
}

3. Tests: To run the test suite set-up a working 'sports2000' Progress database on a Akera Application Server then run npm test.