loopbackjs: Attach a model to different datasources

Question

I have defined several models that use a Datasource \"db\" (mysql) for my environment.

Is there any way to have several datasources attached to those models, so I wo

Answer 1

By default, you can only attach data sources on a per-model basis. Meaning you can attach each model to a different data source via datasources.json.

For your use case, you will to add a remote hook to each endpoint you want for multiple data sources. In your remote hook, you will do something like:

...
var ds1 = Model.app.dataSources.ds1;
var ds2 = Model.app.dataSources.ds2;

//some logic to pick a data source
if (context.req.params...
...

See http://docs.strongloop.com/display/LB/Remote+hooks for more info.