Adds a new empty controller to a LoopBack application.

: Type of the controller.

Valid types are BASIC and REST. BASIC corresponds to an empty controller,whereas REST corresponds to REST controller with CRUD methods.Standard options

• -h, —help
• Print the generator’s options and usage.
• —skip-cache
• Do not automatically install dependencies. Default is false.
• -c, —config
• JSON file name or value to configure options
• —format
• Format generated code using npm run lint:fixFor example,

• -y, —yes
• Skip all confirmation prompts with default or provided value

The tool will prompt you for:

• Type of the controller. You can select from the following types:
  • Empty Controller - An empty controller definition
  • REST Controller with CRUD Methods - A controller wired up to a model andrepository definition, with pre-defined CRUD methods.

Empty Controller

If you select the Empty Controller, it will generate a nearly-empty templatebased on the given name:

REST Controller with CRUD Methods

If you select the REST Controller with CRUD Methods type, you will then be askedto select:

• The model to use for the CRUD function definitions
• The repository for this model that provides datasource connectivity

• src/repositories/*.repository.ts

• src/models/*.model.jsFiles that match these patterns will then be identified based on the stringbefore the first . separator. For example, file models/product.model.ts isidentified as a source of Product model.

Note:

Please note that the model and repository typing information will be based onhow the model/repository files are named; the CLI tooling does not read theactual artifact class names inside the files.

Here’s an example of what the template will produce given a Todo model and a: