pg-custom-types 
Use custom data types with node-postgres.
Installation
npm install pg-custom-typesDocumentation
types(pg, connection, name, types, callback)
Fetches the OIDs for the given types.
Parameters
| parameter | type | description |
|---|---|---|
fetcher |
Object | The query function of the form function (sql, callback)
|
key |
String | A name for the given set of types, used to cache the results. It can be anything. |
types |
Array | The array of data type names to fetch |
callback |
Function | The callback to call after the types are fetched |
Callback is called with an object containing a lookup table.
{ 21842552: 'geometry',
21842762: 'geography' }
Example
var types = require('pg-custom-types');
types(types.fetcher(pg, connection), 'postgis', ['geometry', 'geography'], (err, oids) {
if (err) {
throw err;
}
console.log(oids.geometry);
console.log(oids.geography);
pg.setTypeParser(oids.geometry, function (value) {
// parse geometry type
});
});
