Associating a reference table in sequelize - mysql

Question

I have a couple of tables I'm trying to associate in Sequelize -- a jobaids_sections_messages table containing messages a user enters, and a jobaids_sections_messages_levels table which is a static reference used by the messages table. They're set up like so
this.jobaidMessage = sequelize.define('jobaids_sections_messages', {
message: Sequelize.STRING,
attuid: Sequelize.STRING,
level: Sequelize.INTEGER
}, {
paranoid: true
});
this.jobaidMessageLevel = sequelize.define('jobaids_sections_messages_levels', {
name: Sequelize.STRING
}, {
timestamps: false
});
The jobaids_sections_messages_levels table is set up like so:
| id | name |
| --- | -------- |
| 1 | Critical |
| 2 | Major |
| 3 | Warning |
| 4 | Info |
I want to make is so that when I create a new message, I can pass the level in as a key to the jobaids_sections_messages_levels table, and upon retrieving a message, I get the level back as
{
...
level: {
id: 2,
name: 'Major'
}
}
How should I set my associations up here? So far, I have
this.jobaidMessageLevel.belongsTo(this.jobaidMessage, {
foreignKey: 'level'
});
Though I'm not sure about the reversal of this association. Would it be a "many-to-one" relationship of some sorts?
Thank you!

Answer 1

Your message has a single level and technically your levels can have many messages. So simply stating that your message hasOne level will do the association needed. Then when you pull down a message and include the level, it will come back.
this.jobaidMessage.hasOne(this.jobaidMessageLevel, {
foreignKey: 'levelId'
});