Specifying specific fields with Sequelize (NodeJS) instead of *

You have to specify the attributes as a property in the object that you pass to findAll():

Project.findAll({attributes: ['name', 'age']}).on('success', function (projects) {
  console.log(projects);
});

How I found this:

The query is first called here: https://github.com/sdepold/sequelize/blob/master/lib/model-definition.js#L131
Then gets constructed here: https://github.com/sdepold/sequelize/blob/master/lib/connectors/mysql/query-generator.js#L56-59

Use the arrays in the attribute key. You can do nested arrays for aliases.

Project.findAll({
  attributes: ['id', ['name', 'project_name']],
  where: {id: req.params.id}
})
.then(function(projects) {
  res.json(projects);
})

Will yield:

SELECT id, name AS project_name FROM projects WHERE id = ...;

Try this in new version

template.findAll({
    where: {
        user_id: req.params.user_id 
    },
    attributes: ['id', 'template_name'], 
}).then(function (list) {
    res.status(200).json(list);
})