connect-router

0.0.2 • Public • Published

Connect router with syntactic sugar

Basic Example

var express = require('express'),
app = express.createServer(),
connectRouter = require('connect-router');
 
app.use(connectRouter(function(router) {
        
    
    //you can use existing middleware to explicitly define
    //them in routes
    router.on('parseBody', express.bodyParser());
 
    /**
     * checks if a user exists
     */
 
    router.on('user/exists', function(req, res, next) {
            
        //pseudocode userExists func
        if(userExists(req.query.username)) {
            res.send('That username already exists');
            return;
        }
 
        next();
    });
 
    /**
     * Check if the user exists before signing up
     */
 
    router.on('-method=POST parseBody -> user/exists -> signup', function(req, res, next) {
        
        res.send('Successfuly signed up ');
 
    });
 
}));
 
//OR load routes from a directory
app.use(connectRouter(__dirname + '/path/to/routes', 'another/path/to/traverse/**/*')); 
 
 
app.listen(8080);

Syntax

Alt syntax

API

.router(route, ...);

Loads in the given routes. Can be a function, or a list of paths to load in. For example:

 
//scans a directory for routes
connectRouter(__dirname + '/path/to/scan');
 
//recursively scans paths for routes
connectRouter(__dirname + '/path/to/scan/**/*');
 
//scans for files ending in .route.js
connectRouter(__dirname + '/path/to/scan/**/*.route.js');
 
//load in a func
connectRouter(function(router) {
 
    router.on('something', function(req, res) {
        res.send('done!')
    });
 
});
 
 

A route plugin should look something like this:

 
exports.plugin = function(router) {
    
    router.on('-method=POST signup', function() {
        //do stuff
    });
}
 

Explicit Middleware

Explicit middleware is defined by using the -> token. The basic example above uses explicit middleware, but here's another example:

 
router.on('validate/token', function(req, res, next) {
    
    if(!tokenValid(req.data.token)) {
        res.send('That token is invalid');
    }
 
    req.profile = { username: 'someUsername' };
 
    next();
 
});
 
//validate the user is logged in BEFORE returning the user profile
router.on('-method=GET validate/token -> my/profile', function(req, res, next) {
    
    //do stuff with req.profile
    
    res.send('Your profile stuff');
 
});
 

Implicit Middleware

Implicit middleware is used to extend existing routes. This is certainly useful if you want to drop in plugins which are specific to a given route. A good use case:

beta_user.js:

 
//Since we're in beta, extend the signup route. If the user has been invited, then
//go onto the ORIGINAL signup route, otherwise return an error. 
 
//AFTER XXXX is out of beta, all we need to do is remove beta_user.js, and users
//can signup without any constraints.
router.on('-method=POST signup/*', function(req, res, next) {
    
    if(!userInvited(req.data.signupToken)) {
        res.send('You have not been invited yet.');
        return;
    }
 
    next();
});
 

user.js

router.on('-method=POST signup', function(req, res, next) {
    
    res.send('thanks for signing up!');
 
 
});

Greedy Middleware

Greedy middleware allows you to wrap around entire paths. some/route/** means any path after ** must go through this middleware. Here's an example:

 
//injected as middleware if -perm is provided. -perm tags flag that a route
//requires authorization
router.on('-perm /**', function(req, res, next) {
    
    if(isAuthorized(req.data.userId, req.last.tags.perm)) {
        res.send('Not Authorized');
        return;
    }
 
    next();
});
 
 
//goes through permissions middleware
router.on('-perm=SUPER invite/user', function(req, res, next) {
    
    res.send('You have invited a user!');
 
});
 
//does NOT go through perm middleware
router.on('some/public/route', function(req, res, next) {
    
    res.send('You have invited a user!');
 
});

Note that greedy middleware is filterable based on the route tags. You can define anything you want. Here's another example:

 
//if POST is present, then automatically parse the body
router.on('-method=POST /**', express.parseBody());
 
//body is automatically parsed for us
router.on('-method=POST signup', function(req, res) {
 
    res.send('Thanks for signing up!');
 
});

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