service-routes

A special route service syntax parsing module, for node.

Install

$ npm install service-routes

Test

Any of the following:

$ mocha
$ npm test
$ make test

API

routes.parse(data)

Parses routes out of the given string.

routes.load(filename, callback)

Loads the routes from the given file.

routes.loadSync(filename)

Synchronously loads the routes from the given file.

Route Format

A set of parsed routes is an array of objects like the following:

[{ Route
  // the http method, poorly named
  http: 'delete',
  path: '/v1/users',
  service: 'user-service',
  method: 'deleteAccount',
  access: {
    special: {anon: false, self: true},
    permissions: {'admin.ultra': true}
  }
}]

Source:

with user-service
  deny anon
  allow self or admin.ultra
    DELETE /v1/users -> deleteAccount

Syntax

Example

OPTIONS /somewhere -> first-service aMethod

with service-name
  GET /my/route -> getObject
  PUT /my/route -> createObject
  PUT /my/route/:id -> createObject
  POST /my/route -> createObject
  deny anon
    DELETE /my/route -> deleteObject

Directives

<method> <route>

Defines a http method and route. The method must be all-caps.

GET /v1/route
PUT /v2/update

with <service>

Scope sections of routes with the with keyword (alias: direct or target). A scope directive currently overrides the previous scope directive, and will fill in the service argument of the assignment operator if not specified.

with name
  GET /v1/place -> method

allow <permission|special> (or <permission|special>)*

Allow a given permission or special access type access to all routes starting on this line until the next reset directive (alias: permit).

Special access types:

• self (assumes the user parameter is the user id, allows access if the accessing user is the user in the parameter)
• anon (specifies users which are not authenticated, default behavior if not specified undefined)

Anon (implicitly allows everyone):

allow anon
  GET /v1/public -> service method

Arbitrary permission (implicity disallows all else):

allow admin
  GET /v1/dashboard -> dashboard show

deny <permission|special> (or <permission|special>)*

Deny a given permission or special access type access to all routes starting on this line until the next reset directive (alias: restrict).

access reset

Resets access controls from this line onward (alias: reset access).

Operators

<route> -> [<service>] <method>

The assignment operator, assigns a route to a service's method. If service is not specified, uses the service from the last scope.

Identifiers

Route

A route identifier must begin with a /, and must not contain whitespace. Regular expression support coming soon.

Permission

A permission identifier is defined as an alphabetic character, an underscore, a dash or a dollars-sign, followed by more of the same or a digit.

Service/Method

A service or method identifier uses the same definition as a permission identifier.

Notes

• The syntax is intended to be whitespace-significant, but that is not yet implemented.
• Comments are not yet implemented.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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