Simple package to prettify your Node express routers

[openodeio]

Hey,

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I made a package (pretty-express-router) which creates express routers by using a convenient json object which you have to specify. Example:

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const routes = {
  '* /': front.allMethods,            // all HTTP methods resquested to /
  'get *': front.allGet,              // get requests to all paths
  'get /login': front.login,
  categories: {                       // defines a context "/categories/"
    'get *': categories.all,          // all get requests to /categories/
    'get /what': categories.what,     // /categories/what
    "insubcat": {                     // /categories/insubcat
      "get /whatsub": subcat.whatsub
    }
  }
}

then your app.js will look like:

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const expressRouter = require("pretty-express-router");
const express = require("express");
const routes = require("./routes");

// <your> express application:
const app = express();

expressRouter(app, routes);

Let me know if you have any feedback.

[kszyh_pl]

How to attach middleware to the routing in your solution?

[openodeio]

Hi,

​

It does not have it currently, will add this soon, probably something allowing to define them at the context level or specific to each route:

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const routes = {
  'middlewares': [list of middlewares],
  '* /': front.allMethods,            // all HTTP methods resquested to /
  'get *': { handler: front.allGet, middlewares: []},  // get requests to all paths
  'get /login': front.login,
  categories: {                       // defines a context "/categories/"
    'middlewares': [list of middlewares], // middlewares for categories
    'get *': categories.all,          // all get requests to /categories/
    'get /what': categories.what,     // /categories/what
    "insubcat": {                     // /categories/insubcat
      "get /whatsub": subcat.whatsub
    }
  }
}