Routing - a simple routes helper.

No more hard-coded URI defining like : fetch('http://example.com/api/persons/' + id).then(....). This library has no external deps.

Getting started

Install

npm install --save @meligys/routing

Examples

Without any dependencies

var Routing = require('@meligys/routing');

const routes = {
    host: "http://google.com",

    persons: {
        path: '/persons',

        findAll: {
            host: 'http://bing.com',
            path: "/list",
        },
        findById: {
            path: "/{id}",
        }
    }
}

let options = {
    routes
};

routing = new Routing(options);

console.log(routing.generate('persons.findAll'));
console.log(routing.generate('persons.findById', {params: {'id': 1}}));

You can also externalize the routes file

First, create a file with routes routes.js :

module.exports = {
    host: "http://google.com",

    persons: {
        path: '/persons',

        findAll: {
            host: 'http://bing.com',
            path: "/list",
        },
        findById: {
            path: "/{id}",
        },
        findByParam: {
            path: "?myparam={myparam}&another={anotherParam}"
        }
    }
}

Then, in the file you are using the router:

var Routing = require('@meligys/routing');

const routes = require('path/to/routes.js')

let options = {
    routes
};

routing = new Routing(options);

console.log(routing.generate('persons.findAll'));
console.log(routing.generate('persons.findById', {params: {'id': 1}}));

#### Testing your config file

You can test the example routes.js file by using tester.js in the lib folder. For example :

node scripts/tester.js examples/routes.js

If you installed that package through npm, the test would be :

node node_modules/@meligys/routing/scripts/tester.js node_modules/@meligys/routing/examples/routes.js

You can of course change the last argument to your own config file using a relative path only.

With the dependency config (optional)

You may have different environments, so you can have different hosts for each environment.

The following code is not routing specific, it's just a solution to get the routes for the right environment. For more infos about config, please refer to https://github.com/lorenwest/node-config

Install config: npm install --save config

var config = require('config');

var routesPath = config.get('routesPath');

const routes = require(routesPath)

let options = {
    routes
};

routing = new Routing(options);

console.log(routing.generate('persons.findAll'));
console.log(routing.generate('persons.findById', {params: {'id': 1}}));

Contribution

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