emvici-router

High Performance express/connect pluggable router middleware

This Router should perform better than [express.Router] (https://github.com/strongloop/express).

Installation

npm install --save emvici-router

Usage

Configuring middleware

You can simply create a router and plug it as a middleware using .use method.

Connect

var connect = require( 'connect' ),
    router = require( 'emvici-router' )(),
    app = connect();

app.use( router );

Express

var express = require( 'express' ),
    router = require( 'emvici-router' )(),
    app = express();

app.use( route );

Route construction

var router = require( 'emvici-router' )();

router.addRoute({ /* options */ })

Options

type

• Defaults to: 'stack'
• Allowed Inputs: 'stack', 'wizard'

url

This will determine, by filtering url, which requests this route will run.

• Required
• Allowed Inputs: String; Regexp; Array of Strings ; Array of previous allowed inputs
• Examples:
  • '/'
  • '/test/lol'
  • /^\/users\/(test|testa)/$
  • [ '/test', '/test/index' ]

stack

• Required when type is equal to stack
• Allowed Inputs: Function; Array of previous allowed inputs
• Examples:

[
    function ( req, res ) {

        return Promise.cast( req )
            .then( doSomethingAsync );
    },

    function ( req, res, next ) {

        doSomethingAsync( req, function ( err ) {
            if ( err ) return next( err );

            // some logic

            next();
        });

    }
]

Structure convention

We recomend you to place a file called ./router.js so you can save current app router and allow Controllers or other modules on your system to load it up and use it accordely:

// app.js
var connect = require( 'connect' );

var app = connect(),
    router = require( './router' );

app.use( router );

// router.js
var router = module.exports = require( 'emvici-router' )({
  /* options */
  throw404: false
});

router.addRoutes( require( './controller/users' ) );

// controller/users.js

var someSemiNeededMiddleware = function () {
  // ...
};

module.exports = [

    {
        url: [ '/users', '/users/index', '/users/list' ]
        method: 'get',
        stack: [
          someSemiNeededMiddleware,
          function ( req, res ) {
              // ...
          }
        ],
    },

    {
        url: [ '/users/add', '/users/create', '/users/register' ]
        method: 'post',
        stack: function ( req, res ) {
            // ...
        },
    }

];