Mini Route Loader

Route file configuration for express

See the unit test for implementation instructions

In your express initialization code

    import MiniRouteLoader from 'mini-route-loader'

    import APIController from '../controllers/APIController'

    const Routes = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync('./server/routes/routes.json') )

    this.apiController=new APIController(  )
            



    const app = express()

    MiniRouteLoader.loadRoutes( app, Routes , this.apiController  )

    app.listen(apiPort, () => {
    console.log(`API Server listening at http://localhost:${apiPort}`)
    })

Anatomy of a route

Each route must have the following:

Type: A string, either 'get' or 'post' for the type of REST request to expect

uri: The uri onto which to expose the route with express

method: The name of the controller method to call (the method must extend APICall

Each route may additionally specify the following optional attributes:

controller: The name of the controller that has the methods for this route

appendParams: An object that will be appended to 'req' just before it is passed to the method in the controller. This will be appended at 'req.router.params'

In routes.json

[ {"type":"get","uri":"/api/ping","method":"ping","controller":"api"}

]

In your controller class

    import { APICall } from "mini-route-loader"


    export default class APIController  {

        ping: APICall =  async (req: any, res: any) => {
            return res.status(200).send('Pong')
        }

    }