connect-mount

This is a standalone middleware for mounting a path. This is a common feature of Express/Connect/etc typically exposed as app.use(string, fn).

This also stores req.baseUrl, req.path and req.originalUrl like in Express.

This module was adapted from stacked.

Install

npm install connect-mount --save

Examples

var http = require('http');
var mount = require('connect-mount');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
 
// could also be express, connect, etc
var app = require('stacked')();
 
// when user hits /foo they are actually being served 'build' assets
app.use(mount('/foo', serveStatic('build')));
 
http.createServer(app).listen(8080);

Usage

middleware = mount(path, fn)

Mounts the path, like '/foo', so that when it's hit, you will get a callback in fn(req, res, next). After next() is called, the URL is reset to its original value for fall-back middleware functions.

For example, if the users requests '/foo/bar/test.txt', the function will be called like so:

var mount = require('connect-mount');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
 
var handler = mount('/foo/bar', function (req, res, next) {
  console.log(req.originalUrl); // '/foo/bar/test.txt'
  console.log(req.baseUrl);     // '/foo/bar'
  console.log(req.path);        // '/test.txt'
  console.log(req.url);         // '/test.txt'
});
 
http.createServer(handler).listen(8080);

License

MIT, see LICENSE.md for details.