express-ctrlr

Controllers for express.js (4.x.x)

Install

npm install express-ctrlr

Usage

Standard CRUD

var express = require('express');
var controller = require('express-ctrlr');
var app = express();

var postsCtrl = controller()
  .index(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .new(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .create(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .show(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .edit(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .update(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .patch(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .destroy(function(req, res, next) { ... });

app.use('/posts', postsCtrl.router());

Maps routes

GET    /posts
GET    /posts/new
POST   /posts
GET    /posts/:id
GET    /posts/:id/edit
PUT    /posts/:id
PATCH  /posts/:id
DELETE /posts/:id

---

Define your own actions

var postsCtrl = controller()
  .action("/new", function(req, res, next) { ... });

app.use('/posts', postsCtrl.router());

// GET /posts/new

action defaults to the GET method. You can define the method VERB of choice.

var postsCtrl = controller()
  .action("/", {method: 'POST'}, function(req, res, next) { ... });

app.use('/posts', postsCtrl.router());

// POST /posts

---

Before actions

var postsCtrl = controller()
  .before(isAuthenticated())
  .before(csrf())
  .new(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .create(function(req, res, next) { ... });

app.use('/posts', postsCtrl.router());

// /posts/* isAuthenticated()
// /posts/* csrf()
// GET  /posts/new
// POST /posts

---

Order matters, kind of...

var postsCtrl = controller()
  .create(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .new(function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .before(isAuthenticated())
  .action("/", function(req, res, next) { ... })
  .before(csrf());

app.use('/posts', postsCtrl.router());

Will map in this order

// /posts/* isAuthenticated()
// /posts/* csrf()
// GET  /posts
// GET  /posts/new
// POST /posts

The mapping order is always

1 before(s)               (then in the order they were defined)
2 action(s)               (then in the order they were defined)
3 <built in crud methods> (this order: index, new, create, show, edit, update, patch, destroy)

Built in crud method order

1 index
2 new
3 create
4 show
5 edit
6 update
7 patch
8 destroy

The built in crud methods will always maintain their defined map order regardless of their definition order.

.show()
.new()

Will still map as

// GET /posts/new
// GET /posts/:id

---

Alternate path definition.

var ctrlr = controller()
  .new(...)
  .show(...)
  .create(...);

app.use(ctrlr.router("/posts"));

// GET  /posts/new
// GET  /posts/:id
// POST /posts

This method allows for a simple namespacing pattern.

app.use("/api", postsCtrlr.router("/posts"));
app.use("/api", tasksCtrlr.router("/tasks"));

// /api/posts/...
// /api/tasks/...

---

Nested routes.

var ctrlr = controller()
  .show(...);

app.use(ctrlr.router("/posts/:post_id/comments"));

// GET /posts/:post_id/comments/:id

Requires the path to be passed as the router argument in order to get all the URL params.

License

MIT