express-restful-router

Usage

First off, install the package:

npm install express-restful-router --save

Then, require it in your project:

var RestfulRouter = require('express-restful-router');

You can then pass a configuration option into the RestfulRouter to return a new router:

var router = RestfulRouter({
  /* options goes here */
});

Options

resource

Required: yes

Type: String

Description: Sets the name of the resource for the restful router. The end-point is generated based on the name of the resource.

Example:

router = RestfulRouter({
  resource: 'example', // translates to "/example" endpoint
  // more config...
});

By default, the following end-points are created:

• GET /example (maps to the list controller method)
• POST /example (maps to the create controller method)
• GET /example/:id (maps to the show controller method)
• PUT /example/:id (maps to the update controller method)
• DELETE /example/:id (maps to the remove controller method)

controller

Required: yes

Type: Object

Description: Defines the controller that your restful router maps to. By default, the methods it expects are: list, create, show, update, remove.

For single-resource methods (such as show, update and remove) the resource ID is available as req.params.id.

Example:

router = RestfulRouter({
  controller: {
    show: function (req, res) {
      res.send('Showing #' + req.params.id);
    }
    // more controller methods...
  }
  // more config...
});

only

Required: no

Type: [String]

Description: Define which pre-set routes are enabled.

Example:

router = RestfulRouter({
  resource: 'example',
  only: [
    'show', // GET /example/:id
    'list' // GET /example
  ],
  controller: {
    show: function (req, res) {
      res.send('Showing example #' + req.params.id);
    },
    list: function (req, res) {
      res.send('Listing examples');
    }
  }
});

custom

Required: no

Type: [String|Object]

Description: Custom route configuration. May be a string (which creates a default getter with a method of the same name), or an object (where you can define action, path and method).

Example:

router = RestfulRouter({
  resource: 'example',
  only: [],
  custom: [
    'yes', // GET /example/yes
    { action: 'noThanks' }, // GET /example/no-thanks
    { action: 'maybe', path: './maybe', method: 'GET' } // GET /example/maybe
  ],
  controller: {
    yes: function (req, res) {},
    noWay: function (req, res) {},
    maybe: function (req, res) {}
  }
});