express-route-reload

Node.js module for express.js that allow to reload routes, Router objects, at runtime.

Idea based on: Removing routes at runtime.

Written and published as a typescript module.

Installation

npm install express-route-reload --save

Usage

import {ReloadRouter} from "../index";
import * as express from "express";

const reloadRouter = new ReloadRouter();
const app = express();

app.use(reloadRouter.handler());

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Listening at port ${PORT}...`);
});

// This interval is to demostrate that I can change routes dynamically
let count = 0;
setInterval(() => {
  console.log("/" + count);
  count++;

  const newRouter = express.Router();
  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    newRouter.get("/" + i, (req, res, next) => {
      res.send("Hello " + i);
    });
  }

  reloadRouter.reload([newRouter]);
}, 2000);

Each 2 seconds I create a new route: "/1", "/2", "/3", ...