further

further.js

A lightweight controllers library for Express.js

Install

$ npm install further

Simple Usage

var further = require('further'),
    app = express();
 
// Route "GET /"
app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.send('Hello World');
});
 
// Route "POST /submit"
app.post('/submit', function(req, res) {
  res.send(req.body);
});
 
// Create an example controller
var controller = new further.Controller('/admin');
 
// Add a middleware before each controller request
controller.before(function(req, res, next) {
  req.user = 'UserObject';
  next();
});
 
// Define a routing tag
controller.tag('requireLogin', function(req, res, next) {
  if(!req.user) {
    next(new Error("Login Required!");
    return;
  }
  
  next();
});
 
// Route "GET /admin/" and require login!
controller.get('/', 'requireLogin', function(req, res) {
  res.send('Hello Admin');
});
 
// Route "GET /admin/login"
controller.get('/login', function(req, res) {
  res.send('Please Login');
});
 
// Route "POST /admin/login"
controller.post('/login', function(req, res) {
  res.send(req.body);
});
 
// Bind the controller routes
further.setup({
    app: app
});
 
// Start the application
app.listen(3000);

Simple Usage

More examples can be found under further-examples.

Changelog

0.1.0

Initial release

License

further.js is freely distributable under the terms of the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2012 Moshe Simantov

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