Introduction

This library abstracts your routes away behind type safe object. This way it will allow you to easily refactor routes, prevent typos, prohibit the use of some routes, and use dynamic routes.

TypeScript version must be >=4.0.0

Installation

$ npm install --save @lagunovsky/typesafe-routes

Usage

To get a type-safe route object, use the schema function

const routes = schema({
  override: [ '', {
    deep: [ 'override', {} ]
  } ],
  exception: [ null, {
    allowed: {},
  } ],
  dynamic: (id: string) => [ id, {
    edit: {},
    v: (version: string) => [ version, {} ],
  } ],
  deep: {
    deep: {},
  },
})

| Call | Result | |--------------------------------------|------------------------| | routes.override.get() | '/' | | routes.override.deep.get() | '/override' | | routes.exception.get() | error | | routes.exception.allowed.get() | '/exception/allowed' | | routes.dynamic.get() | '/dynamic' | | routes.dynamic(':id').get() | '/dynamic/:id' | | routes.dynamic(1).edit.get() | '/dynamic/1/edit' | | routes.dynamic(1).v('1.0.0').get() | '/dynamic/1/v/1.0.0' | | routes.deep.get() | '/deep' | | routes.deep.deep.get() | '/deep/deep' | | routes.deep.get('?token=magic') | '/deep?token=magic' |

API

schema

schema(description: Description, options?: Options)

Creates a type-safe route object

Description

type Description = BaseDescription | DynamicDescription | OverrideDescription | ExceptionDescription

BaseDescription

type BaseDescription = { [key: string]: Description }

When using this type of description, routes are compiled from the path of the object.

DynamicDescription

type DynamicDescription = (...args: any[]) => OverrideDescription | ExceptionDescription

When you want to create parameter-dependent routes.

OverrideDescription

type OverrideDescription = [ string, BaseDescription | DynamicDescription ]

The first element of the array is used to overwrite its key.

ExceptionDescription

type ExceptionDescription = [ null, BaseDescription | DynamicDescription ]

It is used when it is necessary to prohibit the use of a certain route.

Options

type Options = { initialPath?: string }

Using the options.initialPath, you can specify a string that will be added to the beginning of each generated link.

// Example
const options: Options = { initialPath: '/sub-app' }
const routes = schema({ page: {} }, options)
const route = routes.page.get() // '/sub-app/page'

get

get(string | ((...args: any[]) => string))

Allows to get the path of the route.

// Example
const routes = schema({ page: {} })
const route = routes.page.get('?token=magic')  // '/page?token=magic'

path

const path: symbol

The key by which you can get (or change) the route path.

// Example
const routes = schema({ page: {} })
const route = routes.page[path]  // '/page'