esnext-router
v1.0.4
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Tiny es2015 JavaScript Router with named parameters, HTML5 pushState and express-like Middleware support
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Tiny es2015 JavaScript Router with named parameters, HTML5 pushState and express-like middleware support.
Why Another Router
I needed/wanted a small client-size router for use in an es2015 app. I found Grapnel. It had all the features but had 2 drawbacks. It attempts to be both a client and server router. And it doesn't load in an es2015 app using an import statement. So I rewrote it as an esnext-router.
Download/Installation
Install with npm
npm install esnext-router
Or by using jspm:
jspm install esnext-router
esnext-router Features
- Supports routing using
pushState
- Supports Named Parameters similar to Sinatra, Restify, and Express
- Middleware Support
- Works on the client or server-side
- RegExp Support
- Unobtrusive, supports multiple routers on the same page
- No dependencies
Basic Router
import Router from 'esnext-router';
const router = new Router();
router.add('products/:category/:id?', function(req){
const id = req.params.id,
category = req.params.category;
// GET http://mysite.com/#products/widgets/134
console.log(category, id);
// => widgets 134
});
Named Parameters
esnext-router supports regex style routes similar to Sinatra, Restify, and Express. The properties are mapped to the parameters in the request.
router.add('products/:id?', function(req){
// GET /file.html#products/134
req.params.id
// => 134
});
router.add('products/*', function(req){
// The wildcard/asterisk will match anything after that point in the URL
// Parameters are provided req.params using req.params[n], where n is the nth capture
});
Middleware Support
esnext-router also supports middleware:
const auth = function(req, event, next){
user.auth(function(err){
req.user = this;
next();
});
}
router.add('/*', auth, function(req){
console.log(req.user);
});
Route Context
You can add context to a route and even use it with middleware:
const usersRoute = router.context('/user/:id', getUser, getFollowers); // Middleware can be used here
usersRoute('/', function(req, event){
console.log('Profile', req.params.id);
});
usersRoute('/followers', otherMiddleware, function(req, event){ // Middleware can be used here too
console.log('Followers', req.params.id);
});
router.navigate('/user/13589');
// => Profile 13589
router.navigate('/user/13589/followers');
// => Followers 13589
Declaring Multiple Routes
const routes = {
'products' : function(req){
// GET /file.html#products
},
'products/:category/:id?' : function(req){
// GET /file.html#products/widgets/35
req.params.category
// => widgets
}
}
Event Handling
import Router from 'esnext-router';
const router = new Router();
router.on('navigate', function(event){
// GET /foo/bar
console.log('URL changed to %s', this.path());
// => URL changed to /foo/bar
});
RegExp Support
esnext-router allows RegEx when defining a route:
import Router from 'esnext-router';
const expression = /^food\/tacos\/(.*)$/i;
const router = new Router();
router.add(expression, function(req, event){
// GET http://mysite.com/page#food/tacos/good
console.log('I think tacos are %s.', req.params[0]);
// => "He thinks tacos are good."
});
Enabling PushState
pushState is the default.
You can also specify a root URL by setting it as an option:
const router = new Router({ root : '/public/search/', pushState : true });
The root may require a beginning slash and a trailing slash depending on how your application utilizes the router.
Middleware
esnext-router uses middleware similar to how Express uses middleware. Middleware has access to the req
object, event
object, and the next middleware in the call stack (commonly denoted as next
). Middleware must call next()
to pass control to the next middleware, otherwise the router will stop.
For more information about how middleware works, see Using Middleware.
const user = function(req, event, next){
user.add(function(err){
req.user = this;
next();
});
}
router.add('/user/*', user, function(req){
console.log(req.user);
});
Navigation
You can navigate through your application with router.navigate
:
router.navigate('/products/123');
Stopping a Route Event
router.on('match', function(event){
event.preventDefault(); // Stops event handler
});
Stopping Event Propagation
router.add('/products/:id', function(req, event){
event.stopPropagation(); // Stops propagation of the event
});
router.add('/products/widgets', function(req, event){
// This will not be executed
});
router.navigate('/products/widgets');
404 Pages
You can specify a route that only uses a wildcard *
as your final route, then use event.parent()
which returns false
if the call stack doesn't have any other routes to run.
const routes = {
'/' : function(req, e){
// Handle route
},
'/store/products/:id' : function(req, e){
// Handle route
},
'/category/:id' : function(req, e){
// Handle route
},
'/*' : function(req, e){
if(!e.parent()){
// Handle 404
}
}
}
API Documentation
get
Adds a listeners and middleware for routes
/**
* @param {String|RegExp} path
* @param {Function} [[middleware], callback]
*/
router.add('/store/:category/:id?', function(req, event){
const category = req.params.category,
id = req.params.id;
console.log('Product #%s in %s', id, category);
});
navigate
Navigate through application
/**
* @param {String} path relative to root
*/
router.navigate('/products/123');
on
Adds a new event listener
/**
* @param {String} event name (multiple events can be called when separated by a space " ")
* @param {Function} callback
*/
router.on('myevent', function(event){
console.log('router works!');
});
once
A version of on
except its handler will only be called once
/**
* @param {String} event name (multiple events can be called when separated by a space " ")
* @param {Function} callback
*/
router.once('init', function(){
console.log('This will only be executed once');
});
trigger
Triggers an event
/**
* @param {String} event name
* @param {Mixed} [attributes] Parameters that will be applied to event handler
*/
router.trigger('event', eventArg1, eventArg2, etc);
context
Returns a function that can be called with a specific route in context.
Both the router.context
method and the function it returns can accept middleware. Note: when calling route.context
, you should omit the trailing slash.
/**
* @param {String} Route context (without trailing slash)
* @param {[Function]} Middleware (optional)
* @return {Function} Adds route to context
*/
const usersRoute = router.context('/user/:id');
usersRoute('/followers', function(req, event){
console.log('Followers', req.params.id);
});
router.navigate('/user/13589/followers');
// => Followers 13589
path
router.path('string')
Sets a new path or hashrouter.path()
Gets path or hashrouter.path(false)
Clears the path or hash
bind
An alias of on
add
An alias of get
fragment
(Deprecated)
Options
root
Root of your app, all navigation will be relative to this
Events
navigate
Fires when router navigates through historymatch
Fires when a new match is found, but before the handler is calledhashchange
Fires when hashtag is changed