express-string-controllers

Reduce imports in your expressjs apps using a controllers wrapper

Installation

Using NPM

  npm install express-string-controllers --save

Using Yarn legacy

  yarn add express-string-controllers

Quick start

If your folder structure is something like this:

• src
  • index.ts
  • controllers
    • PetsController.ts

index.ts

import express from 'express';
import App, { IExpress } from 'express-string-controllers';

// wrap your express app
const app: IExpress = new App(express());

app.get('/pets', 'PetsController.getPets');

// Replace with your port number
app.listen(4000, () => {
  console.log('app started');
});

PetsController.ts

class PetsController {
  static async getPets(req, res, next) {
    return res.status(200).json({
      pets: ['dog', 'cat']
    });
  }
};

export default PetsController;

You can also dictate your controllers folder path manually:

• src
  • index.ts
  • custom
    • custom_controller
      • PetsController.ts

index.ts

import path from 'node:path';
import express from 'express';
import App, { IExpress } from 'express-string-controllers';

// wrap your express app
const controllersPath = path.resolve(__dirname, './custom/custom_controller');

const app: IExpress = new App(express(), controllersPath);

app.get('/pets', 'PetsController.getPets');

// Replace with your port number
app.listen(4000, () => {
  console.log('app started');
});

PetsController.ts

class PetsController {
  static async getPets(req, res, next) {
    return res.status(200).json({
      pets: ['dog', 'cat']
    });
  }
};

export default PetsController;

For more examples, check the __tests__ folder.

Using nodejs require

./index.js

const path = require('path');
const express = require('express');
const { App } = require("express-string-controllers");


// controller path
const cPath = path.join(__dirname, './controllers');

// init app
const app = new App(express(), cPath);

// define routes
app.get('/ban', 'PetsController.helloWorld');

app.listen(2000, () => {  console.log('server started');
});

./controllers/PetsController.js

// default exports
module.exports = class PetsController {
  static async helloWorld(req, res, next) {
    return res.send('hello world');
  }
}