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

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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