router

Installation

npm install oo-router

Usage

Browser

var router = require("oo-router");

var productController = {
	view: function(path, id) {},
	edit: function(path, id) {}
};

var productRouter = router()
	.add(/^\/product\/(\d+)\/view$/,    productController.view)
	.add(/^\/product\/(\d+)\/edit$/,    productController.edit)
	.process;

var accountController = {
	login: function(path, username) {},
	logout: function(path) {},
	register: function(path) {}
};

var accountRouter = router()
	.add(/^\/account\/login\/(\w+)$/,    accountController.login)
	.add(/^\/account\/logout$/,         accountController.logout)
	.add(/^\/account\/register$/,       accountController.register)
	.process;

var process = router()
	.add(/^\/product/, productRouter)
	.add(/^\/account/, accountRouter)
	.add(/^$/,         index)
	.process;

window.addEventListener("hashchange", function() {
	process(window.location.hash.substring(1));
});

Server

var router = require("oo-router");
var http = require("http");

var apiController = function(path, req, res, controllerId, objectId) {
	// path = "api/product/20"
	// controlerId = "product"
	// objectId = "20"
};

var process = router()
	.add(/^\/api\/(\w+)\/(\d+)$/, apiController)
	.add(/.*/, staticFileServer)
	.process;

http.createServer(function(req, res) {
	process(req.url, req, res); // req & res will be passed to the route handler
});

API

router()

Create a new router

router().add(regexp, handler)

Add a new route, returns itself

• regexp Regular Expression to match the route
• handler Function to be called when this route is matched

Handler receives all parameters passed to router().process as well as regexp matches

router().process(url, [...])

Process an URL

• url URL to be processed
• [...] rest parameters will be passed to the matched route handler