Ruter.js

Ruter is a routing extension for Express which is designed to be extensible.

Installation

$ npm install ruter

Usage

The main purpose of Ruter is to be able to configure routes through a configuration file.

ruter = require('ruter');
app = require('express').createServer();

routes = {
    homepage: {
        pattern: '/',
        controller: function(req, res, next) {
            //do something
        }
    },
    post_product: {
        pattern: '/product',
        controller: function(req, res, next) {
            //do something
        },
        method: 'post'
    }
};

loader = new ruter.ObjectLoader
routes = loader.load(routes);

ruter.init(routes);
ruter.setup(app);

Url generator

The url can be generated based on the route name.

ruter = require('ruter');
routes = {
    homepage: {
        pattern: '/',
        controller: function(req, res, next) {
            // do something
        }
    }
};

ruter.init(routes);
console.log ruter.generateUrl('homepage'); /** outputs '/' */

Plugin

Ruter can be extended with plugin. Register the configuration's key and you can process the route however you want.

Plugin = (function() {
    function Plugin() {}

    Plugin.supports = function(key) {
      if (key === 'plugin') {
        return true;
      }
    };

    Plugin.load = function(routeName, route, routes) {
      routes[routeName + '_plugin'] = route;
    };

    return Plugin;
})();

routes = {
    index: {
        pattern: '/',
        plugin: true
    }
}

loader = new ruter.ObjectLoader([Plugin]);
routes = loader.load(routes); /* now routes will have a route with name 'index_plugin' */