sails-routes-helpers-maker

It takes the object with all routes defined in it (sails.js routes) and create path helpers

This module is in beta, use at your own risk.

Usage Example

multilingualRoutes =
  'GET /': 'HomeController.show'
  'GET /photos/:id/:slug': 'PhotosController.show'
  'PUT /photos/:id/:slug': 'NewsController.update'
  'DELETE /photos/:id/:slug': 'NewsController.destroy'
  'GET /photos': 'PhotosController.index'
  'GET /photos/new': 'PhotosController.new'
  'GET /photos/:id/:slug/edit': 'PhotosController.edit'
  'POST /photos': 'PhotosController.create'

  'GET /fotos/:id/:slug': 'PhotosController.show'
  'PUT /fotos/:id/:slug': 'NewsController.update'
  'DELETE /fotos/:id/:slug': 'NewsController.destroy'
  'GET /fotos': 'PhotosController.index'
  'GET /fotos/new': 'PhotosController.new'
  'GET /fotos/:id/:slug/edit': 'PhotosController.edit'
  'POST /fotos': 'PhotosController.create'

routeLocales =
  '/': {en: '/', es: '/'}
  '/photos': {en: '/photos', es: '/fotos'}

helpers = helpersMaker.make(multilingualRoutes, routeLocales)

Creates the following helpers

helpers.homePath() # returns '/'
helpers.homePath('es') # returns 'es/'

helpers.photosPath() # returns /photos
helpers.photosPath('es') # returns /es/fotos

An instance to be passed to the multilingual helper should have a toParam method on it, that indicates how and what info should be extracted from it, for example, assume the following record was returned by running a waterline query like this: Photo.findOne(23).exec(....)

photoRecordInstance =
  id: 23
  slug: {en: 'amazing-sunrise', es: 'amanecer-espectacular'}
  toParam = (lang)-> "#{@id}/#{@slug[lang]}"


helpers.photosPath(photoRecordInstance, 'en') # returns /photos/23/amazing-sunrise
helpers.photosPath(photoRecordInstance, 'es') # returns /es/fotos/23/amanecer-espectacular

helpers.editPhotosPath() # returns /photos/23/amazing-sunrise/edit
helpers.editPhotosPath('es') # returns /es/fotos/23/amanecer-espectacular/edit ... yes i need to handle the edit part in the future
helpers.newPhotosPath() # returns /photos/new