Vanilla Routing Framework

Vanilla Routing Framework can help you easily set up routes for a local server using RESTFUL methods (as of right now, it can handle GET, POST, PUT, PATCH AND DELETE). You will also need to provide a path and a callback function, but VRF will handle the rest!

##To Install

Via your terminal install the VRF framework using npm.

$npm i vanilla-routing-framework

##Requiring In

Like with any other npm package, you'll need to require in VRF as a dependancy. First, create a new instance of the router object. You'll also need to define the custom routes you wish your server to respond to (for a given url). It is recommended to define your routes in a separate module from your server, so that after adding your routes you can export the route object to your server like so.

const Router = require('vanilla-routing-framework');
const router = new Router();

module.exports = router;

###Your Own Routes

You can create your own methods on this router by calling one of the five given RESTFUL methods on your router object, passing in a url and a callback like so.

const Router = require('vanilla-routing-framework');
const Router = new Router;

router.get('/pathypath', function(req, res) {
  res.write('You went down the pathypath');
  res.end();
})

###Instantiating a server

Require our routes module into the file we're instantiating our server on (recommended) or define your custom routes in that same file. Then, pass router.route() into your server creation.

const http = require('http');
const router = require('./router') //or wherever you defined your routes.

http.createServer(router.route()).listen(3000);