drouter

drouter

A node.js directory-driven router for connect/express.

It does not use the router functionality of connect/express. The new version of connect(3.x)/express(4.x) should be compatible.

Usage

    var drouter = require("drouter"),
        express = require("express"),
        app = express(); // connect();
    
    
    drouter("directory_root", app, "some user defined data object");
    // return a list of path and middleware pairs 
    //    [{pt:"loaded path", mw:"loaded module"}, ...].
    // at this point, app has all the middleware loaded at their path
    // using "app.use(path, middlewareCreator(userData))"
    

Example

Suppose we have a directory structure as follow:

+mw1
    index.js
    +abc
        index.js
        +def
            index.js
            +fgh
               + hij
                    index.js
                +ijk
            +ghi
        +efg
    +bcd
        index.js
    +cde

Each index.js file exports a function which takes in a user defined data object and returns a connect/express compatible middleware. drouter("mw1", app, {msg:"some msg"}) will load the app at these paths :

/mw1
/mw1/abc
/mw1/abc/def
/mw1/bcd

The index.js under hij will not be loaded because its parent directory fgh is not loadable and thus all its children are ignored. Loadable condititon is applied by require.resolve("module").

Other

Suggestion and help are always welcome !

Licence

MIT