# express-api-controller

> ```javascript 'use strict'

Latest version **1.2.0** (published 2016-03-14) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install express-api-controller
pnpm add express-api-controller
yarn add express-api-controller
bun add express-api-controller
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.0 |
| Published | 2016-03-14 |
| First published | 2016-03-12 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Author | Anton Kulakov |
| Maintainers | kulakowka |
| Keywords | express, api, controller |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-api-controller
- Repository: https://github.com/kulakowka/express-api-controller
- Homepage: https://github.com/kulakowka/express-api-controller#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/kulakowka/express-api-controller/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/express-api-controller

## Dependencies (3)

- [co-express](https://npm.io/package/co-express.md) ^1.2.1
- [require-directory](https://npm.io/package/require-directory.md) ^2.1.1
- [express-api-helper](https://npm.io/package/express-api-helper.md) 0.0.5

## Recent versions

- 1.2.0 (latest) — 2016-03-14
- 1.1.0 — 2016-03-14
- 1.0.0 — 2016-03-12

## README

# express-api-controller

```javascript
'use strict'

var path = require('path')
var app = require('express')()
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var expressValidator = require('express-validator')
var controller = require('express-api-controller')
var controllers = controller(path.resolve(__dirname, '../controllers'))

app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
app.use(expressValidator())

app
  .route('/api/v1/accounts')
    .get(controllers.api.v1.accounts.index)
    .post(controllers.api.v1.accounts.create)

app.listen(3000)

```

```javascript
/**
 * Controller: accounts
 * Action:     create
 * Method:     POST
 * Path:       api/v1/accounts
 */

var Account = require('../models/account')

module.exports = {

  // Validattion middleware
  validations: function * (req, res, next) {
    req.checkBody('email', 'Invalid postparam').notEmpty().isEmail()
    req.checkBody('password', 'Invalid postparam').notEmpty()

    next()
  },

  // Sanitization middleware
  sanitize: function * (req, res, next) {
    req.sanitizeBody('email').normalizeEmail()

    next()
  },

  // Action logic middleware
  action: function * (req, res, next) {

    // Getting request data
    var { email, password } = req.body

    // Create new account
    var account = new Account({
      email,
      password
    })

    // Save account to database
    const data = yield account.save()

    // Response data with json
    res.json(data)
  }

}

```

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