express-custom-api v0.1.1

express-custom-api

Install

npm install --save express-custom-api

or

yarn add express-custom-api

How to use

const express = require('express');
require('express-custom-api')(express);

let app = express();

app.info('/list', {method: 'get'}); //add info for app path `/list` with method `get`
app.get('/list', (req, res)=>{});

let router = express.Router();
router.info('/set', {method: 'post'}) //add info for router path `/set` with method `post`
router.post('/set', (req, res)=>{})

app.use('/list', router);

app.get('/other1', (req, res)=>{});
app.use('/other2', (req, res)=>{});

app.info('/something', {method: 'get'}); //add info for app path `/something` with method `get`

console.log(app.getInfo());

This will add two methods for main app

Methods

This script add two methods which visible from the main app and from router app:

• info(path, infoObject) - Add info
• getInfo(onlyCurrent) - Obtain array of all methods

info method

Can be called in any place for the same app or router instance, except cases, when the full path is specified.

Accepts two parameters:

• path - Same path as setted to method or full path(when path adden in the underlying router)
• infoObject - Object with information about path
  • method - parameter, to match methods with info, null for use
  • * - other parameters like title, desription avaliable

getInfo method

Obtain array of avaliable methods. Each element of array would be an object. Expamle:

[ { path: '/list',
    type: 'info',
    methodMatch: true,
    info: { method: 'get' } },
  { path: '/something',
    type: 'info',
    methodMatch: false,
    info: { method: 'get' } },
  { path: '/other1', type: 'method', info: { method: 'get' } },
  { path: '/other2', type: 'method' },
  { path: '/list/set',
    type: 'info',
    methodMatch: true,
    info: { method: 'post' } } ]