express-map2 v1.0.9

express-map2 ( not to be confused with Yahoo's express-map package which does a totally different thing )

adds map() function to express.

install

npm install --save express-map2

usage

setup

var app = require('express'); // 1. include express


app.set('controllers',__dirname+'/controllers/');// 2. set path to your controllers.

require('express-map2')(app); // 3. patch map into express

types of usage supported

// without prefix
app.map({
	'GET /':'test',
	'GET /foo':'middleware.foo,test',
	'GET /bar':'middleware.bar,test'// seperate your handlers with a comma. 
});


// with prefix
app.map('/api/v1/books',{
    'GET /': 'books.list',
    'GET /:id': 'books.loadOne',
    'DELETE /:id': 'books.delete',
    'PUT /:id': 'books.update',
    'POST /': 'books.create'
});

//with single middleware passed
const AuthenticateUser2 = function(req,res,next){}
app.map(AuthenticateUser2,{
    'GET /': 'User.dashboard',
    'GET /sessions-list':'User.sessions'
});

//without prefix and with middleware
app.map('/api/v1/books',AuthenticateUser,{
    'GET /': 'books.list',
    'GET /:id': 'books.loadOne',
    'DELETE /:id': 'books.delete',
    'PUT /:id': 'books.update',
    'POST /': 'books.create'
});

app.listen(3000);

testing

testing is done with mocha. to run tests:

1. clone the repo git clone https://github.com/r3wt/express-map.git
2. change into project directory install dependencies npm install
3. make sure to have mocha installed globally npm install --global mocha.
4. run tests with npm test