restify-route-loader v2.4.0

restify-route-loader

A module to automate route loading for Restify.

Installation

npm i restify-route-loader -S

Usage

import restify from 'restify';
import routeLoader from 'restify-route-loader';

const server = restify.createServer();

server.use(routeLoader(server));

server.listen(port, () => {});

Folder Structure

-/routes
--get.js
--/aboutus
---get.js
---post.js

-/routes
--get-1.0.0.js
--get-1.1.0.js
--/aboutus
---get.js
---post.js

File Setup

If the file is just the verb without the version, include the version within the file

exports.default = [
  {
    version: "1.0.0",
    controller: function(req, res, next) {
      return res.send('Hello World')
    }
  }
]

Configuration

The module accepts a configuration object as an optional second parameter.

server.use(routeLoader(server, {
    routes: path.join(__dirname, 'routes')
}));

Options

routes — Change the folder to look for routes

• Defaults to routes/ inside the current working directory

verbs — Enable loading of additional HTTP methods

• Must be supported by Restify
• Defaults to get, post, del, put

TODO

• Update (create) documentation
• Add build process