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Alexey Gordeyev edited this page Jan 25, 2014 · 34 revisions

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Routes

Local middleware setup in /config/routes.js

Features

Named route params

Example:

    map.get('/test/:param1/:param2', 'controller#action');
    map.pathTo.test({param1: 'foo', param2: 'bar'}); // '/test/foo/bar'

Singleton resources

Example:

    map.resource('post');

Will generate the following routes:

method    route                          controller#action   helper method
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
GET       /posts                         posts#index         pathTo.posts()
GET       /posts/:skip-:limit            posts#index         pathTo.paging_posts()
GET       /posts/:id                     posts#show          pathTo.show_post(post)
POST      /posts                         posts#create        pathTo.create_posts()
GET       /posts/new                     posts#new           pathTo.new_post()
GET       /posts/edit/:id                posts#edit          pathTo.edit_post(post)
DELETE    /posts/:id                     posts#destroy       pathTo.destroy_post(post)
PUT       /posts/:id                     posts#update        pathTo.update_post(post)
DELETE    /posts                         posts#destroyall    pathTo.destroy_posts()

Singleton resources can also have nested resources. For example:

    map.resource('users', function(users) {
      users.resources('posts');
    });

Will generate the following routes:

method   route                           controller#action   helper method
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
GET     /users/:user_id/posts            posts#index         pathTo.users_posts(user)
GET     /users/:user_id/posts/:id        posts#show          pathTo.show_users_post(user, post)
POST    /users/:user_id/posts            posts#create        pathTo.create_users_posts(user)
GET     /users/:user_id/posts/new        posts#new           pathTo.new_users_post(user)
GET     /users/:user_id/posts/edit/:id   posts#edit          pathTo.edit_users_post(user, post)
DELETE  /users/:user_id/posts/:id        posts#destroy       pathTo.destroy_users_post(user, post)
PUT     /users/:user_id/posts/:id        posts#update        pathTo.update_users_post(user, post)
DELETE  /users/:user_id/posts            posts#destroyall    pathTo.destroy_users_posts(user)

Namespaces

Example:

    map.namespace('admin', function(admin) {
      admin.resources('users');
    });

Will generate the following routes:

method    route                          controller#action         helper method
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GET       /admin/posts                   admin/posts#index         pathTo.admin_posts()
GET       /admin/posts/:skip-:limit      admin/posts#index         pathTo.paging_admin_posts(skip, limit)
GET       /admin/posts/:id               admin/posts#show          pathTo.show_admin_post(post)
POST      /admin/posts                   admin/posts#create        pathTo.create_admin_posts()
GET       /admin/posts/new               admin/posts#new           pathTo.new_admin_post()
GET       /admin/posts/edit/:id          admin/posts#edit          pathTo.edit_admin_post(post)
DELETE    /admin/posts/:id               admin/posts#destroy       pathTo.destroy_admin_post(post)
PUT       /admin/posts/:id               admin/posts#update        pathTo.update_admin_post(post)
DELETE    /admin/posts                   admin/posts#destroyall    pathTo.destroy_admin_posts()

Custom helper names / paths for resources

If you want to override default routes behaviour, you can use two options: as and path to specify a helper name and a path you want to have in the result.

    map.resources('posts',{as: 'articles'});

This will create the following routes:

method    route                          controller#action         helper method
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GET       /posts                         posts#index               pathTo.articles()
GET       /posts/:skip-:limit            posts#index               pathTo.paging_articles(skip, limit)
GET       /posts/:id                     posts#show                pathTo.show_article(post)
POST      /posts                         posts#create              pathTo.create_articles()
GET       /posts/new                     posts#new                 pathTo.new_article()
GET       /posts/edit/:id                posts#edit                pathTo.edit_article(post)
DELETE    /posts/:id                     posts#destroy             pathTo.destroy_article(post)
PUT       /posts/:id                     posts#update              pathTo.update_article(post)
DELETE    /posts                         posts#destroyall          pathTo.destroy_articles()

If you want to change the base path:

    map.resources('posts', { path: 'articles' });

This will create the following routes:

method    route                          controller#action         helper method
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GET       /articles                      posts#index               pathTo.posts()
GET       /articles/:skip-:limit         posts#index               pathTo.paging_posts(skip, limit)
GET       /articles/:id                  posts#show                pathTo.show_post(post)
POST      /articles                      posts#create              pathTo.create_posts()
GET       /articles/new                  posts#new                 pathTo.new_post()
GET       /articles/edit/:id             posts#edit                pathTo.edit_post(post)
DELETE    /articles/:id                  posts#destroy             pathTo.destroy_post(post)
PUT       /articles/:id                  posts#update              pathTo.update_post(post)
DELETE    /articles                      posts#destroyall          pathTo.destroy_posts()

Route with Middleware

Example:

    // named route
    map.get('/test/:param1/:param2', 'controller#action', [middleware1, middleware2, ...]);

    // singleton resources
    map.resource('post', {
        middleware: [middleware1, middleware2, ...]
    });

    // nested resources
    map.resource('users', {
        middleware: [middleware1, middleware2, ...]
    }, function(users) {
       users.resources('posts', {
          middleware: [middleware3, middleware4, ...]
       });
    });

    // namespaces
    map.resource('users', {
        middleware: [middleware1, middleware2, ...]
    }, function(users) {
      users.resources('posts');
    });

Routes with Filter Methods

Example except param:

    map.resources('posts',{except: ['edit','destroy','destroyAll']});

instead of:

    map.get('/posts.:format?', 'posts#index');
    map.get('/posts/new.:format?', 'posts#new');
    map.post('/posts.:format?', 'posts#create');
    map.get('/posts/:id.:format?', 'posts#show');

Example only param:

    map.resources('posts',{only: ['index','show']});

instead of:

    map.get('/posts.:format?','posts#index');
    map.get('/posts/:id.:format?','posts#show');

Param pre-condition functions

/config/params.js

    app.param('id', /^[A-Za-z0-9]+$/);
    app.param('controller', /^[a-zA-Z]+$/);
    app.param('action', /^[a-zA-Z]+$/);
    app.param('format', /^[a-zA-Z]+$/);
    app.param('from', /^\d+$/);
    app.param('to', /^\d+$/);

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