Demo

A demo is available at routes.barath.ga

Simple Router Implementation

The router code can be found in the router folder. Tests can be found in the test folder.

The router has the following features:

• Accepts a schema in JSON to build a set of routes
• Accepts parameterized URLs
• Allows GET, POST, PUT and DELETE requests
• Validates incoming requests that contain data against a JSON schema specified in the router schema
• Returns a parsed object that contains the
  • The original URL
  • The matched URL
  • Path parameters
  • Query parameters
  • Data passed with the request (if any)
  • Content type (application/json or text/plain)
  • Query string
  • Validation schema

Implementation Details

The incoming request is first passed to the parser class. This class breaks down the URL and HTTP method into its constituent parts. No schema validation is performed atthis stage.

The parsed object is then passed onto the router class. The router is initialized with a schema object. An example schema can be seen here. The schema is validated against certain rules through Joi. The router then further looks for paramters to substitute and any data that may be required. A fully parsed object is then returned back to the application to handle as the application sees fit

User Interface

The user interface uses the above router to demonstrate the creation of a schema, manipulating routes, adn testing the routes. The user interface also has a sample Todo List application to demonstrate the usage of routes.

For more information on the user interface please see the wiki