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express.js, simple dynamic route loading
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//all of your express config stuff | |
var express = require('express') | |
, app = express() | |
//load api routes (app of the files from /api) | |
require('./api').boot(app) | |
//rest of your expressjs stuff |
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//this goes inside a api folder or something | |
var fs = require('fs') | |
, path = require('path') | |
, routePath = path.resolve( __dirname ) | |
, colors = require('colors'); | |
//this little guy will grab all the files from the /api folder | |
//and load up the routes inside that file | |
exports.boot = function(app) { | |
fs.readdirSync(routePath).forEach(function(file) { | |
//we dont need to make a route for this current file | |
if(file !== 'index.js'){ | |
var cleanPath = routePath + '/' + file.substr(0, file.indexOf('.')); | |
//resolving route for cross-platform | |
var route = path.resolve(cleanPath) | |
console.log('--Adding routes from: '.yellow + file) | |
//load the route | |
require(route)(app); | |
} | |
}); | |
} |
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//example of an route | |
// put this inside that api folder too | |
var db = require('../config/db-schema') | |
, _ = require('underscore'); | |
module.exports = function(app) { | |
//return a list of all team members | |
app.get('/api/teamMembers', function(req, res){ | |
db.TeamMembers.find({}, function (err, members) { | |
if (err){ | |
console.log(err); | |
} | |
res.send(members); | |
}); | |
}); | |
}; |
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