load all Node.js (including Express) route definitions

load_routes.js

/**
 * load all Node.js (including Express) route definitions.
 * in most cases you should only need to modify the app_routes[] array.
 *
 * inspired by the article:
 *   - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5778245/expressjs-how-to-structure-an-application
 *
 * @author William Yeh <william.pjyeh@gmail.com>
 * @date   2014-04-09
 * @license MIT
 *
 * @url https://gist.github.com/William-Yeh/10245319
 */


"use strict";

/**
 * route definitions (corresponding to ./routes/*.js files)

var app_routes = [
      'index'   // ./routes/index.js
    , 'route1'  // ./routes/route1.js
    , 'route2'  // ./routes/route2.js
    ];

*/


/**
 * init route mappings
 *
 * @param {array} app_routes - route names
 */
exports.loadRoutes = function(app_routes) {

    if (! Array.isArray(app_routes))
        return;

    app_routes.map( function(route_name) {
        if (typeof route_name !== 'string')
            return;
        console.log("Loading route: " + route_name);

        // load individual routes dynamically
        var route = require('./routes/' + route_name);

        // invoke this route's init(), if any
        if (typeof route.init === "function") {
            route.init();
        }
    });
};


/**
 * init route mappings
 *
 * @param app                - Express app object
 * @param {array} app_routes - route names
 */
exports.loadExpressRoutes = function(app, app_routes) {

    app.disable('x-powered-by');

    if (! Array.isArray(app_routes))
        return;

    app_routes.map( function(route_name) {
        if (typeof route_name !== 'string')
            return;
        console.log("Loading route: " + route_name);

        // load individual routes dynamically
        var route = require('./routes/' + route_name);

        // invoke this route's init(), if any
        if (typeof route.init === "function") {
            route.init(app);
        }
    });
};