Example snippets that use thewire

example_controller.coffee

thewire = require 'thewire'

Layout = (data, more_data, body) ->
  # ...

View1 = (pages) ->
  # ...

View2 = (page) ->
  # ...

exports.controller = thewire.controller 'the-url-root',
  layout:
    view: Layout
    model: ['/route/to/data', '/route/to/more/data']
  routes:
    '/go/to/pages':
      view: View1
      model: '/route/to/data'
    '/go/to/specific/:page':
      view: View2
      model: (url) -> '/route/to/pages/' + url.page
      expects_one: true

example_rest_service.coffee

thewire = require 'thewire'

class MyService extends thewire.node.Service

  constructor: (name, url_root, details) ->
    super(name, url_root, details)

  'GET:/some/random/route': (ctx, callback) ->
    somearg = ctx.parsed_url.args.somearg
    if somearg
      # send a success message
      callback(null, {success: true, message: "You set somearg=#{ somearg }!"})
    else
      # send back error
      callback(new Error("The somearg query parameter must be present!"))

  'POST:/to/:here': (ctx, callback) ->
    # write some HTML back
    callback(
      null,
      "<p>The second part of this request's URL is '#{ ctx.parsed_url.here }'.</p>",
      {format: 'html'})

exports.service = MyService