app.rb

# Example of how to use multiple Routes in external files/modules


require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra/base'

# set the root of the whole app
APP_ROOT = File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)) unless defined?(APP_ROOT)

require "sinatra-external_routes_example"

class MyApp < Sinatra::Base 
  
  register Sinatra::ExternalRoutesExample
  
  set :public, "#{APP_ROOT}/public"
  set :views, "#{APP_ROOT}/views"
  
  get '/' do
    "hello world"
  end
  
  # just dumps the available methods of MyApp, so that you can easily see the routes defined
  get '/methods' do
    "#{self.methods.sort.join(",\n<br>")}"
  end
   
end #/class MyApp


MyApp.run!(:port => 4567) if __FILE__ == $0

sinatra-external_routes_example.rb

require 'sinatra/base'

module Sinatra

  # Sinatra ExternalRoutesExample module
  # 
  # This is just an example of how to create neat Extensions with multiple Routes defined, 
  # and how to load/register other extensions within a single extension.
  # 
  # Inspiration came from Hancock [http://github.com/atmos/hancock/]
  # 
  module ExternalRoutesExample
    
    module Helpers
        
      # add your public helper methods here
      def do_something
        ## here
      end
      
      
      private
        
        def do_something_in_private
          # shhh
        end
      
    end #/ Helpers
    
    # add your general DSL methods here
    
    
    def self.registered(app)
      app.helpers ExternalRoutesExample::Helpers
      
      # the configuration options here
      app.set :foo, 'bar'
      
      #  load external Routes here..
      # require 'path/to/external/routes'
      app.register Sinatra::MyRoutes::Blog
      app.register Sinatra::MyRoutes::Gallery
      
    end #/ self.registered
    
  end #/ ExternalRoutesExample
  
  # optional, only works in Classic Sinatra apps, not inside MyApp < Sinatra::Base type of apps
  # register(Sinatra::ExternalRoutesExample)
  
  
  module MyRoutes
    
    module Blog
      
      def self.registered(app)
        
        app.get '/blog' do
          "hello from blog and foo is [#{options.foo}]"
        end
        
        app.get '/blog/article' do
          'hello from blog article'
        end
        
        # ....
        
      end
      
    end #/module Blog
    
    module Gallery
      
      module Helpers
        # any specific helpers inside here.
      end #/module Helpers
      
      def self.registered(app)
        app.helpers Gallery::Helpers
        
        app.get '/gallery' do
          'hello from gallery'
        end
        
        app.get '/gallery/one' do
          'hello from gallery one'
        end
        
        # ....
      end
      
    end #/module Gallery
    
    
  end #/module MyRoutes
  
  
end #/ Sinatra