Table of Contents

• Express route generator
  • Installation
  • Commands
  • Options
    • Options Reference
  • Configuration
    • Configuration Reference
  • Custom Schemes
  • Examples
  • License

Express route generator

CLI tool to create new endpoints / routes in an Express application.

Installation

npm install -g @kmpizmad/express-route-generator

Keep in mind, that due to maintenance it's better to use it from the npm registry like this:
npx @kmpizmad/express-route-genertor

Commands

add | a [options] <name>: adds a new route under the provided path
remove | rm [options] <name>: removes a route by folder name
list | ls [options]: lists all routes

Options

add:

-p, --path [string]
-s, --schemes [string]
--typescript [string]
--no-test [boolean]
-m, --methods [array]

remove:

-p, --path [string]
-t, --test [boolean]

list:

-p, --path [string]
-r, --recursive [boolean]

All of the above can be defined though an erg.config.js or erg.config.json file

Options Reference

-t, --test [boolean]

Default: false

Removes the test file only.

Example:

// erg rm myRoute --test

routes
└ myRoute
  └ index.js
  └ myRoute.handlers.js

-r, --recursive [boolean]

Default: false

Recursively lists every route.

Example:

myRoute
  └ index.js
  └ myRoute.handlers.js
  └ myRoute.test.js
myRoute2
  └ index.js
  └ myRoute2.handlers.js
  └ myRoute2.test.js
myRoute3
  └ index.js
  └ myRoute3.handlers.js
  └ myRoute3.test.js

Configuration

rootDir [string]
schemesDir [string]
language [string]
test [boolean]
methods [array]

Configuration Reference

rootDir [string]

Default: undefined

Path to the folder where the routes are stored. Equivalent of -p, --path <path>.

Examples:

• rootDir: ./server/routes
• rootDir: ./server/api/endpoints

schemesDir [string]

Default: undefined

Path to the folder where the custom schemes are stored. Equivalent of -s, --schemes <path>.

Examples:

• schemesDir: ./schemes
• schemesDir: ./server/routes/schemes

language [string]

Default: javascript

Defines the extension of the files. Equivalent of --typescript.

Available values:

• javascript
• typescript

Example:

// language: 'javascript'

routes
└ myRoute
  └ index.js
  └ myRoute.handlers.js
  └ myRoute.test.js

test [boolean]

Default: true

Defines if a test file should be generated. Equivalent of --no-test.

Example:

// test: false

routes
└ myRoute
  └ index.js
  └ myRoute.handlers.js

methods [array]

Default: undefined

Defines what methods should be handled by the router. Equivalent of -m, --methods <methods...>.

Available values:

• get
• getOne
• post
• put
• putOne
• patch
• patchOne
• delete
• deleteOne

// methods: ['get', 'getOne']

routes
└ myRoute
  └ index.js
  └ myRoute.handlers.js

Custom Schemes

ERG provides an opportunity to create your own schemes. The location must be defined otherwise it'll use the built-in schemes.

Filenames must contain the follows:

index: This will be the router
.handlers: This will contain the handlers for the router
.test: This will be the test

Prefixing and suffixing is doable, because the result will always start with the route name and end with the extension.

// Example - erg add testRouter --path routes --schemes mySchemes

mySchemes
└ sample.index.ts
└ sample.handlers.ts
└ sample.test.ts

// Result

routes
└ testRouter
  └ index.js
  └ testRouter.handlers.js
  └ testRouter.test.js

Examples

// Example structure

root
└ src
  └ server
  └ db
  └ middlewares
  └ routes
  └ utils

// Example config

module.exports = {
  rootDir: "src/server/routes",
  methods: ["get", "getOne"]
}

// Example output of 'erg add generatedRoute'

root
└ src
  └ server
  └ db
  └ middlewares
  └ routes
    └ generatedRoute
      └ generatedRoute.handlers.js
      └ generatedRoute.test.js
      └ index.js
  └ utils

// generatedRoute.handlers.js

export const getHandler = async (req, res, next) => {};
export const getOneHandler = async (req, res, next) => {};

// generatedRoute.test.js

import supertest from "supertest";

describe('generatedRoute test', () => {
  it('get', async done => {
    const response = await supertest(server).get('/generatedRoute');
    // Expectations
    done();
  });
  it('getOne', async done => {
    const response = await supertest(server).get('/generatedRoute');
    // Expectations
    done();
  });
});

// index.js

import { Router } from 'express';
import { getHandler, getOneHandler } from './generatedRoute.handlers';

const router = Router();
router.route("/").get(getHandler)
router.route("/:id").get(getOneHandler);

export default router;

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Viktor Nagy

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.