Added support for mounting paths using the typical REST style syntax …

…with no trailing slash.

lib/middleware/mount.js

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
  * that will be matched against the URI path and `Host` header of incoming requests.
  * _Note that virtual host based mounting has not been tested so far._
  *
+ * The `mount` method accepts an optional third boolean `noRedirect` argument.
+ * If set to `true` it will disable redirecting GET requests to the mount base
+ * URL without a trailing slash to the same URL with trailing slash. By default,
+ * mount middleware will send a redirect to the mount URL with trailing slash.
+ *
  * Mounting one application within another causes the `scriptName` and `pathInfo`
  * properties in the request object to be adjusted so that the mounted application
  * receives the same pathInfo as if it was the main application. This means
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ exports.middleware = function Mount(next, app) {
     var mounts = [];
 
     // define mount() method on application object
-    app.mount = function(spec, target) {
+    app.mount = function(spec, target, noRedirect) {
         if (typeof spec === "string") {
             spec = {path: spec};
         } else if (!spec) {
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ exports.middleware = function Mount(next, app) {
             },
             path: spec.path,
             canonicalPath: spec.canonicalPath,
+            redirect: !noRedirect,
             app: resolved
         });
         mounts.sort(mostSpecificPathFirst);
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ exports.middleware = function Mount(next, app) {
             if (mount.match(req)) {
 
                 // if trailing slash is missing redirect to canonical path
-                if (req.pathInfo === mount.path && req.method === "GET") {
+                if (mount.redirect && req.pathInfo === mount.path && req.method === "GET") {
                     var location = req.scriptName + mount.canonicalPath;
                     if (req.queryString) location += "?" + req.queryString;
                     return {

test/stick_test.js

@@ -67,6 +67,54 @@ exports.testMount = function() {
     testMount(app);
 };
 
+/**
+* The default behavior of mount.js middleware will issue a 303 redirect if the
+* user enters a mount path which does not end with a slash on a GET request.
+* The redirect returns the browser to the same path, but with a trailing slash.
+* Not very nice for performance or style when using REST urls.
+*/
+exports.testMountRedirect = function() {
+    var response;
+
+    var app = new Application();
+    app.configure(mount);
+
+    app.mount("/", function() { return "root" });
+    app.mount("/foo", function() { return "foo" });
+    app.mount("/foo/bar", function() { return "foo/bar" });
+
+    // These URLs should return a 303 response using the default URL treatment
+    response = app({headers: {}, method: "GET", env: {}, scriptName: "", pathInfo: ""});
+    assert.strictEqual(response.status, 303);
+    assert.strictEqual(response.headers.Location, "/");
+    response = app({headers: {}, method: "GET", env: {}, scriptName: "", pathInfo: "/foo"});
+    assert.strictEqual(response.status, 303);
+    assert.strictEqual(response.headers.Location, "/foo/");
+    response = app({headers: {}, method: "GET", env: {}, scriptName: "", pathInfo: "/foo/bar"});
+    assert.strictEqual(response.status, 303);
+    assert.strictEqual(response.headers.Location, "/foo/bar/");
+};
+
+/**
+* When using the mount command, the developer can choose to use REST-style URLs
+* without a redirect and without a trailing slash on the end of the URL.
+*/
+exports.testMountNoRedirect = function() {
+    var response;
+
+    var app = new Application();
+    app.configure(mount);
+
+    app.mount("/", function() { return "root" }, true);
+    app.mount("/foo", function() { return "foo" }, true);
+    app.mount("/foo/bar", function() { return "foo/bar" }, true);
+
+    // Using REST urls, these requests should return the expected content
+    assert.equal(app({headers: {}, env: {}, method: "GET", pathInfo: ""}), "root");
+    assert.equal(app({headers: {}, env: {}, method: "GET", pathInfo: "/foo"}), "foo");
+    assert.equal(app({headers: {}, env: {}, method: "GET", pathInfo: "/foo/bar"}), "foo/bar");
+};
+
 exports.testMountSort = function() {
     var app = new Application();
     app.configure(mount);