express-route-boilerplate

Boilerplate code for an Express application which allows to write express routes/middlware easily and faster.

How to add

Install express-route-bootstrap

npm i express-route-boilerplate

Add to your application

const initExpress = require('express-route-boilerplate');

How to use

Define the routes in your application as modules in js files. FileName will be a route in the application.

// v1.js

const express = require('express');
const routes = express.Router();

router.get('/', (req, res) => { ... }); //  GET /v1/
router.post('/', (req, res) => { ... }); // POST /v1/
router.get('/version', (req, res) => { ... }); // GET /v1/version/

module.exports = routes;

//root.js 

const express = require('express');
const routes = express.Router();

router.get('/', (req, res) => { ... });

module.exports = routes'

...

Define application level middlwares

// logger.js

const logger = (req, res, next) => {
  // Logging
  next();
}

module.exports = { logger };

// auth.js

const auth = (req, res, next) => { ... }

const validate = (req, res, next) => { ... }

module.exports = { auth, validate };

Place the routes and middleware in separate directories (example given below)

.
├── routes
│   ├── root.js
│   ├── v1.js
├── middleware
│   ├── logger.js
│   ├── auth.js
├── index.js
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.
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In the entrypoint file, invoke the module

// index.js 

const initExpress = require('express-route-boilerplate'); // Import

....


initExpress({ pathToRoutes: './routes/', pathToMiddleware: './middleware/',
    port: 5000, listenCallback: () => {console.log('app started')}}); // Invoke

API Reference

Method invocation

initExpress({ pathToRoutes, pathToMiddleware, rootRouteName, port, listenCallback });

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required (default)	Usage	Example
pathToRoutes	string	yes (N/A)	Relative path from root of the application to routes directory	./routes/
pathToMiddleware	string	no (N/A)	Relative path from root of the application to middlware directory	./middlware/
rootRouteName	string	no (root)	Routes define in this file will become root (/) level routes without fileName prefix	root
port	number	no (3000)	Port the application should run in	5000
listenCallback	function	no	Callback to be passed to express().listen	() => { console.log('App started');

IMPORTANT

Make sure pathToRoutes and pathToMiddleware has ending / charater as given in example above.