XpresserJs Frontend Helpers

Create a javascript file of all named routes that can be imported and bundled by webpack.

Problem

When working with lots of routes, Sometimes you find it difficult to remember the url of your routes And the glorious xpresser $.helpers.route() helper function that converts names to urls can't be accessed in Frontend.

For Example, we have a route like this Backend

$.router.get('/user/:userId/uploads/:fileId/') // /user/164/song/733

In our Frontend

axios.get(`/user/${userId}/uploads/${fileId}`)

Remembering urls, required/un-required route named parameters when you have over 500 routes will be difficult.

Solution

AUTOGENERATED routes file that can be imported into your Frontend. This plugin reads your routes then generates a file that can be configured to use any Http Library you are using. This file includes all your routes as a Library.

For example using the same example above, But we have to add a name to identify the route.

router.get('/user/:userId/uploads/:fileId/', http => {
  return {file: 'image.png'}
}).name('uploaded_file') // /user/164/song/733

In your frontend

import req from "./auto-generated-file";

await req.get.uploaded_file([userId, fileId]); // returns {"file": "image.png"}

More Examples

Backend

router.get('/users', 'UserController@users').name('users');
router.post('/users', 'UserController@create').name('user.create');

router.get('/user/:userId', 'UserController@user').name('user');
router.patch('/user/:userId', 'UserController@update').name('user.update');
router.delete('/user/:userId', 'UserController@delete').name('user.delete');

router.get('/songs/:genre/:year?/:month?/:day?').name('songs');

Frontend.

import req from "./auto-generated-file";

await req.get.users({page: 2}) // GET: /user?page=2
await req.post.users({
  id: 35, name: "John Doe", email: "newuser@app.me", password: "password"
}) // POST: /users with body

await req.get.user(35) // GET: /user/35
await req.patch.user(35, {
  password: "newPassword"
}) // PATCH: /user/35
await req.delete.user(35) // DELETE: /user/35

await req.get.songs(["hip-hop", 2020, 4, 15]) // GET: /songs/hip-hop/2020/4/15

What you get.

• Autocomplete for faster development.
• It will never make a Http Verb mistake like send get instead of post.
• Easily supports any http library.

This came like an idea to me, so I decided to bring it to life.

Note: this is still experimental, I have lots of work on my table. So I won't be paying attention to it for now... I will be updating my local version during my day-to-day use then someday I will update this.

For now, it only generates the file. you have to configure it to work like the Examples above. 🤦‍♂️

You can run the test file included.