visionmedia/express-resource

$ npm install express-resource

exports.index = function(req, res){
  res.send('forum index');
};

exports.new = function(req, res){
  res.send('new forum');
};

exports.create = function(req, res){
  res.send('create forum');
};

exports.show = function(req, res){
  res.send('show forum ' + req.params.forum);
};

exports.edit = function(req, res){
  res.send('edit forum ' + req.params.forum);
};

exports.update = function(req, res){
  res.send('update forum ' + req.params.forum);
};

exports.destroy = function(req, res){
  res.send('destroy forum ' + req.params.forum);
};

var express = require('express')
  , Resource = require('express-resource')
  , app = express();

app.resource('forums', require('./forum'));

GET     /forums              ->  index
GET     /forums/new          ->  new
POST    /forums              ->  create
GET     /forums/:forum       ->  show
GET     /forums/:forum/edit  ->  edit
PUT     /forums/:forum       ->  update
DELETE  /forums/:forum       ->  destroy

app.resource(require('./forum'));

GET     /                 ->  index
GET     /new              ->  new
POST    /                 ->  create
GET     /:id              ->  show
GET     /:id/edit         ->  edit
PUT     /:id              ->  update
DELETE  /:id              ->  destroy

  User.load = function(id, fn) {
    fn(null, users[id]);
  };

  // or
  
  User.load = function(req, id, fn) {
    fn(null, users[id]);
  };

  app.resource('users', { show: ..., load: User.load });
  

 app.resource('users', require('./user'), { load: User.load });

 var user = app.resource('users', require('./user'));
 user.load(User.load);

  var forums = app.resource('forums', require('resources/forums'), { load: Forum.get });
  var threads = app.resource('threads', require('resources/threads'), { load: Thread.get });

  forums.add(threads);

  var pets = ['tobi', 'jane', 'loki'];

  exports.index = function(req, res){
    switch (req.format) {
      case 'json':
        res.send(pets);
        break;
      case 'xml':
        res.send('<pets>' + pets.map(function(pet){
          return '<pet>' + pet + '</pet>';
        }).join('') + '</pets>');
        break;
      default:
        res.send(406);
    }
  };

 exports.index = {
   json: function(req, res){
     res.send(pets);
   },

   xml: function(req, res){
     res.send('<pets>' + pets.map(function(pet){
       return '<pet>' + pet + '</pet>';
     }).join('') + '</pets>');
   }
 };

 exports.default = function(req, res){
   res.send('Unsupported format "' + req.format + '"', 406);
 };

 app.resource('users', actions, { format: 'json' });

$ git submodule update --init

$ make test

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Copyright (c) 2010-2012 TJ Holowaychuk <[email protected]>
Copyright (c) 2011 Daniel Gasienica <[email protected]>

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