Rest

The router middleware provides a routing API similar to that of Sinatra and Express.

function user(app) {
    app.get('/users/(all.:format?)?', function(req, res){
        // populates req.format
        // ex:
        //   GET /users
        //   GET /users/all
        //   GET /users/all.json
        //   GET /users/all.xml
    });

    app.get('/users/:id.:format?': function(req, res){
        // populates req.format
        // populates params.id
        // ex:
        //   GET /user/5
        //   GET /user/5.json
        //   GET /user/5.xml
    });

    app.put('/user/:id', function(req, res, params){
        // populates params.id
        // ex:
        //   PUT /user/2
    });

    app.del('/user/:id/file/*', function(req, res, params){
        // populates params.id
        // populates params.splat[0]
        // ex:
        //   PUT /user/4/file/javascripts/jquery.js
        //   PUT /user/4/file/stylecss
    });
}

function commits(app) {
    // RegExps too!
    app.get(/\/commit\/(\w+)\.\.(\w+)\/?/i, function(req, res, params){
        // populates params.splat[0] with first capture group
        // populates params.splat[1] with second capture group
        // ex:
        //   GET /commit/kj4k..d3sdf
    });
}

connect.createServer(
    connect.router(user),
    connect.router(commits),
);

Those of you looking for PUT and DELETE support may want to take a look at the methodOverride middleware.

See Also

• methodOverride