Future

[Anachron]

Hi there, is this project still maintained? I kinda like it and I would like to know if you are still working on it.

[alancnet]

Thanks, Anachron! Yes, this project is still maintained. Would you like to contribute? Does it need something?

[Anachron]

Yes, I would like to have something like rest.all for easy manipulation:

rest.all('/api/food', function(req, rest, action, url) {
  // action is based on HTTP header, get/put/post/delete
  switch( action ){
    case 'index': // /api/food
      rest.ok(records);
      break;

    case 'view': // /api/food/:id
      var record = records[req.params.id];
      if (record) rest.ok(record);
      else rest.notFound();
      break;

    case 'create': // /api/food
      records[req.params.id] = req.body;
      return rest.accepted(url + encodeURI(req.params.id));

    case 'update': // api/food/:id
      records.push(req.body);
      rest.created(url + (records.length - 1));
      break;

    case 'delete': // /api/food/:id
      delete records[req.params.id];
      rest.gone();
      break;
  }
});

Does it make sense? For me, this is more readable. Also I would only have to send the basic URL, the rest the application will handle.

[alancnet]

So in your sample, you route /api/food to the handler, but it wouldn't account for /api/food/5. You'll need to split them up. Also your actions aren't restful... They should be HTTP verbs. So how about this syntax?

rest.all('/api/food', function(req, rest) {
  switch( req.method ){
    case 'get': // /api/food
      rest.ok(records);
      break;

    case 'post': // /api/food
      records[req.params.id] = req.body;
      return rest.accepted(req.url + encodeURI(req.params.id));

    default:
      rest.notImplemented();
      break;
  }
});
rest.all('/api/food/:id', function(req, rest) {
  switch( req.method ){
    case 'get':
      var record = records[req.params.id];
      if (record) rest.ok(record);
      else rest.notFound();
      break;

    case 'put':
      records.push(req.body);
      rest.created(req.url + (records.length - 1));
      break;

    case 'delete':
      delete records[req.params.id];
      rest.gone();
      break;

    default:
      rest.notImplemented();
      break;
  }
});

[alancnet]

Actually you can have an optional parameter, so you could handle everything in a single handler

rest.all('/api/food/:id?', function(req, rest) {
  switch( req.method ){
    case 'get': // /api/food
      if (req.params.id) {
        var record = records[req.params.id];
        if (record) rest.ok(record);
        else rest.notFound();
      } else {
        rest.ok(records);
      }
      break;

    case 'post': // /api/food
      records[req.params.id] = req.body;
      return rest.accepted(req.url + encodeURI(req.params.id));

    case 'put':
      records.push(req.body);
      rest.created(req.url + (records.length - 1));
      break;

    case 'delete':
      delete records[req.params.id];
      rest.gone();
      break;

    default:
      rest.notImplemented();
      break;
  }
});