@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias is a routing utility allowing to map a path to a value

@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias stands for "Shit In Shit Out". It allows to build routers without embedding a framework and falling into the gorilla banana problem ;).

It also match the French "ciseau" word pronunciation which means "chisel".

The parameters definition somewhat matches the Swagger one so that you will be able to use Siso with your swagger definition easily.

The @npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias concept is pretty simple. You associate paths patterns to values, then you pass a path in and get values and parameters out. And that's it, fair enough ;).

@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias does not decide which separator is used for your paths so that you can use it for any routing concern.

import { Siso } from @npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias;

const @npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias = new Siso();

// Associate the '/v1/users' path to the 'user.list' value
@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias.register([
  'v1',
  'users',
], 'user.list');

// Associate the '/v1/users/:id' path to the 'user.detail' value
@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias.register([
  'v1',
  'users',
  {
    name: 'id',
    type: 'number',
    pattern: /^[0-9]+$/,
  },
], 'user.detail');

// Find a value for /v1/users/12
@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias.find(['v1', 'users', '12']);
// Returns: ['user.detail', {id: 12}]

Note that you can provide any value for a given path. It may be a function, an array, an object or a string depending of your needs.

Despite its simplicity, @npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias is very opinionated since it won't allow you to define several values for the same path pattern and will throw if such situation happens.

It is very different from the kind of routing systems you probably used before. Frameworks like Express would allow registering several middlewares for the same path, for instance.

My opinion is that it is a bad thing. Every route should have a single handler and higher order functions should be used instead. That way, you have the overhaul workflow of each route in their own controllers. No magic, no need to guess what happens before/after the route handler. Read my blog post on this concern.

@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias is just a building block, if you need a higher level way to deal with routers see swagger-http-router.

Siso

Kind: global class

• Siso
  • new Siso()
  • .register(pathPatternNodes, value) ⇒ void
  • .find(pathNodes) ⇒ void

Create a new Siso instance

Returns: Siso - The Siso instance
Example

import { Siso } from '@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias';

const @npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias = new Siso();

Register a value for a pattern path

Kind: instance method of Siso

Example

import { Siso } from '@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias';

const @npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias = new Siso();

// Path pattern nodes may be simple strings
@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias.register(['v1', 'users'], 'user.list');

// Or parameters with a name and its corresponding node pattern
@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias.register([
  'v1',
  'users',
  { name: 'id', pattern: /[a-f0-9]{24}/, type: 'string' },
], 'user.details');

Find the value for the given path

Kind: instance method of Siso

Example

import { Siso } from '@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias';

const @npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias = new Siso();

@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias.register([
  'v1',
  'users',
  { name: 'userId', pattern: /[a-f0-9]{24}/, type: 'string' },
], 'anotherValue');

@npmshivamkalsi/aliquam-necessitatibus-voluptates-alias.find(['v1', 'users', 'abbacacaabbacacaabbacaca']);
// ['anotherValue', { userId: 'abbacacaabbacacaabbacaca' }]

• Nicolas Froidure

MIT