├── .gitignore
├── README.md
├── package.json
└── server.js


/.gitignore:
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 2 | logs
 3 | *.log
 4 | 
 5 | # Runtime data
 6 | pids
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 8 | *.seed
 9 | 
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12 | 
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15 | 
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17 | .grunt
18 | 
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20 | build/Release
21 | 
22 | # Dependency directory
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25 | node_modules
26 | 


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/README.md:
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1 | express-router-experiments
2 | ==========================
3 | 
4 | Experiments with Express 4.0's Router
5 | 


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/package.json:
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1 | {
2 | 	"name": "express-router-experiments",
3 | 	"main": "server.js",
4 | 	"dependencies": {
5 | 		"express": "~4.0.0"
6 | 	}
7 | }


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/server.js:
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 1 | // server.js
 2 | 
 3 | // BASE SETUP
 4 | // ==============================================
 5 | 
 6 | var express = require('express');
 7 | var app     = express();
 8 | var port    = 	process.env.PORT || 8080;
 9 | 
10 | // ROUTES
11 | // ==============================================
12 | 
13 | // sample route with a route the way we're used to seeing it
14 | app.get('/sample', function(req, res) {
15 | 	res.send('this is a sample!');	
16 | });
17 | 
18 | // we'll create our routes here
19 | 
20 | // get an instance of router
21 | var router = express.Router();
22 | 
23 | // route middleware that will happen on every request
24 | router.use(function(req, res, next) {
25 | 
26 | 	// log each request to the console
27 | 	console.log(req.method, req.url);
28 | 
29 | 	// continue doing what we were doing and go to the route
30 | 	next();	
31 | });
32 | 
33 | // home page route (http://localhost:8080)
34 | router.get('/', function(req, res) {
35 | 	res.send('im the home page!');	
36 | });
37 | 
38 | // about page route (http://localhost:8080/about)
39 | router.get('/about', function(req, res) {
40 | 	res.send('im the about page!');	
41 | });
42 | 
43 | // route middleware to validate :name
44 | router.param('name', function(req, res, next, name) {
45 | 	// do validation on name here
46 | 	// blah blah validation
47 | 	// log something so we know its working
48 | 	console.log('doing name validations on ' + name);
49 | 
50 | 	// once validation is done save the new item in the req
51 | 	req.name = name;
52 | 	// go to the next thing
53 | 	next();	
54 | });
55 | 
56 | // route with parameters (http://localhost:8080/hello/:name)
57 | router.get('/hello/:name', function(req, res) {
58 | 	res.send('hello ' + req.name + '!');
59 | });
60 | 
61 | // apply the routes to our application
62 | app.use('/', router);
63 | 
64 | // login routes
65 | app.route('/login')
66 | 
67 | 	// show the form (GET http://localhost:8080/login)
68 | 	.get(function(req, res) {
69 | 		res.send('this is the login form');
70 | 	})
71 | 
72 | 	// process the form (POST http://localhost:8080/login)
73 | 	.post(function(req, res) {
74 | 		console.log('processing');
75 | 		res.send('processing the login form!');
76 | 	});
77 | 
78 | // START THE SERVER
79 | // ==============================================
80 | app.listen(port);
81 | console.log('Magic happens on port ' + port);
82 | 


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