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Copperhead
Copperhead is a connect compatible router middleware that supports content negotiation.
Installation
npm install copperhead
Usage
The router object has a method for each HTTP method. Each method needs at least
a handler function that gets req und res as parameters. If the function
returns nothing, the next middleware will be used. If the function returns a
string or object it will be used as response with an appropriate content type.
Optionally a method takes a path and a content type. The path variables are
exposed to the this object of the handler.
router.method [path], [content type], (req, res) ->
So for example if we want to use the GET method at the path /users/:name
for the content type text/html we would do
router.get '/users/:name', 'text/html', (req, res) ->
'Hello user '+@name+'!'
A more complete example
connect = require 'connect'
router = require 'copperhead'
app = connect()
app.use connect.logger 'dev'
app.use router
router.get '/foo', ->
'bar!'
router.get ->
'Hello World!'
router.get 'application/json', ->
hello: "World!"
router.get 'text/html', ->
'<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Hello World!</title></head><body></body>Hello!</html>'
app.listen 3000
Available Methods
HTTP 1.1
get, post, put, delete, options, patch
WebDAV
connect, trace, copy, lock, mkcol, move, propfind, proppatch, unlock, report, mkactivity, checkout, merge
Custom
Use router.route to create a custom route.
route takes the arguments
- method
- path
- mimetype
- middleware
app = connect()
app.use connect.logger 'dev'
app.use router
router.route 'custom', '/', '*/*', ->
"I'm custom!"
app.listen 3000