Rea is a project mainly written in JavaScript, based on the MIT license.
Rea is a fancy wrapper over connect.router
Rea is a fancy wrapper over connect.router
npm install rea// require rea
var Rea = require('rea')
// initialize a rea instance
var rea = Rea()
// rea is a recursive function that returns itself
rea
// simple syntax
('/', function(req, res) {
res.writeHead(200)
res.end('Hello, world!')
})
// also accepts an object, matching methods to http methods
// useful for RESTful applications
('/foo')
({
get: function(req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' })
res.end([
'<html><body>'
, 'GET /foo'
, '<form method="post" action="">'
, '<input type="submit">'
, '</form>'
, '</html></body>'
].join(''))
}
, post: function(req, res) {
res.writeHead(200)
res.end('POST /foo')
}
// also accepts an array so you can have middleware
, put: [
function(req, res, next) {
console.log('I am a middleware only for this route and method!')
}
, function(req, res) {
res.writeHead(200)
res.end('PUT /foo')
}
]
})
('/bar')
(function(req, res, next) {
console.log('I am a middleware only for this route!')
next()
})
(function(req, res) {
res.end('GET /bar')
})
() // done with the routes, returns rea.router
// use in our server
require('connect').createServer(rea.router).listen(8080, 'localhost')
See the examples for more fancy stuff Rea can do
Have fun!