I've been looking into an appropriate syntax for routing web requests. For each
route, I'll need the following information:
* URL Pattern (required) e.g.
"/"
"/:org_shortname/product_image/:style/:filename"
"/:org_shortname/products/(*id).json"
* Function to handle request (required)
* Accepted HTTP verbs (optional, defaults ot all)
* Name (optional) - used to do "reverse routing" i.e. produce a URL from
parameters
* Contraints (optional) - further refine the pattern matching e.g. type/format
of params
Here's an example from Rails:
Foo::Application.routes.draw do
match "/:org_shortname/product_image/:style/:filename" =>
'product_images#product_image',
:as => :product_image, :via => :get, :constraints => { :filename => /.jpg$/
}
# URL pattern: "/:org_shortname/product_image/:style/:filename"
# Function: ProductImagesController.product_image
# Name: :product_image
# Verbs: GET
# Contraints: filename param must end in .jpg
match '/products/(*id).json' => 'products#show', :via => :get
# URL pattern: '/products/(*id).json'
# (*id) globs everything between /products/ and .json including / chars
# Function: ProductsController.show
# Verbs: GET
end
There are many other aspects (much of which is just syntax sugar) of routing in
Rails that I'm ignoring initially.
I'm thinking of something like the following:
(routes
("/" home-page)
("/:org_shortname/product_image/:style/:filename" product-image #:verbs (get)
#:name prod-image #:when (regexp-match #rx".jpg$" filename))
("/products/(*id).json" product-show #:verbs (get)))
The first two arguments (url-pattern function) are required, so they're
positional. The optional arguments are specified with keywords.
Instead of: #:verbs (get) would it be better to have #:verbs get and
dynamically check for an atom vs. list ?
My initial goal is just for the "base" syntax. Sugar can be added later for
some cases.
Any feedback is appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian
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