Geek Answers Handbook

Connect and Express utils

I am new to the world of Node.js

According to this topic: What is Node.js' Connect, Express and "middleware"?
I found out Connect was part of Express

I dug up the code a bit and I found two very interesting files:

./myProject/node_modules/express/lib/utils.js

and better:

./myProject/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/utils.js

These two files are full of useful functions, and I was wondering how to call them correctly.

So far in ./myProject/app.jswhat I am doing:

var express = require('express')
  , resource = require('express-resource')
  , mongoose = require('mongoose')
  , expresstUtils =
      require('./node_modules/express/lib/utils.js');
  , connectUtils =
      require('./node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/utils.js');

But I found it a little awkward, but what about the files of others?

for example, here is one of my routes:

myResources = app.resource(
                'myresources',
                require('./routes/myresources.js'));

and here is the content myresources.js:

exports.index = function(req, res)
{
  res.render('./myresources.jade', { title: 'My Resources' });
};

exports.show = function(req, res)
{
  fonction resourceIsWellFormatted(param)
  {
    // Here is some code to determine whether the resource requested
    // match with the required format or not
    // return true if the format is ok
    // return false if not
  }

  if (resourceIsWellFormatted(req.params['myresources']))
  {
    // render the resource
  }
  else
  {
    res.send(400); // HEY! what about the nice Connect.badRequest in its utils.js?
  }
};

As you can see in the comment after res.send(400), I ask myself if it is possible to use the function badRequestthat is in utils.jsthe Connect module file .

md5 ?

myresources.js, ?:

var connectUtils =
      require('../node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/utils.js');

, ( app.js)?

!

+5
2

, , - (, node_modules):

require("express/node_modules/connect/lib/utils");

node , node 0.8.2

:

, , (./../), .

i "node_modules" ( "custom_modules" ) :

require("custom_modules/mymodule/something")
+2

connect , connect express. var utils = require('connect').utils.

+2

More articles:


All Articles