fntz / spray-routing-ext   0.3

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rails like routing for spray.io. Project no longer supported

Scala versions: 2.11

project no longer supported. Use finagle/akka-http/http4s

Extension for create a Rails like routes for http://spray.io/

Api doc: doc

Example: blog

Library add a resource, match0, get0, post0, delete0, put0, root route directives.

Install

In Build.scala

"com.github.fntzr"  %% "spray-routing-ext" % "0.2.3"  // For scala 2.10
"com.github.fntzr"  %% "spray-routing-ext" % "0.3.3"  // For scala 2.11

Also you need add into you Build.scala file akka, spray-can, and spray-routing or spray-routing-shapeless2 for scala2.11. Also version 0.3.3 require shapeless 2.1.0 in scope.

Methods

Include and use

import com.github.fntzr.spray.routing.ext._

trait ApplicationRouteService extends Routable {
  def route = ....
}

Simple http methods

In package defined a get0, post0, delete0, and put0 methods for handle request by Get, Post, Delete or Put http method.

  //routes
  get0[Controller]("path") ~                                          // GET http://example.com/path 
  get0[Controller]("path-name" ~> "controllerAction") ~               // GET http://example.com/path-name
  delete0[Controller](("delete-path" / IntNumber) ~> "anotherAction") // DELETE http://example.com/delete-path/1
  
  //in controller:
  
  trait Controller {
    def path = { }
    
    def controllerAction = { ... }
                       ^^^^
                      without arguments
    
    def anotherAction(num: Int) = { ... }
                     ^^^^^^^^^^
                       IntNumber        
  }

Helper methods for routing

This is a match0, root and scope methods.

  • math0 - used for define routes for few methods together
  • root - just alias for `get0[Controller]("/" ~> "action")
  • scope - define route path with nested block, all url paths will be start with path
  match0[Controller]("path-name") ~                                   // GET example.com/path-name
  match0[Controller]("another-path" ~> "action", List(GET, DELETE) ~  // GET | DELETE example.com/another-path
  root[Controller]("action")                                          // GET example.com/
  scope("scope") {
    get0[Controller]("get")                                           // GET example.com/get
  }

Resource

In Rails framework resource it's a set routes (index, show, edit, create, update, delete, new) which operate a Model. All urls will be started with /model/. Example:

case class Model(title: String, description: String)

trait Controller {
  def index =  ...
  def show(title: String) = ...
  def edit(title: String) = ...
  def create(model: Model) = ...
  def update(title: String) = ...
  def delete(title: String) = ...
  def fresh = ... // it's a `new` path
}

//route
  
  resource[Controller, Model](Segment)
                             ^^^^^^^^^
                          define subroute, by default subroute is a IntNumber

This code generate urls:

GET    example.com/model/index  
GET    example.com/model/post-title
GET    example.com/model/post-title/edit
POST   example.com/model/
PUT    example.com/model/post-title
DELETE example.com/model/post-title
GET    example.com/model/new

In resource you might exclude unnecessary methods, or define nested block, and you might define own separator

More resources

Note: For Controller define method fresh instead of new, because in scala, new reserved keyworld.

Controllers

Controllers it's only scala traits. When spray-routing-ext generate code inherited from you Controller, and you might use in a controller predefined value - request: spray.http.HttpRequest, but you might explicitly extends BaseController, which contain one abstract method.

trait MyController extends BaseController {
  def myAction = {
    val headers = request.headers
    ...
  }
}

respondTo helper

Sometimes you need according to Accept header send request with right Content-Type

  
  def method = {
    val accept = ... // extract from request Accept header 
    
    if accept is a html
      complete ...
    else if accept is a json and request with ajax 
      complete ...
    else
      reject
  }

Now possible reduce the code

trait MyController extends BaseController with RespondToSupport {
  def method = {
    respondTo {
      case `text/html`    =>    <html><body>....</body></html>
      case `application/json` if isAjax  => """ { json: "ok" } """ 
    }
  }
}

Now, when we request content with Accept: text/html will be got a <html><body>....</body></html> response, when we request content with Accept: application/json with ajax, will be got """ { json: "ok" } """, otherwise will be got 406 Not Acceptable Response Error.

Form support

spray-routing-ext adds a postForm method:

case class Model(id: Int, title: String)

postForm[Controller, Model]("action")
postForm[Controller, Model]("post-path" ~> "anotherAction", exclude("id")

// in controller

trait Controller {
  
  def action(model: Model) = ... 
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            got a Model instance
  
  def anotherAction(map: Map[String, Any]) = ....
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   got a Map, because we excluded `id` attribute 
}

DI

Often need a pass into controllers some values (bd connection, actor path, predefined values...)

It's a simple:

trait RouteService extends Routable {
  def route(db: ActorRef, render: Render) =  { // method take a `db` connection and `renderer`
    resource[PostController, Post]
  }
}

class MyService extends Actor with RouteService {
  val db = ...
  val render = ....
  def receive = runRoute(route(db, render))
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                          pass `db` connection and `renderer`
                               
}

trait Injection {
  val db: ActorRef
  val render: Render
}

//then into PostController 

trait PostController extends BaseController with RespondToSupport with Injection {
                                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
   ....                                                                     
}

When application srart, in PostController possible use a db and render.

Usage

Define routes

import com.github.fntzr.spray-routing-ext._

trait MyRoutes extends Routable {
  val route = resource[PostController, Post] {
    pathPrefixt("foo") {
      get {
        complete{"foo"}
      }
    }
  } ~ get0[OtherController]("route") ~
  post0[Controller0](("foo" / IntNumber) ~> "action") ~
  match0[Controller0]("bar", List(GET, POST, PUT)) ~
  resource[ModelController, Model] ~
  root[PostController]("index")
}

Define controllers

trait PostController extends BaseController {
  def index = {
    complete("index")
  }
  def show(id: Int) = {
    complete(s"show:$id")
  }
  //others...
}

More info

My post about: spray-routing-ext: Extend spray-routing

License

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 fntzr [email protected]

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