Auto configure routes using a file name pattern

Author: vilasmaciel

package-lock.json

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "@types/convict": "^4.2.1",
     "@types/errorhandler": "0.0.32",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.1",
+    "@types/glob": "^7.1.1",
     "@types/helmet": "0.0.44",
     "@types/node": "~11.13.0",
     "@types/uuid": "^3.4.5",
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
     "copy": "^0.3.2",
     "errorhandler": "^1.5.1",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "glob": "^7.1.6",
     "helmet": "^3.21.1",
     "http-status": "^1.3.2",
     "mandrill-api": "^1.0.45",

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Express } from 'express';
 import container from '../config/dependency-injection';
 import CreateCourseController from '../controllers/CreateCourseController';
 
-export const createUserRoute = (app: Express) => {
+export const register = (app: Express) => {
   const controller: CreateCourseController = container.get('Apps.mooc.controllers.CreateCourseController');
-  app.put('/courses/:id', (req, res) => controller.create(req, res));
+  app.put('/courses/:id', controller.create.bind(controller));
 };

src/apps/mooc_backend/routes/create-course.route.ts renamed to src/apps/mooc_backend/routes/courses.route.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { Express } from 'express';
-import { statusRoute } from './status.route';
-import { createUserRoute } from './create-course.route';
+import glob from 'glob';
 
 export function registerRoutes(app: Express) {
-  statusRoute(app);
-  createUserRoute(app);
+  const routes = glob.sync(__dirname + '/**/*.route.*');
+  routes.map(route => register(route, app));
+}
+
+function register(routePath: string, app: Express) {
+    const route = require(routePath);
+    route.register(app);
 }

src/apps/mooc_backend/routes/index.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Express } from 'express';
 import container from '../config/dependency-injection';
 import StatusController from '../controllers/StatusController';
 
-export const statusRoute = (app: Express) => {
+export const register = (app: Express) => {
   const controller: StatusController = container.get('Apps.mooc.controllers.StatusController');
-  app.get('/status', (req, res) => controller.create(req, res));
+  app.get('/status', controller.create.bind(controller));
 };