Core: Adonis how to have dynamic controller and action on routes?

[thetutlage]

This is a recipe not an issue.

const Route = use('Route')
const Helpers = use('Helpers')
const Ioc = require('adonis-fold').Ioc

Route.any('/:controller/:action', function * (request, response) {
  const controller = request.param('controller')
  const action = request.param('action')
  const controllerPath = `${Helpers.appNameSpace()}/Http/Controllers`
  const controllerInstance = Ioc.makeFunc(`${controllerPath}/${controller}.${action}`)
  yield controllerInstance.instance[controllerInstance.method](request, response)
})

[tinkone]

This makes infinite sense, convention over configuration. +1 more recipes.

[levrik]

@thetutlage Can you put suchlike recipes on a page in the documentation? I think something like that could also be community-driven :wink:

[ghost]

I'm curious, why would I want to use or implement this?

[devdebonair]

@vkeusebio If I'm not mistaken, this code eliminates the need to manually define routes. Everything would automatically be hooked to controller methods.

[allanfreitas]

@devdebonair @vkeusebio Yes, It's will try to match every url to "controller/action" automatically

[allanfreitas]

This example code below is working on AdonisJS 3.0.*

const Route = use('Route')
const Helpers = use('Helpers')
const Ioc = require('adonis-fold').Ioc
Route.on('/').render('welcome')
Route.get('/post-index', 'PostController.index')
Route.any('/:controller/:action', function * (request, response) {
  const controller = request.param('controller')
  const action = request.param('action')
  const controllerPath = `${Helpers.appNameSpace()}/Http/Controllers`
  const controllerInstance = Ioc.makeFunc(`${controllerPath}/${controller}Controller.${action}`)
  yield controllerInstance.instance[controllerInstance.method](request, response)
})

If you want any other custom route, you have to add it before like in the code above.

And I've have to change
const controllerInstance = Ioc.makeFunc(${controllerPath}/${controller}.${action})
to
const controllerInstance = Ioc.makeFunc(${controllerPath}/${controller}Controller.${action})

Note: Needs the Controller keyword to event/index work instead of eventcontroller/index

[jamesAtcodeninja]

How would this work for routes such as Routes.get('/users', 'UserController.index') and Routes.post('/users', 'UserController.create') ?

[RomainLanz]

Hey @jamesAtcodeninja 👋

If you use this code the route will be /users/index & /users/create.

[asantamarian]

In case anyone is wondering here's how to do it in version 4

Route.any('/:module/:controller/:action',  ({view ,request, response,params}) => {

    const module = params.module

    const controller = params.controller

    const action = params.action


    const controllerPath = `App/Controllers/Http/${module}`

    const url = `${controllerPath}/${controller}.${action}`

    const controllerInstance = ioc.makeFunc(url)

    return controllerInstance.method.apply(controllerInstance.instance,[{view,request,response}])

  })

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