Express Auto Helper is a CLI tool designed to help you quickly generate Express.js controllers and routes. This tool will automatically create a new controller or route file and link it to the main index.js
files in your project, making it easier to scale your Express application.
-
Controller Generation: Easily create controllers with pre-defined methods (
index
,show
,create
,update
,delete
). - Route Generation: Create routes that are linked to their respective controllers.
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Automatic Linking: The tool automatically updates the
index.js
files within thecontrollers
androutes
folders, so new controllers and routes are immediately usable.
Install the package globally,
npm i -g express-auto-helper
Once the package is installed, you can use the following commands to generate controllers and routes.
To create a new project, run:
express-auto-helper create-app <new-app>
express-auto-helper create-app new-app
To create a new controller, run:
express-auto-helper create-controller <controllerName>
This command will create a new file in the controllers
folder with the specified name, and it will automatically add an export to the index.js
in the controllers
folder.
express-auto-helper create-controller userController
This will create a file called userController.js
in the controllers
folder with the following default methods:
index
show
create
update
delete
To create a new route, run:
express-auto-helper create-route <routeName>
This command will create a new file in the routes
folder with the specified name, and it will automatically import and use the corresponding controller. It also updates the index.js
in the routes
folder for easy access.
express-auto-helper create-route user
This will create a file called user.js
in the routes
folder with pre-configured routes for:
GET /
GET /:id
POST /
PUT /:id
DELETE /:id
The tool automatically updates the main index.js
file to link all routes. To set up the main file manually, you can include the following code in index.js
:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const routes = require('./routes');
app.use(express.json());
// Link all routes
Object.keys(routes).forEach((routeName) => {
app.use('/' + routeName, routes[routeName]);
});
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('Server is running on http://localhost:3000');
});
The CLI tool will create a folder structure like this:
my-express-app/
├── controllers/
│ ├── index.js
│ └── userController.js
├── routes/
│ ├── index.js
│ └── user.js
└── index.js
No lisence **
Contributions are welcome! If you have any feature requests or find any bugs, feel free to submit an issue or create a pull request.
Enjoy building with Express Auto Helper!