Phoenix Routes - Javascript

Phoenix Routes is a powerful JavaScript library that allows you to generate URLs for Phoenix routes in a simple and efficient way. With Phoenix Routes, you can define your routes in Phoenix and use them seamlessly in your JavaScript code.

Installation

To start using Phoenix Routes in your project, you can install it using npm or yarn. Open a terminal in your project's directory and run the following command:

npm install phoenix_routes --save

or

yarn add phoenix_routes

Usage

To use Phoenix Routes, you need to generate a file with your Phoenix routes. To do this, create a file at web/static/js/routes.js with the following contents:

import { Socket } from "phoenix";

const csrfToken = document
  .querySelector("meta[name='csrf-token']")
  .getAttribute("content");

let socket = new Socket("/socket", {
  params: { authenticity_token: csrfToken }
});

socket.connect();

const routes = require("../../../../priv/static/phoenix_routes.json");
export default routes;

This will generate a file with your Phoenix routes that can be imported into your JavaScript code. You can then use Phoenix Routes to generate URLs for your routes:

import routes from "./routes";

const url = routes.user_path({id: 1});
console.log(url); // "/users/1"

Features

Phoenix Routes has many features that make it a versatile and useful library for generating URLs for Phoenix routes. Some examples of its capabilities are:

• Generation of URLs for nested resources: Phoenix Routes can generate URLs for nested resources in your Phoenix application. For example, if you have a User resource with a nested Post resource, you can generate URLs for the Post resource like this: routes.user_post_path({user_id: 1, id: 2}).

• Support for query parameters: Phoenix Routes allows you to add query parameters to your generated URLs. For example, to generate a URL with a query parameter search=foo, you can call routes.search_path({query: "foo"}).

• Intelligent handling of optional parameters: Phoenix Routes handles optional parameters intelligently, allowing you to generate URLs with or without optional parameters. For example, if you have an optional page parameter in your route, you can generate a URL with the page parameter like this: routes.posts_path({page: 2}), or without the page parameter like this: routes.posts_path().

• Type-safe URL generation: Phoenix Routes is type-safe, which means that you get compile-time errors if you try to generate a URL with the wrong number or type of parameters. This helps catch errors early in the development process and makes your code more robust.

Conclusion

Phoenix Routes is a powerful and versatile library for generating URLs for Phoenix routes in your JavaScript application. With its many features and ease of use, it's a must-have tool for any Phoenix developer who wants to make their code more efficient and robust.