Convert URL file extensions to an accept header
npm install express-extension-to-acceptConvert URL file extensions to an accept header so you can defer file extension logic from your router to content negotiation.
For example, instead of supporting /thing.html and /thing.json,
you can just handle /thing.
This also improves caching most CDNs ignore Vary: Accept.
formats is an array of extensions to support.
``js
var app = require('express')()
app.use(require('express-extension-to-accept')[
'html',
'htm',
'json'
])
app.get('/:id', function (req, res, next) {
get(req.params.id, function (req, thing) {
res.format({
html: function () {
res.locals.thing = thing
res.render('layout')
},
json: function () {
res.send(thing)
}
})
})
})
``
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2013 Jonathan Ong me@jongleberry.com
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.