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Routing
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.. sectionauthor:: Bernhard Posselt <dev@bernhard-posselt.com>
Routes map a URL and a method to a controller method. Routes are defined inside :file:`appinfo/routes.php` by returning them as an array:
.. code-block:: php
<?php
return [
'routes' => [
['name' => 'page#index', 'url' => '/', 'verb' => 'GET'],
],
];
.. versionadded:: 29
You can also use attributes on the Controller method to define routes.
They support all the same parameters (except for ``name`` which is not needed).
``FrontpageRoute`` has to be used for routes that were in the ``routes`` section and ``ApiRoute`` has to be used for routes that were in the ``ocs`` section.
.. code-block:: php
#[FrontpageRoute(verb: 'GET', url: '/')]
#[ApiRoute(verb: 'GET', url: '/')]
The route array contains the following parts:
* **url**: The URL that is matched after */index.php/apps/myapp*
* **name**: The controller and the method to call; *page#index* is being mapped to *PageController->index()*, *articles_api#drop_latest* would be mapped to *ArticlesApiController->dropLatest()*. The controller in the example above would be stored in :file:`lib/Controller/PageController.php`. This parameter is not needed for the attributes.
* **verb** (Optional, defaults to GET): The HTTP method that should be matched, (e.g. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, PATCH)
* **requirements** (Optional): lets you match and extract URLs that have slashes in them (see :ref:`matching-suburls`)
* **postfix** (Optional): lets you define a route id postfix. Since each route name will be transformed to a route id (**page#method** -> **myapp.page.method**) and the route id can only exist once you can use the postfix option to alter the route id creation by adding a string to the route id, e.g., **'name' => 'page#method', 'postfix' => 'test'** will yield the route id **myapp.page.methodtest**. This makes it possible to add more than one route/URL for a controller method
* **defaults** (Optional): If this setting is given, a default value will be assumed for each URL parameter which is not present. The default values are passed in as a key => value pair array
Extracting values from the URL
------------------------------
It is possible to extract values from the URL to allow RESTful URL design. To extract a value, you have to wrap it inside curly braces:
.. code-block:: php
<?php
// Request: GET /index.php/apps/myapp/authors/3
// appinfo/routes.php
['name' => 'author#show', 'url' => '/authors/{id}', 'verb' => 'GET'],
// controller/authorcontroller.php
class AuthorController {
public function show(string $id): Response {
// $id is '3'
}
}
The identifier used inside the route is being passed into controller method by reflecting the method parameters. So basically if you want to get the value **{id}** in your method, you need to add **$id** to your method parameters.
.. _matching-suburls:
Matching subURLs
----------------
Sometimes it is needed to match more than one URL fragment. An example would be to match a request for all URLs that start with **OPTIONS /index.php/apps/myapp/api**. To do this, use the **requirements** parameter in your route which is an array containing pairs of **'key' => 'regex'**:
.. code-block:: php
<?php
// Request: OPTIONS /index.php/apps/myapp/api/my/route
// appinfo/routes.php
array('name' => 'author_api#cors', 'url' => '/api/{path}', 'verb' => 'OPTIONS',
'requirements' => array('path' => '.+')),
// controller/authorapicontroller.php
class AuthorApiController {
public function cors(string $path): Response {
// $path will be 'my/route'
}
}
Default values for subURL
-------------------------
Apart from matching requirements, a subURL may also have a default value. Say you want to support pagination (a 'page' parameter) for your **/posts** subURL that displays posts entries list. You may set a default value for the 'page' parameter, that will be used if not already set in the URL. Use the **defaults** parameter in your route which is an array containing pairs of **'urlparameter' => 'defaultvalue'**:
.. code-block:: php
<?php
// Request: GET /index.php/app/myapp/post
// appinfo/routes.php
array(
'name' => 'post#index',
'url' => '/post/{page}',
'verb' => 'GET',
'defaults' => array('page' => 1) // this allows same URL as /index.php/myapp/post/1
),
// controller/postcontroller.php
class PostController {
public function index(int $page = 1): Response {
// $page will be 1
}
}
Registering resources
---------------------
When dealing with resources, writing routes can become quite repetitive since most of the time routes for the following tasks are needed:
* Get all entries
* Get one entry by id
* Create an entry
* Update an entry
* Delete an entry
To prevent repetition, it's possible to define resources. The following routes:
.. code-block:: php
<?php
return [
'routes' => [
['name' => 'author#index', 'url' => '/authors', 'verb' => 'GET'],
['name' => 'author#show', 'url' => '/authors/{id}', 'verb' => 'GET'],
['name' => 'author#create', 'url' => '/authors', 'verb' => 'POST'],
['name' => 'author#update', 'url' => '/authors/{id}', 'verb' => 'PUT'],
['name' => 'author#destroy', 'url' => '/authors/{id}', 'verb' => 'DELETE'],
// your other routes here
],
];
can be abbreviated by using the **resources** key:
.. code-block:: php
<?php
return [
'resources' => [
'author' => ['url' => '/authors'],
],
'routes' => [
// your other routes here
],
];
Using the URLGenerator
----------------------
Sometimes it is useful to turn a route into a URL to make the code independent from the URL design or to generate a URL for an image in **img/**. Inside the PageController the URL generator can be injected by adding it to the constructor, which will allow to use it to generate a URL for a redirect. For more details on that see the :ref:`dependency-injection` reference.
.. code-block:: php
<?php
namespace OCA\MyApp\Controller;
use \OCP\IRequest;
use \OCP\IURLGenerator;
use \OCP\AppFramework\Controller;
use \OCP\AppFramework\Http\RedirectResponse;
class PageController extends Controller {
private $urlGenerator;
public function __construct(string $appName, IRequest $request,
IURLGenerator $urlGenerator) {
parent::__construct($appName, $request);
$this->urlGenerator = $urlGenerator;
}
/**
* Redirects to /apps/news/myapp/authors/3
*/
public function redirect(): RedirectResponse {
// route name: author_api#do_something
// route url: /apps/news/myapp/authors/{id}
// # needs to be replaced with a . due to limitations and prefixed
// with your app id
$route = 'myapp.author_api.do_something';
$parameters = ['id' => 3];
$url = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRoute($route, $parameters);
return new RedirectResponse($url);
}
}
URLGenerator is case sensitive, so **appName** must match **exactly** the name you use in :doc:`configuration <../basics/storage/configuration>`.
If you use a CamelCase name as *myCamelCaseApp*,
.. code-block:: php
<?php
$route = 'myCamelCaseApp.author_api.do_something';