Custom api router?

[Michael Joseph Aubry]

I want to build my own api, I have a custom composer and a custom post type that consists of only an image and title, it acts as a feed.

Inside my theme I want to build a custom api router, for now I have figured out how to add data to the database, but I am limited in the router.

var theme = {};
var db = module.parent.require('./database');
var Categories = module.parent.require("./categories");

theme.init = function(params, callback) {
	var app = params.app;
	var router = params.router;

	app.get('/api/test/:id', function(res, req, next) {
		console.log(req.params);
		res.json(req)
		// db.set('test', req.params.id, function() {
		// 	res.json({working:true});
		// });
	});

	callback(null);
};

The app in this case is not the typical express app, it doesn't seem. So I see in the nodebb-custom-pages plugin bunny parses the url, which is ok I guess, but I am still limited it seems I can only res.render() I cant use methods like res.json().

Any advice?

[Michael Joseph Aubry]

@Michael-Joseph-Aubry I found to get the is I can use req.req.params, now I am going to figure out how to do res.json

[Michael Joseph Aubry]

Figured it out res.res.json({"test": true})

Edit:

@psychobunny why dont you do req.req.params.id inside your custom pages plugin instead of parsing the url?

[yariplus]

Looks like you just have the parameters reversed, it should be function(req, res, next)

res.json should work fine after you fix that part.

[Michael Joseph Aubry]

Oh damn lol I messed that up. Ok cool thanks!

[julian]

Also, you'll want to add new routes to params.router, which is a special router just for plugins, and doesn't interfere with existing routes