@mahjongg/mern-mvc/logic/routeBuilder.js

A CLI that will build a MERN stack application using create-react-app

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const buildRoute = (name, options) => {
    //options:
    //  notFunctionBased: -f, --no-function
    //      boolean that decides if the route should be function based or a standard export
    //  noPassport: -p --no-passport
    //      boolean that decides if passport should be included in the route
    //  routes: -r --routes
    //      list of routes to include in the file (default to GET?)
    let routeString = "";
    if (!options.notFunctionBased) {
        routeString += `module.exports = function(${!options.noPassport ? 'passport' : '' }) {\n`;
    }
    routeString += `${!options.notFunctionBased ? "\t" : ''}const router = require('express').Router();\n\n`;
    if(options.routes) {
        options.routes.forEach((item)=>{
        routeString += `${!options.notFunctionBased ? "\t" : ''}router.get("/${item}",function(req,res){

${!options.notFunctionBased ? "\t" : ''}});\n\n`;
        });
    }

    if (!options.notFunctionBased) {
        routeString += `    return router;\n};`;
    } else {
        routeString += `modules.exports = router;`
    }
    routeString += "\n";

    fs.mkdir(path.join(process.cwd(), name), err => {
        if (err && err.code === "EEXISTS") {
            console.log("A folder with that name already exists!");
            return false;
        } else {
            fs.writeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), name, "index.js"), routeString, function(){
                console.log("done");
            });
        }
    });
};


module.exports = {
    buildRoute
};