Route Grouping

Instead of adding multiple Routes all with the same path, middleware, authentication and other values; you can instead create these Routes in a Route Group. This will let you specify a shared base path, middleware, authentication, etc. for multiple Routes.

There are Route groupings for normal Routes, Static Routes, and Signal Routes.

Routes

You can add a new Route Group using Add-PodeRouteGroup, and passing a any shared details, plus a -Routes scriptblock for the routes to be created within the grouping's scope.

For example, the below will add 3 Routes which all share a /api base path; some Basic authentication, and some other middleware:

$mid = New-PodeMiddleware -ScriptBlock {
    'some middleware being run' | Out-Default
}

Add-PodeRouteGroup -Path '/api' -Authentication Basic -Middleware $mid -Routes {
    Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/route1' -ScriptBlock {
        Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value @{ ID = 1 }
    }

    Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/route2' -ScriptBlock {
        Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value @{ ID = 2 }
    }

    Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/route3' -ScriptBlock {
        Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value @{ ID = 3 }
    }
}

When run, you'll have 3 Routes that all need some Basic authentication at /api/route1, /api/route2, and /api/route3.

You can still add custom -Middleware on the Routes, and they'll be appended to the shared Middleware from the Group. Other parameters, such as -ContentType and -EndpointName, if supplied, will override the values passed into the Group.

You can also embed groups within groups. The following is the same as the above, except this time the last 2 Routes will be at /api/inner/route2, and /api/inner/route3:

$mid = New-PodeMiddleware -ScriptBlock {
    'some middleware being run' | Out-Default
}

Add-PodeRouteGroup -Path '/api' -Authentication Basic -Middleware $mid -Routes {
    Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/route1' -ScriptBlock {
        Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value @{ ID = 1 }
    }

    Add-PodeRouteGroup -Path '/inner' -Routes {
        Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/route2' -ScriptBlock {
            Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value @{ ID = 2 }
        }

        Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/route3' -ScriptBlock {
            Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value @{ ID = 3 }
        }
    }
}

Static Routes

The Groups for Static Routes work in the same manner as normal Routes, but you'll need to use Add-PodeStaticRouteGroup instead:

Add-PodeStaticRouteGroup -Path '/assets' -Source './content/assets' -Routes {
    Add-PodeStaticRoute -Path '/images' -Source '/images'
    Add-PodeStaticRoute -Path '/videos' -Source '/videos'
}

This will create 2 Static Routes at /assets/images and /assets/videos, referencing files from the directories ./content/assets/images and ./content/assets/videos respectively.

Signal Routes

Groupings for Signal Routes also work in the same manner as normal Routes, but you'll need to use Add-PodeSignalRouteGroup instead:

Add-PodeSignalRoute -Path '/ws' -Routes {
    Add-PodeSignalRoute -Path '/messages1' -ScriptBlock {
        Send-PodeSignal -Value $SignalEvent.Data.Message
    }

    Add-PodeSignalRoute -Path '/messages2' -ScriptBlock {
        Send-PodeSignal -Value $SignalEvent.Data.Message
    }
}

This will create 2 Signal Routes at /ws/messages1 and /ws/messages2.