src/app/routes/homeRoute.ts
//
// LESERKRITIKK v2 (aka Reader Critics)
// Copyright (C) 2017 DB Medialab/Aller Media AS, Oslo, Norway
// https://github.com/dbmedialab/reader-critics/
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
// the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
// Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
// version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
// this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
//
import {
Request,
Response,
Router,
} from 'express';
import * as app from 'app/util/applib';
import * as doT from 'dot';
import * as path from 'path';
import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
const log = app.createLog();
// Prepare and export Express router
const homeRoute : Router = Router();
export default homeRoute;
// Main handler, checks for URL parameter and "empty" requests
homeRoute.get('/', homeHandler);
const mainTemplate = createMainTemplate();
const styles = [
'/static/front.css',
];
const scripts = [];
function homeHandler(requ : Request, resp : Response) {
log('Homepage router', requ.params);
resp.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
resp.send(mainTemplate({
styles,
scripts,
}));
resp.status(200).end();
}
function createMainTemplate() {
// Currently loads the template from a static file.
// The template will later be determined dynamically based on website url / domain.
const templatePath : string = path.join(app.rootPath, 'assets/templates/home.html');
const templateRaw : string = readFileSync(templatePath).toString();
return doT.template(templateRaw);
}