jaredhanson/chai-locomotive-helpers

/**
 * Normalize the given path string,
 * returning a regular expression.
 *
 * An empty array should be passed,
 * which will contain the placeholder
 * key names. For example "/user/:id" will
 * then contain ["id"].
 *
 * @param  {String|RegExp} path
 * @param  {Array} keys
 * @param  {Boolean} sensitive
 * @param  {Boolean} strict
 * @return {RegExp}
 * @api private
 *
 * CREDIT: https://github.com/visionmedia/express/blob/3.4.2/lib/utils.js#L294
 */
exports.pathRegexp = function(path, keys, sensitive, strict) {
  if (path instanceof RegExp) { return path; }
  path = path
    .concat(strict ? '' : '/?')
    .replace(/\/\(/g, '(?:/')
    .replace(/(\/)?(\.)?:(\w+)(?:(\(.*?\)))?(\?)?(\*)?/g, function(_, slash, format, key, capture, optional, star){
      keys.push({ name: key, optional: !! optional });
      slash = slash || '';
      return ''
        + (optional ? '' : slash)
        + '(?:'
        + (optional ? slash : '')
        + (format || '') + (capture || (format && '([^/.]+?)' || '([^/]+?)')) + ')'
        + (optional || '')
        + (star ? '(/*)?' : '');
    })
    .replace(/([\/.])/g, '\\$1')
    .replace(/\*/g, '(.*)');
  return new RegExp('^' + path + '$', sensitive ? '' : 'i');
};