Vue Automatic Router

Inspired with NuxtJS routing this package add the similar system to native VueJS project. That is mean that it does not need to change routing by developer. Instead, routes will be added automatically once you add a new page into views directory.

Installation

npm install --save vue-automatic-router

main.js should be changed as

Vue 2

const init = async() => {
  const module = await import('vue-automatic-router');
  const router = await module.default;
  new Vue({
    router,
    render: h => h(App)
  }).$mount('#app');
};

init();

Vue 3

const init = async() => {
  const module = await import('vue-automatic-router')
  const router = await module.default
  createApp(App)
    .use(router)
    .mount('#app')
}

init()

How to add new pages

Automatic router will read your views directory and create appropriate routes. For example:

--views
----index.vue

will create a next routes

[{
    path: '/',
    name: 'Index',
    component: () => import('@/views/index.vue'),
    meta: {
        layout: 'AppDefaultLayout'
        middlewares: {}
    },
    children: []
}]

To create more difficult structure, see next example:

--views
----index
------index.vue
------user.vue
----profile.vue

[
    {
        path: '/',
        name: 'Index',
        component: () => import('@/views/index.vue'),
        meta: {
            layout: 'default'
            middlewares: {}
        },
        children: []
    },
    {
        path: '/user',
        name: 'User',
        component: () => import('@/views/user.vue'),
        meta: {
            layout: 'default'
            middlewares: {}
        },
        children: []
    },
    {
        path: '/profile',
        name: 'Profile',
        component: () => import('@/views/profile.vue'),
        meta: {
            layout: 'default'
            middlewares: {}
        },
        children: []
    }
]

If you need dynamic parameter in your view, it needs to start your component with _ For example:

--views
----posts
------index.vue
------_id.vue

will create next structure

[
    {
        path: '/',
        name: 'Posts',
        component: () => import('@/views/posts/index.vue'),
        meta: {
            layout: 'default'
            middlewares: {}
        },
        children: []
    },
    {
        path: '/posts/:id',
        name: 'PostsId',
        component: () => import('@/views/posts/_id.vue'),
        meta: {
            layout: 'default'
            middlewares: {}
        },
        children: []
    }
]

To add children (nested routes) to your should start your route with ^ on the same level as the parent

--views
----index
------index.vue
------^post.vue

[
    {
        path: '/',
        name: 'Index',
        component: () => import('@/views/index.vue'),
        meta: {
            layout: 'default'
            middlewares: {}
        },
        children: [
            name: 'Post',
            path: '/post',
            component: () => import('@/views/^post.vue'),
            meta: {
              layout: 'default',
              middlewares: {}
            }
        ]
    }
]

Note restriction: it is not possible now to add second level children

Layouts and middlewares

Vue automatic router allows you to specify layouts and middlewares inside your component.

To add layouts to the project read this article:

https://itnext.io/vue-tricks-smart-layouts-for-vuejs-5c61a472b69b

After that it is possible to add your layout into vue components

export default {
  name: 'Login',
  layout: 'MyLayout'
}

Vue automatic router is looking for the layout "MyLayout.vue" in '/layouts' directory and add it to the route.

It is possible to add vue router middlewares in a vue component.

Here is middleware example

export default function myMiddleware({ next }) {
  return next();
}

import myMiddleware from '...'

export default {
  name: 'Login',
  middlewares: { myMiddleware },
}

Note: middlewares option must be an JS object

Read more about navigation guards here https://router.vuejs.org/guide/advanced/navigation-guards.html