Mojolicious::Routes(3)

NAME
Mojolicious::Routes - Always find your destination with routes

SYNOPSIS
  use Mojolicious::Routes;

  # Simple route
  my $r = Mojolicious::Routes->new;
  $r->any('/')->to(controller => 'blog', action => 'welcome');

  # More advanced routes
  my $blog = $r->under('/blog');
  $blog->get('/list')->to('blog#list');
  $blog->get('/:id' => [id => qr/\d+/])->to('blog#show', id => 23);
  $blog->patch(sub ($c) { $c->render(text => 'Go away!', status => 405) });

DESCRIPTION
Mojolicious::Routes is the core of the Mojolicious web framework.

See Mojolicious::Guides::Routing for more.

TYPES
These placeholder types are available by default.

  num
  $r->get('/article/<id:num>');

Placeholder value needs to be a non-fractional number, similar to the regular expression "([0-9]+)".

ATTRIBUTES
Mojolicious::Routes inherits all attributes from Mojolicious::Routes::Route and implements the following new ones.

  base_classes
  my $classes = $r->base_classes;
  $r          = $r->base_classes(['MyApp::Controller']);

Base classes used to identify controllers, defaults to Mojolicious::Controller and Mojolicious.

  cache
  my $cache = $r->cache;
  $r        = $r->cache(Mojo::Cache->new);

Routing cache, defaults to a Mojo::Cache object.

  conditions
  my $conditions = $r->conditions;
  $r             = $r->conditions({foo => sub {...}});

Contains all available conditions.

  namespaces
  my $namespaces = $r->namespaces;
  $r             = $r->namespaces(['MyApp::Controller', 'MyApp']);

Namespaces to load controllers from.

  # Add another namespace to load controllers from
  push @{$r->namespaces}, 'MyApp::MyController';

  shortcuts
  my $shortcuts = $r->shortcuts;
  $r            = $r->shortcuts({foo => sub {...}});

Contains all available shortcuts.

  types
  my $types = $r->types;
  $r        = $r->types({lower => qr/[a-z]+/});

Registered placeholder types, by default only "num" is already defined.

METHODS
Mojolicious::Routes inherits all methods from Mojolicious::Routes::Route and implements the following new ones.

  add_condition
  $r = $r->add_condition(foo => sub ($route, $c, $captures, $arg) {...});

Register a condition.

  $r->add_condition(foo => sub ($route, $c, $captures, $arg) {
    ...
    return 1;
  });

  add_shortcut
  $r = $r->add_shortcut(foo => sub ($route, @args) {...});

Register a shortcut.

  $r->add_shortcut(foo => sub ($route, @args) {...});

  add_type
  $r = $r->add_type(foo => qr/\w+/);
  $r = $r->add_type(foo => ['bar', 'baz']);

Register a placeholder type.

  $r->add_type(lower => qr/[a-z]+/);

  continue
  $r->continue(Mojolicious::Controller->new);

Continue dispatch chain and emit the hook "around_action" in Mojolicious for every action.

  dispatch
  my $bool = $r->dispatch(Mojolicious::Controller->new);

Match routes with "match" and dispatch with "continue".

  lookup
  my $route = $r->lookup('foo');

Find route by name with "find" in Mojolicious::Routes::Route and cache all results for future lookups.

  match
  $r->match(Mojolicious::Controller->new);

Match routes with Mojolicious::Routes::Match.

SEE ALSO
Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <https://mojolicious.org>.