Helper functions or better mechanisms for crafting response objects about spf-express HOT 12 OPEN

nevermind I see what you mean

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@Arthelon I have an idea, can you add in a feature where you can specify the json in the route, that way I can read files as the route is requested.

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@newtsrock can you clarify what you mean? You can already specify json to be returned at each route.

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For example you could do

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    // Include middleware function here
    // Include SPF JSON per each route inside middleware function
    res.render('layout', {
        // Instead of middleware function you could include the SPF JSON here in an SPF object.
    })
})

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Having to write your own express middleware defeats the purpose of this mini library. I still don't understand the res.render() example. Why are you trying to inject an SPF object into the template layer?

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Mainly because when I'm using the library and have to update the partial I'm loading into the object, I cant do it on a per request basis. I'd prefer a feature for that because when I load in the object in the middleware, it only gets requested once. Everytime I make a change to the partial, I need to restart the server because like I said, the middleware only gets loaded once.

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Btw the partial is the html content I'm swapping out

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@newtsrock It seems like you need hot module reloading or similar behavior. This would be too specific of a feature to implement. This library might be able to help for your use-case.

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Sounds good, I'll try it when I get home.

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@Arthelon I now need the library for dynamic data, I don't want the server to restart to get new data that gets fetched once per restart. Can you please consider my suggestion as that would be easy for me and my uses for it.

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Why is data being fetched once per restart? That implies that the fetching isn't being linked to any endpoints The library allows you to handle dynamic data by supplying an express middleware function to a path.

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@Arthelon I'm afraid I don't get what you mean, can you leave a sample?

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