Ability to override method and publication prefixes

[carlevans719]

Currently, methods are available at /methods/<method-name> and publications at /publications/<publication-name>. I'd like to be able to override these (probably with SimpleRest.configure) to something different.

Can you think of any issues with this? I'm happy to raise a PR if it helps :)

[stubailo]

There's a per-method URL option you can pass already - or do you just want to set a different prefix?

[carlevans719]

Yeah this would change just the hardcoded 'methods/' and 'publications/' part of the URL (in my case, I'd set both to 'api/').

I'd rather avoid using the per-method URL option if possible for a couple of reasons:

1. It means writing a bit more code (either because each individual method needs wrapping in Meteor.method() or because of maintaining a map of method names -> urls)
2. I'd just be overriding the 'methods/' part of each one (because I'm already setting the name in the method definition)

As an example, I would be naming a method 'users/profile/avatar', then overriding the URL to 'api/users/profile/avatar'. Likewise with a 'users' publication, I would override to 'api/users'.

What do you think?

There's a per-method URL option you can pass already - or do you just want to set a different prefix?

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[stubailo]

I'd say the best thing would be to have a global configurable function that maps the name of the method or publication to a URL. I'd definitely accept a pr that implements that!

[carlevans719]

I'm not sure if I understand - I was thinking something like this. Is that what you had in mind?

[zeroasterisk]

YES! I would very much like to be able to configure these URLs...

@carlevans719 link/commit is a good start, allowing us to specify our own prefixes.

In my mind, though, I'd want to be able to translate any and all routes.

• Perhaps through a configured translatePath function? (simplest)
• Perhaps by comparing to a configured map of routes.
• Alternatively, I'd be happy with keeping the current, automatic routes, and simply being able to map aliases to them.

[zeroasterisk]

now in PR #109 ^ thanks @carlevans719 & super-thanks @stubailo