Move route building to common subproject, fix Time export

src/Application.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as path from "path";
 
 import ApplicationComponent from "./ApplicationComponent.js";
 import CacheProvider from "./CacheProvider.js";
+import {route, setPublicUrl} from "./common/Routing.js";
 import FrontendToolsComponent from "./components/FrontendToolsComponent.js";
 import LogRequestsComponent from "./components/LogRequestsComponent.js";
 import RedisComponent from "./components/RedisComponent.js";
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ export default abstract class Application implements Extendable<ApplicationCompo
     protected constructor(version: string, ignoreCommandLine: boolean = false) {
         this.version = version;
         this.ignoreCommandLine = ignoreCommandLine;
+
+        setPublicUrl(config.get<string>('app.public_url'));
     }
 
     protected abstract getMigrations(): MigrationType<Migration>[];
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ export default abstract class Application implements Extendable<ApplicationCompo
                     },
                     html: () => {
                         req.flash('validation', bag.getMessages());
-                        res.redirect(req.getPreviousUrl() || Controller.route('home'));
+                        res.redirect(req.getPreviousUrl() || route('home'));
                     },
                 });
                 return;

src/Controller.ts

@@ -1,55 +1,13 @@
-import config from "config";
 import express, {IRouter, RequestHandler, Router} from "express";
 import {PathParams} from "express-serve-static-core";
-import * as querystring from "querystring";
-import {ParsedUrlQueryInput} from "querystring";
 
 import Application from "./Application.js";
+import {registerRoute} from "./common/Routing.js";
 import FileUploadMiddleware from "./FileUploadMiddleware.js";
 import {logger} from "./Logger.js";
 import Middleware, {MiddlewareType} from "./Middleware.js";
 
 export default abstract class Controller {
-    /**
-     * TODO: this should not be static, it should actually be bound to an app instance.
-     */
-    private static readonly routes: { [p: string]: string | undefined } = {};
-
-    public static route(
-        route: string,
-        params: RouteParams = [],
-        query: ParsedUrlQueryInput = {},
-        absolute: boolean = false,
-    ): string {
-        let path = this.routes[route];
-        if (path === undefined) throw new Error(`Unknown route for name ${route}.`);
-
-        const regExp = this.getRouteParamRegExp('[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+', 'g');
-        if (typeof params === 'string' || typeof params === 'number') {
-            path = path.replace(regExp, '' + params);
-        } else if (Array.isArray(params)) {
-            let i = 0;
-            for (const match of path.matchAll(regExp)) {
-                if (match.length > 0) {
-                    path = path.replace(match[0], typeof params[i] !== 'undefined' ? params[i] : '');
-                }
-                i++;
-            }
-            path = path.replace(/\/+/g, '/');
-        } else {
-            for (const key of Object.keys(params)) {
-                path = path.replace(this.getRouteParamRegExp(key), params[key].toString());
-            }
-        }
-
-        const queryStr = querystring.stringify(query);
-        return `${absolute ? config.get<string>('public_url') : ''}${path}` + (queryStr.length > 0 ? '?' + queryStr : '');
-    }
-
-    private static getRouteParamRegExp(key: string, flags?: string): RegExp {
-        return new RegExp(`:${key}(\\(.+?\\))?\\??`, flags);
-    }
-
     private readonly router: Router = express.Router();
     private readonly fileUploadFormRouter: Router = express.Router();
     private app?: Application;
@@ -183,13 +141,15 @@ export default abstract class Controller {
             routePath = (prefix !== '/' ? prefix : '') + path;
         }
 
-        if (!Controller.routes[routeName]) {
+        if (typeof routePath !== 'string') {
-            if (typeof routePath === 'string') {
+            logger.warn(`Cannot assign path to route ${routeName}.`);
-                logger.info(`Route ${routeName} has path ${routePath}`);
+            return;
-                Controller.routes[routeName] = routePath;
+        }
-            } else {
+
-                logger.warn(`Cannot assign path to route ${routeName}.`);
+        if (registerRoute(routeName, routePath)) {
-            }
+            logger.info(`Route ${routeName} has path ${routePath}`);
+        } else {
+            logger.warn(`Couldn't register ${routeName} for path ${routePath}`);
         }
     }
 
@@ -202,5 +162,3 @@ export default abstract class Controller {
         this.app = app;
     }
 }
-
-export type RouteParams = { [p: string]: string | number } | string[] | string | number;

src/assets/views/layouts/svelte_layout.html

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     <style>%css%</style>
     <script type="module" defer>
         import View from '/js/views/%canonicalViewName%.js';
+        import * as Routing from '/js/Routing.js';
+        const setRoutes = Routing.R.setRoutes;
+        const setPublicUrl = Routing.R.setPublicUrl;
         import * as stores from '/js/stores.js';
         const localStore = stores.s.locals;
 
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@
                 : `'${key}'`];
         });
 
+        setRoutes(%routes%);
+        setPublicUrl(%publicUrl%);
+
         new View({
             hydrate: true,
             target: document.body,

src/auth/AccountController.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import config from "config";
 import {Request, Response} from "express";
 
-import Time from "../common/Time.js";
+import {route} from "../common/Routing.js";
+import {Time} from "../common/Time.js";
 import Controller from "../Controller.js";
 import ModelFactory from "../db/ModelFactory.js";
 import Validator, {EMAIL_REGEX, InvalidFormatValidationError} from "../db/Validator.js";
@@ -81,14 +82,14 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
             const nameChangedAt = userNameComponent.getNameChangedAt()?.getTime() || Date.now();
             const nameChangeWaitPeriod = config.get<number>('auth.name_change_wait_period');
             req.flash('error', `Your can't change your name until ${new Date(nameChangedAt + nameChangeWaitPeriod)}.`);
-            res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+            res.redirect(route('account'));
             return;
         }
 
         await user.save();
 
         req.flash('success', `Your name was successfully changed to ${req.body.name}.`);
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+        res.redirect(route('account'));
     }
 
     protected async postChangePassword(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
         const passwordComponent = user.as(UserPasswordComponent);
         if (passwordComponent.hasPassword() && !await passwordComponent.verifyPassword(req.body.current_password)) {
             req.flash('error', 'Invalid current password.');
-            res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+            res.redirect(route('account'));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
         await user.save();
 
         req.flash('success', 'Password changed successfully.');
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+        res.redirect(route('account'));
     }
 
     protected async postRemovePassword(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
         const mainEmail = await user.mainEmail.get();
         if (!mainEmail || !mainEmail.email) {
             req.flash('error', 'You can\'t remove your password without adding an email address first.');
-            res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+            res.redirect(route('account'));
 
             return;
         }
@@ -126,14 +127,14 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
             this.getApp(),
             req.getSession().id,
             AuthMagicLinkActionType.REMOVE_PASSWORD,
-            Controller.route('account'),
+            route('account'),
             mainEmail.email,
             this.removePasswordMailTemplate,
             {},
         );
 
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
+        res.redirect(route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
-            redirect_uri: Controller.route('account'),
+            redirect_uri: route('account'),
         }));
     }
 
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
             this.getApp(),
             req.getSession().id,
             AuthMagicLinkActionType.ADD_EMAIL,
-            Controller.route('account'),
+            route('account'),
             email,
             this.addEmailMailTemplate,
             {
@@ -164,8 +165,8 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
             },
         );
 
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
+        res.redirect(route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
-            redirect_uri: Controller.route('account'),
+            redirect_uri: route('account'),
         }));
     }
 
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
         await user.save();
 
         req.flash('success', 'This email was successfully set as your main address.');
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+        res.redirect(route('account'));
     }
 
     protected async postRemoveEmail(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
@@ -208,6 +209,6 @@ export default class AccountController extends Controller {
         await userEmail.delete();
 
         req.flash('success', 'This email was successfully removed from your account.');
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+        res.redirect(route('account'));
     }
 }

src/auth/AuthComponent.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {NextFunction, Request, Response} from "express";
 
 import Application from "../Application.js";
 import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
-import Controller from "../Controller.js";
+import {route} from "../common/Routing.js";
 import {ForbiddenHttpError} from "../HttpError.js";
 import Middleware from "../Middleware.js";
 import AuthGuard from "./AuthGuard.js";
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class RequireRequestAuthMiddleware extends Middleware {
         }
 
         req.flash('error', `You must be logged in to access ${req.url}.`);
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('auth', undefined, {
+        res.redirect(route('auth', undefined, {
             redirect_uri: req.url,
         }));
     }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export class RequireAuthMiddleware extends Middleware {
         }
 
         req.flash('error', `You must be logged in to access ${req.url}.`);
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('auth', undefined, {
+        res.redirect(route('auth', undefined, {
             redirect_uri: req.url,
         }));
     }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class RequireGuestMiddleware extends Middleware {
     protected async handle(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction): Promise<void> {
         const proofs = await req.as(AuthMiddleware).getAuthGuard().getProofsForSession(req.getSession());
         if (proofs.length > 0) {
-            res.redirect(Controller.route('home'));
+            res.redirect(route('home'));
             return;
         }
 

src/auth/AuthGuard.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import {Session, SessionData} from "express-session";
 import {Connection} from "mysql";
 
 import Application from "../Application.js";
+import {route} from "../common/Routing.js";
 import MailComponent from "../components/MailComponent.js";
-import Controller from "../Controller.js";
 import MysqlConnectionManager from "../db/MysqlConnectionManager.js";
 import Mail from "../mail/Mail.js";
 import {PENDING_ACCOUNT_REVIEW_MAIL_TEMPLATE} from "../Mails.js";
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export default class AuthGuard {
                     username: user.asOptional(UserNameComponent)?.getName() ||
                         (await user.mainEmail.get())?.getOrFail('email') ||
                         'Could not find an identifier',
-                    link: config.get<string>('public_url') + Controller.route('accounts-approval'),
+                    link: route('accounts-approval', {}, {}, true),
                 }), config.get<string>('app.contact_email'));
             }
         }

src/auth/magic_link/MagicLinkAuthMethod.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {Session} from "express-session";
 import geoip from "geoip-lite";
 
 import Application from "../../Application.js";
-import Controller from "../../Controller.js";
+import {route} from "../../common/Routing.js";
 import ModelFactory from "../../db/ModelFactory.js";
 import {WhereTest} from "../../db/ModelQuery.js";
 import Validator, {EMAIL_REGEX} from "../../db/Validator.js";
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkAuthMethod implements AuthMethod<MagicLink> {
 
         if (pendingLink) {
             if (await pendingLink.isValid()) {
-                res.redirect(Controller.route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
+                res.redirect(route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
                     redirect_uri: req.getIntendedUrl() || pendingLink.original_url || undefined,
                 }));
                 return true;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkAuthMethod implements AuthMethod<MagicLink> {
             this.app,
             req.getSession().id,
             actionType,
-            Controller.route('auth', undefined, {
+            route('auth', undefined, {
                 redirect_uri: req.getIntendedUrl() || undefined,
             }),
             email,
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkAuthMethod implements AuthMethod<MagicLink> {
             },
         );
 
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
+        res.redirect(route('magic_link_lobby', undefined, {
             redirect_uri: req.getIntendedUrl(),
         }));
     }

src/auth/magic_link/MagicLinkController.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import config from "config";
 import {Request, Response} from "express";
-import {ParsedUrlQueryInput} from "querystring";
 
 import Application from "../../Application.js";
+import {QueryParamsRecord, route} from "../../common/Routing.js";
 import MailComponent from "../../components/MailComponent.js";
 import Controller from "../../Controller.js";
 import {QueryVariable} from "../../db/MysqlConnectionManager.js";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkController<A extends Application> extends Controll
         original_url: string,
         email: string,
         mailTemplate: MailTemplate,
-        data: ParsedUrlQueryInput,
+        data: QueryParamsRecord,
         magicLinkData: Record<string, QueryVariable> = {},
     ): Promise<void> {
         Throttler.throttle('magic_link', process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? 10 : 2, MagicLink.validityPeriod(),
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ export default class MagicLinkController<A extends Application> extends Controll
 
         // Send email
         await app.as(MailComponent).sendMail(new Mail(mailTemplate, Object.assign(data, {
-            link: `${config.get<string>('public_url')}${Controller.route('magic_link', undefined, {
+            link: `${route('magic_link', undefined, {
                 id: link.id,
                 token: token,
-            })}`,
+            }, true)}`,
         })), email);
     }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkController<A extends Application> extends Controll
         } catch (e) {
             if (e instanceof PendingApprovalAuthError) {
                 req.flash('warning', `Your account is pending review. You'll receive an email once you're approved.`);
-                res.redirect(Controller.route('auth'));
+                res.redirect(route('auth'));
                 return null;
             } else {
                 throw e;
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkController<A extends Application> extends Controll
                     // Auth success
                     const name = user.asOptional(UserNameComponent)?.getName();
                     req.flash('success', `Authentication success. Welcome${name ? `, ${name}` : ''}`);
-                    res.redirect(req.getIntendedUrl() || Controller.route('home'));
+                    res.redirect(req.getIntendedUrl() || route('home'));
                 }
                 break;
             }
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkController<A extends Application> extends Controll
                 if (await UserEmail.select().with('user').where('email', email).first()) {
                     req.flash('error', 'An account already exists with this email address.' +
                         ' Please first remove it there before adding it here.');
-                    res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+                    res.redirect(route('account'));
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkController<A extends Application> extends Controll
                 }
 
                 req.flash('success', `Email address ${userEmail.email} successfully added.`);
-                res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+                res.redirect(route('account'));
                 break;
             }
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export default class MagicLinkController<A extends Application> extends Controll
                 }
 
                 req.flash('success', `Password successfully removed.`);
-                res.redirect(Controller.route('account'));
+                res.redirect(route('account'));
                 break;
             }
 

src/auth/password/PasswordAuthMethod.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {Request, Response} from "express";
 import {Session} from "express-session";
 
 import Application from "../../Application.js";
-import Controller from "../../Controller.js";
+import {route} from "../../common/Routing.js";
 import ModelFactory from "../../db/ModelFactory.js";
 import Validator, {InvalidFormatValidationError} from "../../db/Validator.js";
 import {ServerError} from "../../HttpError.js";
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default class PasswordAuthMethod implements AuthMethod<PasswordAuthProof>
 
                 if (e instanceof PendingApprovalAuthError) {
                     req.flash('error', 'Your account is still being reviewed.');
-                    res.redirect(Controller.route('auth'));
+                    res.redirect(route('auth'));
                     return;
                 } else {
                     const err = new InvalidFormatValidationError('Invalid password.');
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default class PasswordAuthMethod implements AuthMethod<PasswordAuthProof>
         }
 
         req.flash('success', `Welcome, ${user.name}.`);
-        res.redirect(req.getIntendedUrl() || Controller.route('home'));
+        res.redirect(req.getIntendedUrl() || route('home'));
     }
 
     public async attemptRegister(req: Request, res: Response, identifier: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default class PasswordAuthMethod implements AuthMethod<PasswordAuthProof>
         } catch (e) {
             if (e instanceof PendingApprovalAuthError) {
                 req.flash('info', `Your account was successfully created and is pending review from an administrator.`);
-                res.redirect(Controller.route('auth'));
+                res.redirect(route('auth'));
                 return;
             } else {
                 throw e;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export default class PasswordAuthMethod implements AuthMethod<PasswordAuthProof>
         const user = await passwordAuthProof.getResource();
 
         req.flash('success', `Your account was successfully created! Welcome, ${user?.as(UserNameComponent).getName()}.`);
-        res.redirect(req.getIntendedUrl() || Controller.route('home'));
+        res.redirect(req.getIntendedUrl() || route('home'));
     }
 
 }

src/common/Routing.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+export type RouteParams = { [p: string]: string | number } | string[] | string | number;
+export type QueryParamsRecord = Record<string, string | number | boolean | null | undefined>;
+export type QueryParams = string[][] | QueryParamsRecord | string | URLSearchParams;
+
+export let routes: Record<string, string | undefined> = {};
+export function setRoutes(newRoutes: Record<string, string | undefined>): void {
+    routes = newRoutes;
+}
+export function registerRoute(routeName: string, routePath: string): boolean {
+    if (!routes[routeName]) {
+        routes[routeName] = routePath;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+export let publicUrl: string;
+export function setPublicUrl(newPublicUrl: string): void {
+    publicUrl = newPublicUrl;
+}
+
+export function route(
+    route: string,
+    params: RouteParams = [],
+    query: QueryParams = '',
+    absolute: boolean = false,
+): string {
+    let path = routes[route];
+    if (path === undefined) throw new Error(`Unknown route for name ${route}.`);
+
+    const regExp = getRouteParamRegExp('[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+', 'g');
+    if (typeof params === 'string' || typeof params === 'number') {
+        path = path.replace(regExp, '' + params);
+    } else if (Array.isArray(params)) {
+        let i = 0;
+        for (const match of path.matchAll(regExp)) {
+            if (match.length > 0) {
+                path = path.replace(match[0], typeof params[i] !== 'undefined' ? params[i] : '');
+            }
+            i++;
+        }
+        path = path.replace(/\/+/g, '/');
+    } else {
+        for (const key of Object.keys(params)) {
+            path = path.replace(getRouteParamRegExp(key), params[key].toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    let filteredQuery: string[][] | Record<string, string> | string | URLSearchParams;
+    if (typeof query !== "string" && !(query instanceof URLSearchParams) && !Array.isArray(query)) {
+        for (const key of Object.keys(query)) {
+            if (query[key] === undefined || query[key] === null) delete query[key];
+            else if (typeof query[key] === "number") query[key] = (query[key] as number).toString();
+            else if (typeof query[key] === "boolean") query[key] = query[key] ? '1' : '0';
+        }
+        filteredQuery = query as Record<string, string>;
+    } else {
+        filteredQuery = query;
+    }
+
+    const queryStr = new URLSearchParams(filteredQuery).toString();
+    return `${absolute ? publicUrl : ''}${path}` + (queryStr.length > 0 ? '?' + queryStr : '');
+}
+
+export function getRouteParamRegExp(key: string, flags?: string): RegExp {
+    return new RegExp(`:${key}(\\(.+?\\))?\\??`, flags);
+}

src/common/Time.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export class TimeUnit {
     }
 }
 
-export default class Time {
+export class Time {
     public static readonly UNITS = {
         MILLISECOND: {
             milliseconds: 1,
@@ -89,5 +89,4 @@ export default class Time {
 
         return 'now';
     }
-
 }

src/components/FrontendToolsComponent.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import config from "config";
 import {Express, Router} from "express";
 import path from "path";
-import {ParsedUrlQueryInput} from "querystring";
 import util from "util";
 
 import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
-import Controller, {RouteParams} from "../Controller.js";
+import {QueryParams, route, RouteParams} from "../common/Routing.js";
 import AssetCompiler from "../frontend/AssetCompiler.js";
 import AssetPreCompiler from "../frontend/AssetPreCompiler.js";
 import Globals from "../frontend/Globals.js";
@@ -40,11 +39,11 @@ export default class FrontendToolsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
 
     public async init(): Promise<void> {
         this.globals.set('route', (
-            route: string,
+            routeName: string,
             params: RouteParams = [],
-            query: ParsedUrlQueryInput = {},
+            query: QueryParams = '',
             absolute: boolean = false,
-        ) => Controller.route(route, params, query, absolute));
+        ) => route(routeName, params, query, absolute));
         this.globals.set('app_version', this.getApp().getVersion());
         this.globals.set('core_version', this.getApp().getCoreVersion());
         this.globals.set('app', config.get('app'));

src/components/MailComponent.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ import nodemailer, {SentMessageInfo, Transporter} from "nodemailer";
 import util from "util";
 
 import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
-import Controller from "../Controller.js";
+import {route} from "../common/Routing.js";
 import MailViewEngine from "../frontend/MailViewEngine.js";
-import ViewEngine from "../frontend/ViewEngine.js";
 import {logger} from "../Logger.js";
 import Mail from "../mail/Mail.js";
 import MailError from "../mail/MailError.js";
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ export default class MailComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
             locals.mail_subject = options.subject;
             locals.mail_to = options.to;
             locals.mail_link = config.get<string>('public_url') +
-                Controller.route('mail', [template.template], locals);
+                route('mail', [template.template], locals);
             Object.assign(locals, this.getApp().as(FrontendToolsComponent).getGlobals().get());
 
             // Log

src/frontend/SvelteViewEngine.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import requireFromString from "require-from-string";
 import {compile, preprocess} from "svelte/compiler";
 import {sveltePreprocess} from "svelte-preprocess/dist/autoProcess.js";
 
+import {publicUrl, routes} from "../common/Routing.js";
 import {logger} from "../Logger.js";
 import FileCache from "../utils/FileCache.js";
 import ViewEngine from "./ViewEngine.js";
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ export default class SvelteViewEngine extends ViewEngine {
             head: head,
             html: html,
             css: css,
+
+            routes: JSON.stringify(routes),
+            publicUrl: publicUrl,
         };
         return rawOutput.replace(
             new RegExp(Object.keys(replaceMap).map(str => `%${str}%`).join('|'), 'g'),

src/helpers/BackendController.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import config from "config";
 import {Request, Response} from "express";
 
 import {RequireAdminMiddleware, RequireAuthMiddleware} from "../auth/AuthComponent.js";
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import User from "../auth/models/User.js";
 import UserApprovedComponent from "../auth/models/UserApprovedComponent.js";
 import UserEmail from "../auth/models/UserEmail.js";
 import UserNameComponent from "../auth/models/UserNameComponent.js";
+import {route} from "../common/Routing.js";
 import MailComponent from "../components/MailComponent.js";
 import Controller from "../Controller.js";
 import ModelFactory from "../db/ModelFactory.js";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default class BackendController extends Controller {
         super();
         if (User.isApprovalMode()) {
             BackendController.registerMenuElement({
-                getLink: async () => Controller.route('accounts-approval'),
+                getLink: async () => route('accounts-approval'),
                 getDisplayString: async () => {
                     const pendingUsersCount = (await User.select()
                         .where('approved', false)
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ export default class BackendController extends Controller {
         if (email && email.email) {
             await this.getApp().as(MailComponent).sendMail(new Mail(ACCOUNT_REVIEW_NOTICE_MAIL_TEMPLATE, {
                 approved: true,
-                link: config.get<string>('public_url') + Controller.route('auth'),
+                link: route('auth', {}, {}, true),
             }), email.email);
         }
 
         req.flash('success', `Account successfully approved.`);
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('accounts-approval'));
+        res.redirect(route('accounts-approval'));
     }
 
     protected async postRejectAccount(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export default class BackendController extends Controller {
         }
 
         req.flash('success', `Account successfully deleted.`);
-        res.redirect(Controller.route('accounts-approval'));
+        res.redirect(route('accounts-approval'));
     }
 
     protected async accountRequest(req: Request): Promise<{
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export default class BackendController extends Controller {
 
 export interface BackendMenuElement {
     /**
-     * Returns the link of this menu element (usually using {@code Controller.route})
+     * Returns the link of this menu element (usually using {@code route})
      */
     getLink(): Promise<string>;
 

src/mail/Mail.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {Options} from "nodemailer/lib/mailer";
 import {ParsedUrlQueryInput} from "querystring";
 
+import {QueryParams, QueryParamsRecord} from "../common/Routing.js";
 import MailError from "./MailError.js";
 import MailTemplate from "./MailTemplate.js";
 
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ export default class Mail {
 
     public constructor(
         private readonly template: MailTemplate,
-        private readonly data: ParsedUrlQueryInput = {},
+        private readonly data: QueryParamsRecord = {},
     ) {
         this.options.subject = this.template.getSubject(data);
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export default class Mail {
         return this.template;
     }
 
-    public getData(): ParsedUrlQueryInput {
+    public getData(): QueryParamsRecord {
         return {...this.data};
     }
 

test/Controller.test.ts

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import Controller from "../src/Controller.js";
-
-describe('Controller.route()', () => {
-    new class extends Controller {
-        public routes(): void {
-            const emptyHandler = () => {
-                //
-            };
-            this.get('/test/no-param', emptyHandler, 'test.no-param');
-            this.get('/test/no-param/', emptyHandler, 'test.no-param-slash');
-            this.get('/test/one-param/:param', emptyHandler, 'test.one-param');
-            this.get('/test/two-params/:param1/:param2', emptyHandler, 'test.two-params');
-            this.get('/test/paginated/:page([0-9]+)?', emptyHandler, 'test.paginated');
-            this.get('/test/slug/:slug([a-zA-Z0-9]+)?', emptyHandler, 'test.slug');
-        }
-    }().setupRoutes();
-
-    test('Empty params', () => {
-        expect(Controller.route('test.no-param')).toBe('/test/no-param');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.no-param-slash')).toBe('/test/no-param/');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.one-param')).toBe('/test/one-param/');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.two-params')).toBe('/test/two-params/');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.paginated')).toBe('/test/paginated/');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.slug')).toBe('/test/slug/');
-    });
-
-    test('Populated params', () => {
-        expect(Controller.route('test.no-param')).toBe('/test/no-param');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.no-param-slash')).toBe('/test/no-param/');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.one-param', {param: 'value'})).toBe('/test/one-param/value');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.two-params', {param1: 'value1', param2: 'value2'})).toBe('/test/two-params/value1/value2');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.paginated', {page: 5})).toBe('/test/paginated/5');
-        expect(Controller.route('test.slug', {slug: 'abc'})).toBe('/test/slug/abc');
-    });
-});

test/common/Routing.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import {route} from "../../src/common/Routing.js";
+import Controller from "../../src/Controller.js";
+
+describe('route()', () => {
+    new class extends Controller {
+        public routes(): void {
+            const emptyHandler = () => {
+                //
+            };
+            this.get('/test/no-param', emptyHandler, 'test.no-param');
+            this.get('/test/no-param/', emptyHandler, 'test.no-param-slash');
+            this.get('/test/one-param/:param', emptyHandler, 'test.one-param');
+            this.get('/test/two-params/:param1/:param2', emptyHandler, 'test.two-params');
+            this.get('/test/paginated/:page([0-9]+)?', emptyHandler, 'test.paginated');
+            this.get('/test/slug/:slug([a-zA-Z0-9]+)?', emptyHandler, 'test.slug');
+        }
+    }().setupRoutes();
+
+    test('Empty params', () => {
+        expect(route('test.no-param')).toBe('/test/no-param');
+        expect(route('test.no-param-slash')).toBe('/test/no-param/');
+        expect(route('test.one-param')).toBe('/test/one-param/');
+        expect(route('test.two-params')).toBe('/test/two-params/');
+        expect(route('test.paginated')).toBe('/test/paginated/');
+        expect(route('test.slug')).toBe('/test/slug/');
+    });
+
+    test('Populated params', () => {
+        expect(route('test.no-param')).toBe('/test/no-param');
+        expect(route('test.no-param-slash')).toBe('/test/no-param/');
+        expect(route('test.one-param', {param: 'value'})).toBe('/test/one-param/value');
+        expect(route('test.two-params', {param1: 'value1', param2: 'value2'})).toBe('/test/two-params/value1/value2');
+        expect(route('test.paginated', {page: 5})).toBe('/test/paginated/5');
+        expect(route('test.slug', {slug: 'abc'})).toBe('/test/slug/abc');
+    });
+});

tsconfig.json

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
             "src/types"
         ],
         "lib": [
-            "es2020"
+            "es2020",
+            "dom"
         ],
         "resolveJsonModule": true,
         "skipLibCheck": true,