Added in fastify/formbody so I can...handle forms...in a webserver...in 2024...I guess that's why it's so 'small'.

commands/app.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Fastify from "fastify";
 import { restartable } from "@fastify/restartable";
 import FastifyStatic from "@fastify/static";
+import Formbody from "@fastify/formbody";
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 import chokidar from "chokidar";
@@ -20,22 +21,18 @@ nunjucks.configure("templates", { watch: true });
 const configure = async (fastify, opts) => {
   const app = fastify(opts);
 
-  // MAGIC: this is how you trick the importer to reload modules
+  // forces reload of the modules
-  // that have changed. Since it uses a URL you can add a query
-  // to it, but that isn't parsed as the file. Using a date then
-  // tags the module as being "new" when it's still the same file
-  // TODO: maybe use fs timestamps instead?
-  // BUG: sometimes reload is too fast for vim and crashes
   const control_mod = await import(`../controllers/todo.js?update=${new Date()}`);
 
-  // this is a sample that uses the handler we dynamic load
+  // TODO: mappings are very simple for now
-  // to handle the /todo but not sure how to work the actual
-  // URL mappings for it.  Also not sure about using classes
   for(let [url, controller] of Object.entries(control_mod.default)) {
     const handler = new controller();
-    app.get(`/${url}`, async (req, rep) => {
+    // this goes through all the allowed verbs
+    for(let verb of ["get", "post", "put", "delete"]) {
+      if(verb in handler) {
+        app[verb](`/${url}`, async (req, rep) => {
           try {
-        await handler.get(req, rep);
+            await handler[verb](req, rep);
           } catch(error) {
             console.error(error);
             console.error(error.stack);
@@ -43,6 +40,10 @@ const configure = async (fastify, opts) => {
           }
         });
       }
+    }
+  }
+
+  app.register(Formbody);
 
   app.register(FastifyStatic, {
     root: path.join(path.resolve("."), 'static'),
@@ -51,15 +52,6 @@ const configure = async (fastify, opts) => {
     index: "index.html"
   });
 
-  // this is from fastify/restartable
-  app.addHook('onClose', async () => {
-    if(!app.closingRestartable) {
-      console.log('closing the app because of restart')
-    } else{
-      console.log('closing the app because server is stopping')
-    }
-  })
-
   return app;
 }
 

controllers/todo.js

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ import { ToDo } from "../lib/models.js";
 import nunjucks from "nunjucks";
 
 export class Todo {
-  constructor() {
-  }
-
   async get(req, rep) {
     const todo_list = await ToDo.all({});
 
@@ -13,6 +10,18 @@ export class Todo {
 
     rep.code(200).type("text/html").send(result);
   }
+
+  async post(req, rep) {
+    if(req.query.todo_id !== undefined) {
+      await ToDo.delete({id: req.query.todo_id});
+    } else {
+      console.log("ADDING TASK", req.body.task);
+      await ToDo.insert({task: req.body.task});
+    }
+
+    // this is how you can prevent the annoying double submit
+    rep.redirect("/todo");
+  }
 }
 
 // you use the export default to set the route URL?

package-lock.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fastify/cors": "^9.0.1",
+        "@fastify/formbody": "^7.4.0",
         "@fastify/helmet": "^11.1.1",
         "@fastify/static": "^7.0.0",
         "commander": "^12.0.0",
@@ -72,6 +73,15 @@
         "fast-json-stringify": "^5.7.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@fastify/formbody": {
+      "version": "7.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fastify/formbody/-/formbody-7.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-H3C6h1GN56/SMrZS8N2vCT2cZr7mIHzBHzOBa5OPpjfB/D6FzP9mMpE02ZzrFX0ANeh0BAJdoXKOF2e7IbV+Og==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fast-querystring": "^1.0.0",
+        "fastify-plugin": "^4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@fastify/helmet": {
       "version": "11.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fastify/helmet/-/helmet-11.1.1.tgz",

package.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "scripts": {},
   "dependencies": {
     "@fastify/cors": "^9.0.1",
+    "@fastify/formbody": "^7.4.0",
     "@fastify/helmet": "^11.1.1",
     "@fastify/static": "^7.0.0",
     "commander": "^12.0.0",

templates/todo.html

@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@
 
 <ol>
   {% for todo in todo_list %}
-  <li>{{ todo.task }}</li>
+  <li style="display: flex; gap: 1rem;"><form action="/todo?todo_id={{ todo.id }}" method="POST"><button>X</button></form> {{ todo.task }}</li>
   {% else %}
     <li>No TODO Items</li>
   {% endfor %}
 </ol>
 
+<h4>Add a New TODO</h4>
+<form action="/todo" method="POST">
+  <label for="task">Task</label>
+  <input name="task"></input>
+</form>
 
 {% include "./footer.html" %}