Koa Router with FeathersJS V5Koa Router with FeathersJS V5Koa Router with FeathersJS V5

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FeathersJS V5 is out. FeathersJS now uses KoaJS as its default application core instead of ExpressJS, with some slight differences between the two.

For example, I can't generate routed middleware with @feathersjs/cli. Since it's still a KoaJS application, I can still can bring the koa-router to the party.

Use @koa/router in FeathersJS

First, install the @koa/router package.

npm install @koa/router
# Type Definition
npm install --save-dev @types/koa__router

Then, create a new file src/middlewares/index.ts in FeatherJS project and add the following code.

import {Application} from '../declarations';
import Router from '@koa/router';

const router = new Router();

export const middlewares = (app: Application) => {
  // All middlewares will be registered here
  
  // Register middlewares here, you can also move this middleware to a separate file like `src/middlewares/health.ts`
  router.get('/health', async (ctx) => {
    ctx.body = 'OK';
  });

  app.use(router.routes());
}

Finally, register the middleware in src/app.ts.

import {middlewares} from './middlewares';

// Register middlewares
app.configure(middlewares);