SubRouter and Views

After implementing the application application, Batman wanted to split the codebase into multiple files.

This is when Robyn introduced him to the concept of routers and views.

Routers

Routers are a way to split your application into multiple files. They allow you to group related endpoints together and make it easier to maintain your codebase.

For example, if you wanted to create a router for the frontend, you would create a file called frontend.py. This file would contain all the endpoints related to the frontend.

So the folder structure would look like this:

├── app.py
├── frontend.py
├── Dockerfile
└── requirements.txt

And the code would look like this:

# frontend.py

from robyn.templating import JinjaTemplate
from robyn import SubRouter
import os
import pathlib


current_file_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
jinja_template = JinjaTemplate(os.path.join(current_file_path, "templates"))


frontend = SubRouter(__name__, prefix="/frontend")

@frontend.get("/")
async def get_frontend(request):
    context = {"framework": "Robyn", "templating_engine": "Jinja2"}
    return jinja_template.render_template("index.html", **context)

# app.py

from .frontend import frontend


app.include_router(frontend)

Views

Views are a way to split your application into multiple files. They allow you to group related endpoints together and make it easier to maintain your codebase.

For example, if you wanted to create a view for the frontend, you would create a file called frontend.py. This file would contain all the endpoints related to the frontend.

The code would look like this:

from robyn import SyncView

@app.view("/sync/view/decorator")
def sync_decorator_view():
    def get():
        return "Hello, world!"

    def post(request: Request):
        body = request.body
        return {"status_code": 200, "description": body}