MintPlayer.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Routing 1.0.3

MintPlayer.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Routing

This project facilitates server-side prerendering in ASP.NET Core.

Server-side rendering

If you haven't setup SSR yet, please consult this manual.

Installation

NuGet package manager

Open the NuGet package manager and install MintPlayer.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Routing in your project

Package manager console

Install-Package MintPlayer.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Routing

Usage

Register SPA routes

The ASP.NET Core application needs to be aware of your angular/react SPA routes. Therefor you need to provide these with the SpaRouteBuilder. For example:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    // Define the SPA-routes for our helper
    services.AddSpaRoutes(routes => routes
        .Route("", "home")
        .Group("person", "person", person_routes => person_routes
            .Route("", "list")
            .Route("create", "create")
            .Route("{id}", "show")
            .Route("{id}/edit", "edit")
        )
    );
}

You can define routing parameters in your paths as well.

Adding SPA prerendering middleware

To enable SPA prerendering you'd normally use the following middleware registration code:

app.UseSpa(spa =>
{
    ...

    spa.UseSpaPrerendering(options =>
    {
        options.BootModulePath = $"{spa.Options.SourcePath}/dist/server/main.js";
        options.BootModuleBuilder = env.IsDevelopment()
            ? new AngularCliBuilder(npmScript: "build:ssr")
            : null;
        options.ExcludeUrls = new[] { "/sockjs-node" };
    });

    ...
});

Supplying data

You probably want to pass data based on which url the visitor opens the first time. With this package you can easily determine which angular component is to be rendered and what data needs to be provided to the angular app.

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ISpaRouteService spaRouteService)
{
    ...

    app.UseSpa(spa =>
    {
        ...
        
        spa.UseSpaPrerendering(options =>
        {
            ...

            options.SupplyData = (context, data) =>
            {
                var route = spaRouteService.GetCurrentRoute(context);
                var personRepository = context.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<IPersonRepository>();

                switch (route?.Name)
                {
                    case "person-list":
                        {
                            var people = personRepository.GetPeople();
                            data["people"] = people;
                        }
                        break;
                    case "person-show":
                    case "person-edit":
                        {
                            var id = System.Convert.ToInt32(route.Parameters["id"]);
                            var person = personRepository.GetPerson(id);
                            data["person"] = person;
                        }
                        break;
                }
            };
        });
    }
}

You can't perform dependecy injection here since the SupplyData is a delegate. You can however retrieve an instance from the service-container through context.RequestServices or context.ApplicationServices.

main.server.ts

The data you passed in the SupplyData delegate is made available on the params.data object in the main.server.ts. The refactored code can look like this:

const providers: StaticProvider[] = [
  provideModuleMap(LAZY_MODULE_MAP),
  { provide: APP_BASE_HREF, useValue: params.baseUrl },
  { provide: 'BASE_URL', useValue: params.origin + params.baseUrl },
  { provide: 'MESSAGE', useValue: params.data.message }
];

if ('people' in params.data) {
  providers.push({ provide: 'PEOPLE', useValue: params.data.people })
}
if ('person' in params.data) {
  providers.push({ provide: 'PERSON', useValue: params.data.person })
}

const options = {
  document: params.data.originalHtml,
  url: params.url,
  extraProviders: providers
};

main.ts

Each key you pass in the main.server.ts must also be provided in the main.ts:

const providers = [
  { provide: 'BASE_URL', useFactory: getBaseUrl, deps: [] },
  { provide: 'MESSAGE', useValue: 'Message from the client' },
  { provide: 'PEOPLE', useValue: null },
  { provide: 'PERSON', useValue: null }
];

Use in components

You can then use this value by using dependency injection in your components:

constructor(private personService: PersonService, @Inject('PERSON') private personInj: Person, private route: ActivatedRoute) {
  if (personInj === null) {
    var id = parseInt(this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get("id"));
    this.personService.getPerson(id, true).subscribe(person => {
      this.setPerson(person);
    });
  } else {
    this.setPerson(personInj);
  }
}

Generate SPA routes

If necessary, you can generate an application URL on the server-side through c# code. Examples for this use are when using a redirect from OpenSearch straight to your ShowComponent, or when generating an XML sitemap.

To do so, there are 2 approaches:

Using a dictionary:

var parms = new Dictionary<string, object>();
parms["id"] = 5;
var route = spaRouteService.GenerateUrl("person-edit", parms);

Using an anonymous type:

var parms = new
{
    id = 5
};
var route = spaRouteService.GenerateUrl("person-edit", parms);