Route Helper

The Route Helper provides enhanced routing information for debugging and middleware development. It allows you to access detailed information about matched routes and the current route being processed.

Import

import { Hono } from 'hono'
import {
  matchedRoutes,
  routePath,
  baseRoutePath,
  basePath,
} from 'hono/route'

Usage

Basic route information

const app = new Hono()

app.get('/posts/:id', (c) => {
  const currentPath = routePath(c) // '/posts/:id'
  const routes = matchedRoutes(c) // Array of matched routes

  return c.json({
    path: currentPath,
    totalRoutes: routes.length,
  })
})

Working with sub-applications

const app = new Hono()
const apiApp = new Hono()

apiApp.get('/posts/:id', (c) => {
  return c.json({
    routePath: routePath(c), // '/posts/:id'
    baseRoutePath: baseRoutePath(c), // '/api'
    basePath: basePath(c), // '/api' (with actual params)
  })
})

app.route('/api', apiApp)

matchedRoutes()

Returns an array of all routes that matched the current request, including middleware.

app.all('/api/*', (c, next) => {
  console.log('API middleware')
  return next()
})

app.get('/api/users/:id', (c) => {
  const routes = matchedRoutes(c)
  // Returns: [
  //   { method: 'ALL', path: '/api/*', handler: [Function] },
  //   { method: 'GET', path: '/api/users/:id', handler: [Function] }
  // ]
  return c.json({ routes: routes.length })
})

routePath()

Returns the route path pattern registered for the current handler.

app.get('/posts/:id', (c) => {
  console.log(routePath(c)) // '/posts/:id'
  return c.text('Post details')
})

Using with index parameter

You can optionally pass an index parameter to get the route path at a specific position, similar to Array.prototype.at().

app.all('/api/*', (c, next) => {
  return next()
})

app.get('/api/users/:id', (c) => {
  console.log(routePath(c, 0)) // '/api/*' (first matched route)
  console.log(routePath(c, -1)) // '/api/users/:id' (last matched route)
  return c.text('User details')
})

baseRoutePath()

Returns the base path pattern of the current route as specified in routing.

const subApp = new Hono()
subApp.get('/posts/:id', (c) => {
  return c.text(baseRoutePath(c)) // '/:sub'
})

app.route('/:sub', subApp)

Using with index parameter

You can optionally pass an index parameter to get the base route path at a specific position, similar to Array.prototype.at().

app.all('/api/*', (c, next) => {
  return next()
})

const subApp = new Hono()
subApp.get('/users/:id', (c) => {
  console.log(baseRoutePath(c, 0)) // '/' (first matched route)
  console.log(baseRoutePath(c, -1)) // '/api' (last matched route)
  return c.text('User details')
})

app.route('/api', subApp)

basePath()

Returns the base path with embedded parameters from the actual request.

const subApp = new Hono()
subApp.get('/posts/:id', (c) => {
  return c.text(basePath(c)) // '/api' (for request to '/api/posts/123')
})

app.route('/:sub', subApp)