Goravel Crud Routes

Goravel CRUD Routes

Register routes for $ARGUMENTS.

File 1: routes/api.go

Step 1: Add Import

import (
    // ... existing imports
    "<module>/app/http/controllers/<entity_name>s"
)

The module path is books-database.

Step 2: Initialize Controller

Add inside the Api() function, with other controller initializations:

entityController := entitynames.NewEntityController()

Step 3: Add Optional Auth Routes (Public GET Endpoints)

Add inside the router.Middleware(optionalAuth).Group(...) block:

// Entity routes
optionalAuthRouter.Get("/<entity-names>", entityController.Index)
optionalAuthRouter.Get("/<entity-names>/search", entityController.Search)
optionalAuthRouter.Get("/<entity-names>/filters", entityController.FilterMetadata)
optionalAuthRouter.Get("/<entity-names>/{id}", entityController.Show)

Step 4: Add Protected Routes (Auth-Required Mutations + Statistics)

Add inside the router.Middleware(jwtAuth, require2FA).Group(...) block:

// Entity routes
protectedRouter.Get("/<entity-names>/statistics", entityController.Statistics)  // Must be before {id}
protectedRouter.Post("/<entity-names>", entityController.Store)
protectedRouter.Put("/<entity-names>/{id}", entityController.Update)
protectedRouter.Delete("/<entity-names>/{id}", entityController.Delete)

Statistics endpoints go in protectedRouter, not optionalAuthRouter — they expose aggregate data that should require authentication.

Endpoint Naming Conventions

• Use hyphenated format: /business-formalisations NOT /business_formalisations
• Use plural for collections: /books, /lenders, /configs
• Search endpoint MUST come before {id} to avoid route conflicts

File 2: routes/web.go (for Inertia pages)

Step 1: Add Import

import (
    // ... existing imports
    "<module>/app/http/controllers/<entity_name>s"
)

Step 2: Initialize Page Controller

entityPageController := entitynames.NewEntityPageController()

Step 3: Add Page Route

Inside the authenticated routes group:

router.Get("/admin/<entity-names>", entityPageController.Index)

Current Route Structure Reference

See routes/api.go and routes/web.go for existing patterns:

API routes (routes/api.go):

• Optional auth group: GET endpoints (Index, Search, FilterMetadata, Show)
• Protected group: POST/PUT/DELETE endpoints (Store, Update, Delete)

Web routes (routes/web.go):

• All admin pages under router.Get("/admin/...")

Verify

After registering all routes:

# This is critical — catches import errors, missing controllers, wrong method signatures
go build ./...

If the build fails, check:

• Import path matches the controller package name
• Controller method signatures match route expectations (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE)
• Route ordering is correct (search before {id})

Next Step

Run /goravel-crud-test to generate and run comprehensive CRUD tests. All API tests MUST pass before starting any UI/frontend work. This catches data-flow bugs (Bind, validation keys, GORM mapping) that are much harder to debug through the UI.

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