HTTP routes

When starting your app using probot run ./app.js or using the Server class, your Probot app function will receive the options.getRouter function as its 2nd argument.

Calling getRouter('/my-app') will return an express router that you can use to expose custom HTTP endpoints from your app.

import * as express from "express";

export default (app, { getRouter }) => {
  // Get an express router to expose new HTTP endpoints
  const router = getRouter("/my-app");

  // Use any middleware
  router.use(express.static("public"));

  // Add a new route
  router.get("/hello-world", (req, res) => {
    res.send("Hello World");
  });
};

Visit http://localhost:3000/my-app/hello-world to access the endpoint.

It is strongly encouraged to use the name of your package as the prefix so none of your routes or middleware conflict with other apps. For example, if probot/owners exposed an endpoint, the app would call getRouter('/owners') to prefix all endpoints with /owners.

See the express documentation for more information.

Found a mistake or want to help improve this documentation? Suggest changes on GitHub