Add context.FindClosest(n) to find closest paths - useful for 404 pages to suggest valid pages

Former-commit-id: 90ff7c9da5369df5bd99fbbecf9955a8c555fea5

_examples/README.md

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ Navigate through examples for a better understanding.
 - [Basic](routing/basic/main.go)
 - [Controllers](mvc)
 - [Custom HTTP Errors](routing/http-errors/main.go)
+- [Not Found - Suggest Closest Paths](routing/not-found-suggests/main.go) **NEW**
 - [Dynamic Path](routing/dynamic-path/main.go)
     * [root level wildcard path](routing/dynamic-path/root-wildcard/main.go)
 - [Write your own custom parameter types](routing/macros/main.go)

_examples/i18n/main.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func newApp() *iris.Application {
 
 		// Note that,
 		// Iris automatically adds a "tr" global template function as well,
-		// the only differene is the way you call it inside your templates and
+		// the only difference is the way you call it inside your templates and
 		// that it accepts a language code as its first argument: {{ tr "el-GR" "hi" "iris"}}
 	})
 	//
@@ -65,10 +65,18 @@ func newApp() *iris.Application {
 func main() {
 	app := newApp()
 
-	// go to http://localhost:8080/el-gr/some-path (by path prefix)
-	// or http://el.mydomain.com8080/some-path (by subdomain - test locally with the hosts file)
-	// or http://localhost:8080/zh-CN/templates (by path prefix with uppercase)
-	// or http://localhost:8080/some-path?lang=el-GR (by url parameter)
+	// go to http://localhost:8080/el-gr/some-path
+	// ^ (by path prefix)
+	//
+	// or http://el.mydomain.com8080/some-path
+	// ^ (by subdomain - test locally with the hosts file)
+	//
+	// or http://localhost:8080/zh-CN/templates
+	// ^ (by path prefix with uppercase)
+	//
+	// or http://localhost:8080/some-path?lang=el-GR
+	// ^ (by url parameter)
+	//
 	// or http://localhost:8080 (default is en-US)
 	// or http://localhost:8080/?lang=zh-CN
 	//
@@ -77,6 +85,5 @@ func main() {
 	// or http://localhost:8080/other?lang=en-US
 	//
 	// or use cookies to set the language.
-	//
 	app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"), iris.WithSitemap("http://localhost:8080"))
 }

_examples/routing/not-found-suggests/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/kataras/iris/v12"
+
+func main() {
+	app := iris.New()
+	app.OnErrorCode(iris.StatusNotFound, notFound)
+
+	// [register some routes...]
+	app.Get("/home", handler)
+	app.Get("/news", handler)
+	app.Get("/news/politics", handler)
+	app.Get("/user/profile", handler)
+	app.Get("/user", handler)
+	app.Get("/newspaper", handler)
+	app.Get("/user/{id}", handler)
+
+	app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"))
+}
+
+func notFound(ctx iris.Context) {
+	suggestPaths := ctx.FindClosest(3)
+	if len(suggestPaths) == 0 {
+		ctx.WriteString("404 not found")
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.HTML("Did you mean?<ul>")
+	for _, s := range suggestPaths {
+		ctx.HTML(`<li><a href="%s">%s</a></li>`, s, s)
+	}
+	ctx.HTML("</ul>")
+}
+
+func handler(ctx iris.Context) {
+	ctx.Writef("Path: %s", ctx.Path())
+}

configuration.go

@@ -388,19 +388,7 @@ func WithSitemap(startURL string) Configurator {
 		}
 
 		for _, r := range app.GetRoutes() {
-			if !r.IsOnline() {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if r.Subdomain != "" {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if r.Method != MethodGet {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if len(r.Tmpl().Params) > 0 {
+			if !r.IsStatic() || r.Subdomain != "" {
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -478,7 +466,7 @@ func WithSitemap(startURL string) Configurator {
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
-				app.HandleMany("GET HEAD", s.Path, handler)
+				app.HandleMany("GET HEAD OPTIONS", s.Path, handler)
 			}
 
 		}

context/application.go

@@ -60,4 +60,8 @@ type Application interface {
 	// RouteExists reports whether a particular route exists
 	// It will search from the current subdomain of context's host, if not inside the root domain.
 	RouteExists(ctx Context, method, path string) bool
+	// FindClosestPaths returns a list of "n" paths close to "path" under the given "subdomain".
+	//
+	// Order may change.
+	FindClosestPaths(subdomain, searchPath string, n int) []string
 }

context/context.go

@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ type Context interface {
 	// Subdomain returns the subdomain of this request, if any.
 	// Note that this is a fast method which does not cover all cases.
 	Subdomain() (subdomain string)
+	// FindClosest returns a list of "n" paths close to
+	// this request based on subdomain and request path.
+	//
+	// Order may change.
+	// Example: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/routing/not-found-suggests
+	FindClosest(n int) []string
 	// IsWWW returns true if the current subdomain (if any) is www.
 	IsWWW() bool
 	// FullRqeuestURI returns the full URI,
@@ -1600,6 +1606,15 @@ func (ctx *context) Subdomain() (subdomain string) {
 	return
 }
 
+// FindClosest returns a list of "n" paths close to
+// this request based on subdomain and request path.
+//
+// Order may change.
+// Example: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/routing/not-found-suggests
+func (ctx *context) FindClosest(n int) []string {
+	return ctx.Application().FindClosestPaths(ctx.Subdomain(), ctx.Path(), n)
+}
+
 // IsWWW returns true if the current subdomain (if any) is www.
 func (ctx *context) IsWWW() bool {
 	host := ctx.Host()

context/route.go

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ type RouteReadOnly interface {
 	// IsOnline returns true if the route is marked as "online" (state).
 	IsOnline() bool
 
+	// IsStatic reports whether this route is a static route.
+	// Does not contain dynamic path parameters,
+	// is online and registered on GET HTTP Method.
+	IsStatic() bool
 	// StaticPath returns the static part of the original, registered route path.
 	// if /user/{id} it will return /user
 	// if /user/{id}/friend/{friendid:uint64} it will return /user too

core/router/handler.go

@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ func NewDefaultHandler() RequestHandler {
 type RoutesProvider interface { // api builder
 	GetRoutes() []*Route
 	GetRoute(routeName string) *Route
-	// GetStaticSites() []*StaticSite
-	// Macros() *macro.Macros
 }
 
 func (h *routerHandler) Build(provider RoutesProvider) error {

core/router/route.go

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (r *Route) BuildHandlers() {
 }
 
 // String returns the form of METHOD, SUBDOMAIN, TMPL PATH.
-func (r Route) String() string {
+func (r *Route) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s",
 		r.Method, r.Subdomain, r.Tmpl().Src)
 }
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ func (r *Route) SetPriority(prio float32) *Route {
 // Developer can get his registered path
 // via Tmpl().Src, Route.Path is the path
 // converted to match the underline router's specs.
-func (r Route) Tmpl() macro.Template {
+func (r *Route) Tmpl() macro.Template {
 	return r.tmpl
 }
 
 // RegisteredHandlersLen returns the end-developer's registered handlers, all except the macro evaluator handler
 // if was required by the build process.
-func (r Route) RegisteredHandlersLen() int {
+func (r *Route) RegisteredHandlersLen() int {
 	n := len(r.Handlers)
 	if handler.CanMakeHandler(r.tmpl) {
 		n--
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (r Route) RegisteredHandlersLen() int {
 }
 
 // IsOnline returns true if the route is marked as "online" (state).
-func (r Route) IsOnline() bool {
+func (r *Route) IsOnline() bool {
 	return r.Method != MethodNone
 }
 
@@ -270,11 +270,18 @@ func formatPath(path string) string {
 	return path
 }
 
+// IsStatic reports whether this route is a static route.
+// Does not contain dynamic path parameters,
+// is online and registered on GET HTTP Method.
+func (r *Route) IsStatic() bool {
+	return r.IsOnline() && len(r.Tmpl().Params) == 0 && r.Method == "GET"
+}
+
 // StaticPath returns the static part of the original, registered route path.
 // if /user/{id} it will return /user
 // if /user/{id}/friend/{friendid:uint64} it will return /user too
 // if /assets/{filepath:path} it will return /assets.
-func (r Route) StaticPath() string {
+func (r *Route) StaticPath() string {
 	src := r.tmpl.Src
 	bidx := strings.IndexByte(src, '{')
 	if bidx == -1 || len(src) <= bidx {
@@ -289,7 +296,7 @@ func (r Route) StaticPath() string {
 }
 
 // ResolvePath returns the formatted path's %v replaced with the args.
-func (r Route) ResolvePath(args ...string) string {
+func (r *Route) ResolvePath(args ...string) string {
 	rpath, formattedPath := r.Path, r.FormattedPath
 	if rpath == formattedPath {
 		// static, no need to pass args
@@ -310,7 +317,7 @@ func (r Route) ResolvePath(args ...string) string {
 
 // Trace returns some debug infos as a string sentence.
 // Should be called after Build.
-func (r Route) Trace() string {
+func (r *Route) Trace() string {
 	printfmt := fmt.Sprintf("[%s:%d] %s:", r.SourceFileName, r.SourceLineNumber, r.Method)
 	if r.Subdomain != "" {
 		printfmt += fmt.Sprintf(" %s", r.Subdomain)

core/router/router.go

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12/context"
+
+	"github.com/schollz/closestmatch"
 )
 
 // Router is the "director".
@@ -23,10 +25,16 @@ type Router struct {
 
 	cPool          *context.Pool // used on RefreshRouter
 	routesProvider RoutesProvider
+
+	// key = subdomain
+	// value = closest of static routes, filled on `BuildRouter/RefreshRouter`.
+	closestPaths map[string]*closestmatch.ClosestMatch
 }
 
 // NewRouter returns a new empty Router.
-func NewRouter() *Router { return &Router{} }
+func NewRouter() *Router {
+	return &Router{}
+}
 
 // RefreshRouter re-builds the router. Should be called when a route's state
 // changed (i.e Method changed at serve-time).
@@ -54,6 +62,28 @@ func (router *Router) AddRouteUnsafe(r *Route) error {
 	return ErrNotRouteAdder
 }
 
+// FindClosestPaths returns a list of "n" paths close to "path" under the given "subdomain".
+//
+// Order may change.
+func (router *Router) FindClosestPaths(subdomain, searchPath string, n int) []string {
+	if router.closestPaths == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cm, ok := router.closestPaths[subdomain]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	list := cm.ClosestN(searchPath, n)
+	if len(list) == 1 && list[0] == "" {
+		// yes, it may return empty string as its first slice element when not found.
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return list
+}
+
 // BuildRouter builds the router based on
 // the context factory (explicit pool in this case),
 // the request handler which manages how the main handler will multiplexes the routes
@@ -110,6 +140,21 @@ func (router *Router) BuildRouter(cPool *context.Pool, requestHandler RequestHan
 		router.mainHandler = NewWrapper(router.wrapperFunc, router.mainHandler).ServeHTTP
 	}
 
+	// build closest.
+	subdomainPaths := make(map[string][]string)
+	for _, r := range router.routesProvider.GetRoutes() {
+		if !r.IsStatic() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		subdomainPaths[r.Subdomain] = append(subdomainPaths[r.Subdomain], r.Path)
+	}
+
+	router.closestPaths = make(map[string]*closestmatch.ClosestMatch)
+	for subdomain, paths := range subdomainPaths {
+		router.closestPaths[subdomain] = closestmatch.New(paths, []int{3, 4, 6})
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

go.mod

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mediocregopher/radix/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2
 	github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.0+incompatible
+	github.com/schollz/closestmatch v2.1.0+incompatible
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191206172530-e9b2fee46413
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.51.0