@rangojs/router 0.0.0-experimental.55 → 0.0.0-experimental.56

package/src/router/router-options.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 import type { NonceProvider } from "../rsc/types.js";
 import type { ExecutionContext } from "../server/request-context.js";
 import type { UrlPatterns } from "../urls.js";
+import type { UrlBuilder } from "../urls/pattern-types.js";
 import type { NamedRouteEntry } from "./content-negotiation.js";
 import type { TelemetrySink } from "./telemetry.js";
 import type { RouterTimeouts, OnTimeoutCallback } from "./timeout.js";
@@ -95,6 +96,28 @@ export interface RSCRouterOptions<TEnv = any> {
    */
   $$sourceFile?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * URL prefix applied to all routes registered with this router.
+   *
+   * Useful when the app is served under a sub-path (e.g. `/admin` or `/v2`).
+   * All `path()` patterns are automatically prefixed and `reverse()` returns
+   * full paths including the basename. Route names are NOT prefixed.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```typescript
+   * const router = createRouter({
+   *   basename: "/admin",
+   * }).routes(({ path }) => [
+   *   path("/", Dashboard, { name: "home" }),       // matches /admin
+   *   path("/users", Users, { name: "users" }),     // matches /admin/users
+   * ]);
+   *
+   * router.reverse("home");   // "/admin"
+   * router.reverse("users");  // "/admin/users"
+   * ```
+   */
+  basename?: string;
+
   /**
    * Enable performance metrics collection
    * When enabled, metrics are output to console and available via Server-Timing header
@@ -337,25 +360,28 @@ export interface RSCRouterOptions<TEnv = any> {
   /**
    * URL patterns to register with the router.
    *
-   * Alternative to calling `.routes()` method - allows passing patterns
-   * directly in the config for a more concise setup.
+   * Accepts either a `UrlPatterns` object from `urls()` or a builder function
+   * directly (urls() is called implicitly).
    *
    * @example
    * ```typescript
-   * import { urls } from "@rangojs/router/server";
-   *
-   * const urlpatterns = urls(({ path, layout }) => [
-   *   path("/", HomePage, { name: "home" }),
-   *   path("/about", AboutPage, { name: "about" }),
-   * ]);
-   *
-   * const router = createRouter<AppEnv>({
+   * // With urls()
+   * createRouter<AppEnv>({
    *   document: Document,
    *   urls: urlpatterns,
    * });
+   *
+   * // With builder function
+   * createRouter<AppEnv>({
+   *   document: Document,
+   *   urls: ({ path }) => [
+   *     path("/", HomePage, { name: "home" }),
+   *     path("/about", AboutPage, { name: "about" }),
+   *   ],
+   * });
    * ```
    */
-  urls?: UrlPatterns<TEnv, any>;
+  urls?: UrlPatterns<TEnv, any> | UrlBuilder<TEnv>;
 
   /**
    * Injected by the Vite transform at compile time.

package/src/router.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import {
 import MapRootLayout from "./server/root-layout.js";
 import type { AllUseItems } from "./route-types.js";
 import type { UrlPatterns } from "./urls.js";
+import type { UrlBuilder } from "./urls/pattern-types.js";
+import { urls } from "./urls.js";
 import {
   EntryData,
   InterceptSelectorContext,
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ export function createRouter<TEnv = any>(
   const {
     id: userProvidedId,
     $$id: injectedId,
+    basename: basenameOption,
     debugPerformance = false,
     document: documentOption,
     defaultErrorBoundary,
@@ -158,6 +161,13 @@ export function createRouter<TEnv = any>(
     originCheck: originCheckOption,
   } = options;
 
+  // Normalize basename: ensure leading slash, strip trailing slash.
+  // A bare "/" is equivalent to no basename.
+  const basename =
+    basenameOption && basenameOption.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, "")
+      ? "/" + basenameOption.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, "")
+      : undefined;
+
   // Resolve telemetry sink (no-op when not configured)
   const telemetry = resolveSink(telemetrySink);
 
@@ -659,8 +669,15 @@ export function createRouter<TEnv = any>(
   const router: RSCRouterInternal<TEnv, {}> = {
     __brand: RSC_ROUTER_BRAND,
     id: routerId,
+    basename,
+
+    routes(patternsOrBuilder: UrlPatterns<TEnv> | UrlBuilder<TEnv>): any {
+      // Wrap builder functions in urls() automatically
+      const urlPatterns: UrlPatterns<TEnv> =
+        typeof patternsOrBuilder === "function"
+          ? (urls(patternsOrBuilder) as UrlPatterns<TEnv>)
+          : patternsOrBuilder;
 
-    routes(urlPatterns: UrlPatterns<TEnv>): any {
       // Store reference for runtime manifest generation
       storedUrlPatterns = urlPatterns;
       const currentMountIndex = mountIndex++;
@@ -708,6 +725,10 @@ export function createRouter<TEnv = any>(
           counters: {},
           mountIndex: currentMountIndex,
           cacheProfiles: resolvedCacheProfiles,
+          // basename sets the initial URL prefix so all path() patterns
+          // are registered with the prefix (e.g. "/admin" + "/users" = "/admin/users").
+          // No namePrefix — route names stay unprefixed.
+          ...(basename ? { urlPrefix: basename } : {}),
         },
         () => {
           handlerResult = urlPatterns.handler() as AllUseItems[];
@@ -856,8 +877,18 @@ export function createRouter<TEnv = any>(
       patternOrMiddleware: string | MiddlewareFn<TEnv>,
       middleware?: MiddlewareFn<TEnv>,
     ): any {
-      // Global middleware - no mount prefix
-      addMiddleware(patternOrMiddleware, middleware, null);
+      // Auto-prefix pattern with basename so router-level middleware
+      // patterns are router-relative (e.g. "/users/*" matches "/app/users/*").
+      if (basename && typeof patternOrMiddleware === "string") {
+        const pattern = patternOrMiddleware;
+        const prefixed =
+          pattern === "/*" || pattern === "*"
+            ? `${basename}/*`
+            : `${basename}${pattern}`;
+        addMiddleware(prefixed, middleware, null);
+      } else {
+        addMiddleware(patternOrMiddleware, middleware, null);
+      }
       return router;
     },
 
@@ -958,6 +989,9 @@ export function createRouter<TEnv = any>(
     // Expose source file for per-router type generation
     __sourceFile,
 
+    // Expose basename for runtime manifest generation
+    __basename: basename,
+
     // RSC request handler (lazily created on first call)
     fetch: (() => {
       // Handler is created on first call and reused
@@ -999,7 +1033,9 @@ export function createRouter<TEnv = any>(
   RouterRegistry.set(routerId, router);
 
   // If urls option was provided, auto-register them
-  if (urlsOption) {
+  if (typeof urlsOption === "function") {
+    return router.routes(urlsOption) as RSCRouter<TEnv, {}>;
+  } else if (urlsOption) {
     return router.routes(urlsOption) as RSCRouter<TEnv, {}>;
   }
 

package/src/rsc/handler.ts

@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@ export function createRSCHandler<
     // - Server components during rendering
     // - Error boundaries
     // - Streaming
+    // Store basename on request context (scoped per-request via existing ALS)
+    requestContext._basename = router.basename;
+
     return runWithRequestContext(requestContext, async () => {
       // Core handler logic (wrapped by middleware)
       const coreHandler = async (): Promise<Response> => {
@@ -840,7 +843,11 @@ export function createRSCHandler<
     handleStore?: ReturnType<typeof requireRequestContext>["_handleStore"],
     actionContinuation?: ActionContinuation,
   ): Promise<Response> {
-    const isPartial = url.searchParams.has("_rsc_partial");
+    // App switch detection: if the client's routerId doesn't match this
+    // router, downgrade to a full render so the entire tree is replaced.
+    const clientRouterId = url.searchParams.get("_rsc_rid");
+    const isAppSwitch = !!(clientRouterId && clientRouterId !== router.id);
+    const isPartial = url.searchParams.has("_rsc_partial") && !isAppSwitch;
     const isAction =
       request.headers.has("rsc-action") || url.searchParams.has("_rsc_action");
 
@@ -1025,6 +1032,8 @@ export function createRSCHandler<
         const payload: RscPayload = {
           metadata: {
             pathname: url.pathname,
+            routerId: router.id,
+            basename: router.basename,
             segments: [notFoundSegment],
             matched: [],
             diff: [],

package/src/rsc/manifest-init.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ export async function buildRouterTrieFromUrlpatterns(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const { generateManifestFull } =
     await import("../build/generate-manifest.js");
-  const generated = generateManifestFull(router.urlpatterns);
+  const generated = generateManifestFull(
+    router.urlpatterns,
+    undefined,
+    router.basename ? { urlPrefix: router.basename } : undefined,
+  );
   if (
     generated._routeAncestry &&
     Object.keys(generated._routeAncestry).length > 0

package/src/rsc/progressive-enhancement.ts

@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ export async function handleProgressiveEnhancement<TEnv>(
     const payload: RscPayload = {
       metadata: {
         pathname: url.pathname,
+        routerId: ctx.router.id,
+        basename: ctx.router.basename,
         segments: match.segments,
         matched: match.matched,
         diff: match.diff,
@@ -342,6 +344,8 @@ async function renderPeErrorBoundary<TEnv>(
   const payload: RscPayload = {
     metadata: {
       pathname: url.pathname,
+      routerId: ctx.router.id,
+      basename: ctx.router.basename,
       segments: errorResult.segments,
       matched: errorResult.matched,
       diff: errorResult.diff,

package/src/rsc/rsc-rendering.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export async function handleRscRendering<TEnv>(
       payload = {
         metadata: {
           pathname: url.pathname,
+          routerId: ctx.router.id,
+          basename: ctx.router.basename,
           segments: match.segments,
           matched: match.matched,
           diff: match.diff,
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ export async function handleRscRendering<TEnv>(
       payload = {
         metadata: {
           pathname: url.pathname,
+          routerId: ctx.router.id,
           segments: result.segments,
           matched: result.matched,
           diff: result.diff,
@@ -136,6 +139,8 @@ export async function handleRscRendering<TEnv>(
 
         metadata: {
           pathname: url.pathname,
+          routerId: ctx.router.id,
+          basename: ctx.router.basename,
           segments: match.segments,
           matched: match.matched,
           diff: match.diff,

package/src/rsc/server-action.ts

@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ export async function executeServerAction<TEnv>(
       const payload: RscPayload = {
         metadata: {
           pathname: url.pathname,
+          routerId: ctx.router.id,
           segments: errorResult.segments,
           isPartial: true,
           matched: errorResult.matched,
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ export async function revalidateAfterAction<TEnv>(
   const payload: RscPayload = {
     metadata: {
       pathname: url.pathname,
+      routerId: ctx.router.id,
       segments: matchResult.segments,
       isPartial: true,
       matched: matchResult.matched,

package/src/rsc/ssr-setup.ts

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function getSSRSetup<TEnv>(
   url: URL,
   metricsStore: MetricsStore | undefined,
 ): Promise<SSRSetup> {
-  const early = _getRequestContext()?.var?.[SSR_SETUP_VAR] as
+  const early = _getRequestContext()?._variables?.[SSR_SETUP_VAR] as
     | Promise<SSRSetup>
     | undefined;
   if (early) return early;

package/src/rsc/types.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ export interface RscPayload {
   metadata?: {
     pathname: string;
     segments: ResolvedSegment[];
+    /** Router instance ID. When this changes between navigations, the client
+     *  discards cached segments and does a full tree replacement (app switch). */
+    routerId?: string;
     isPartial?: boolean;
     isError?: boolean;
     matched?: string[];
@@ -38,6 +41,8 @@ export interface RscPayload {
     themeConfig?: ResolvedThemeConfig | null;
     /** Initial theme from cookie (for SSR hydration) */
     initialTheme?: Theme;
+    /** URL prefix for all routes (from createRouter({ basename })). */
+    basename?: string;
     /** Whether connection warmup is enabled */
     warmupEnabled?: boolean;
     /** Server-side redirect with optional state (for partial requests) */

package/src/server/request-context.ts

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ export interface RequestContext<
   pathname: string;
   /** URL search params (with internal `_rsc*` params stripped, same as `url.searchParams`) */
   searchParams: URLSearchParams;
-  /** Variables set by middleware (same as ctx.var) */
-  var: Record<string, any>;
+  /** @internal Shared variable backing store for ctx.get()/ctx.set(). */
+  _variables: Record<string, any>;
   /** Get a variable set by middleware */
   get: {
     <T>(contextVar: ContextVar<T>): T | undefined;
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ export interface RequestContext<
 
   /** @internal Request-scoped performance metrics store */
   _metricsStore?: MetricsStore;
+
+  /** @internal Router basename for this request (used by redirect()) */
+  _basename?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -316,7 +319,9 @@ export type PublicRequestContext<
   | "_reportBackgroundError"
   | "_debugPerformance"
   | "_metricsStore"
+  | "_basename"
   | "_setStatus"
+  | "_variables"
   | "res"
 >;
 
@@ -591,7 +596,7 @@ export function createRequestContext<TEnv>(
     originalUrl: new URL(request.url),
     pathname: url.pathname,
     searchParams: cleanUrl.searchParams,
-    var: variables,
+    _variables: variables,
     get: ((keyOrVar: any) => {
       if (isNonCacheable(variables, keyOrVar) && isInsideCacheScope()) {
         throw new Error(
@@ -923,7 +928,6 @@ export function createUseFunction<TEnv>(
       pathname: ctx.pathname,
       url: ctx.url,
       env: ctx.env as any,
-      var: ctx.var as any,
       get: ctx.get as any,
       use: <TDep, TDepParams = any>(
         dep: LoaderDefinition<TDep, TDepParams>,

package/src/ssr/index.tsx

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ interface RscPayload {
     matched?: string[];
     pathname?: string;
     params?: Record<string, string>;
+    basename?: string;
     themeConfig?: ResolvedThemeConfig | null;
     initialTheme?: Theme;
     version?: string;
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ export function createSSRHandler<TEnv = unknown>(deps: SSRDependencies<TEnv>) {
       function SsrRoot() {
         payload ??= createFromReadableStream<RscPayload>(rscStream1);
         const resolved = React.use(payload);
+
         const themeConfig = resolved.metadata?.themeConfig ?? null;
         const pathname = resolved.metadata?.pathname ?? "/";
 
@@ -286,6 +288,7 @@ export function createSSRHandler<TEnv = unknown>(deps: SSRDependencies<TEnv>) {
           navigate: async () => {},
           refresh: async () => {},
           version: resolved.metadata?.version,
+          basename: resolved.metadata?.basename,
         };
 
         // Build content tree from segments.

package/src/types/cache-types.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * during cache key generation (before middleware runs).
  *
  * Note: While the full RequestContext is passed, middleware-set variables
- * (ctx.var, ctx.get()) may not be populated yet since cache lookup
- * happens before middleware execution.
+ * read via `ctx.get()` may not be populated yet since cache lookup happens
+ * before middleware execution.
  */
 export type { RequestContext as CacheContext } from "../server/request-context.js";
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export interface CacheOptions<TEnv = unknown> {
    * Return false to skip cache for this request (always fetch fresh).
    *
    * Has access to full RequestContext including env, request, params, cookies, etc.
-   * Note: Middleware-set variables (ctx.var) may not be populated yet.
+   * Note: Middleware-set variables read via `ctx.get()` may not be populated yet.
    *
    * @example
    * ```typescript
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export interface CacheOptions<TEnv = unknown> {
    * Bypasses default key generation AND store's keyGenerator.
    *
    * Has access to full RequestContext including env, request, params, cookies, etc.
-   * Note: Middleware-set variables (ctx.var) may not be populated yet.
+   * Note: Middleware-set variables read via `ctx.get()` may not be populated yet.
    *
    * @example
    * ```typescript

package/src/types/handler-context.ts

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export type Handler<
  * - Cleaned route URL (`url`, `searchParams`, `pathname` — no `_rsc*` params)
  * - Original request (`request` — raw transport URL, headers, method, body)
  * - Platform bindings (env.DB, env.KV, env.SECRETS)
- * - Middleware variables (var.user, var.permissions)
+ * - Middleware variables (`get("user")`, `get("permissions")`)
  * - Getter/setter for variables (get('user'), set('user', ...))
  *
  * @example
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ export type Handler<
  * const handler = (ctx: HandlerContext<{ slug: string }, AppEnv>) => {
  *   ctx.params.slug        // Route param (string)
  *   ctx.env.DB             // Binding (D1Database)
- *   ctx.var.user           // Variable (User | undefined)
- *   ctx.get('user')        // Alternative getter
+ *   ctx.get('user')        // Variable (User | undefined)
  *   ctx.set('user', {...}) // Setter
  *   ctx.url                // Clean URL (no _rsc* params)
  *   ctx.searchParams       // Clean params (no _rsc* params)
@@ -244,14 +243,9 @@ export type HandlerContext<
    * Access resources like `ctx.env.DB`, `ctx.env.KV`.
    */
   env: TEnv;
-  /**
-   * Middleware-injected variables.
-   * Access values like `ctx.var.user`, `ctx.var.permissions`.
-   */
-  var: DefaultVars;
   /**
    * Type-safe getter for middleware variables.
-   * Alternative to `ctx.var.key` with better autocomplete.
+   * Preferred way to read middleware-injected variables.
    *
    * @example
    * ```typescript
@@ -448,6 +442,8 @@ export type InternalHandlerContext<
 > = HandlerContext<TParams, TEnv, TSearch> & {
   /** @internal Stub response for collecting headers/cookies. */
   res: Response;
+  /** @internal Shared variable backing store for ctx.get()/ctx.set(). */
+  _variables: Record<string, any>;
   /** Prerender-only control flow helper, attached when the runtime context supports it. */
   passthrough?: () => unknown;
   /** Current segment ID for handle data attribution. */

package/src/types/loader-types.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export type LoaderContext<
   pathname: string;
   url: URL;
   env: TEnv;
-  var: DefaultVars;
   get: {
     <T>(contextVar: ContextVar<T>): T | undefined;
   } & (<K extends keyof DefaultVars>(key: K) => DefaultVars[K]);

package/src/urls/pattern-types.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ import type {
 } from "../route-types.js";
 import type { SearchSchema } from "../search-params.js";
 import { RESPONSE_TYPE } from "./response-types.js";
+import type { DefaultEnv } from "../types.js";
+import type { PathHelpers } from "./path-helper-types.js";
+
+/**
+ * Builder function accepted by urls() and as a shorthand for routes()/urls option.
+ * When passed directly to routes() or createRouter({ urls }), it is wrapped in urls() automatically.
+ */
+export type UrlBuilder<
+  TEnv = DefaultEnv,
+  TItems extends readonly (AllUseItems | readonly AllUseItems[])[] =
+    readonly AllUseItems[],
+> = (helpers: PathHelpers<TEnv>) => TItems;
 
 /**
  * Sentinel type for unnamed routes.

package/src/vite/discovery/discover-routers.ts

@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ export async function discoverRouters(
       continue;
     }
 
-    const manifest = generateManifestFull(router.urlpatterns, routerMountIndex);
+    const manifest = generateManifestFull(
+      router.urlpatterns,
+      routerMountIndex,
+      router.__basename ? { urlPrefix: router.__basename } : undefined,
+    );
     routerMountIndex++;
     allManifests.push({ id, manifest });
     const routeCount = Object.keys(manifest.routeManifest).length;