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+# Vulkano Core — CLAUDE.md
+
+## Overview
+
+`@vulkano/core` (v1.27.0) is the engine of the Vulkano MVC framework. It bootstraps the environment, connects to the database, and auto-loads all models, controllers, services, and responses before starting the Express server. The user app only calls `require('@vulkano/core')`.
+
+```
+/**
+ * app.js
+ *
+ * To start the server, run: `node app.js`.
+ *
+ */
+
+const vulkano = require('@vulkano/core');
+
+vulkano();
+```
+
+---
+
+## File structure
+
+```
+core/
+├── app.js                        ← Entry point: full bootstrap sequence
+├── bootstrap/
+│   ├── express.js                ← Merges all Express configuration sources
+│   ├── logger.js                 ← Console helpers (colors, column formatting)
+│   ├── responses.js              ← Auto-loads and injects response methods into res
+│   ├── server.js                 ← Starts Express, registers middleware, routes, sockets
+│   ├── services.js               ← Auto-loads libs/services and injects them as globals
+│   └── views.js                  ← Nunjucks base config (path, filters, helpers)
+├── controllers/
+│   ├── controllers.js            ← Auto-discovers *Controller.js files, builds route table
+│   └── ScaffoldController.js     ← Auto-generates CRUD methods for scaffold:true controllers
+├── database/
+│   ├── mongodb.js                ← Connects Mongoose, compiles models, registers them as globals
+│   ├── models.js                 ← Loads user models, merges lifecycle callbacks and scaffold methods
+│   └── scaffold.js               ← Base CRUD methods: getAll, getByField, create, update, delete, subdocs
+├── libs/
+│   ├── ApiClient.js              ← Axios wrapper for outbound HTTP requests
+│   ├── Crontab.js                ← node-cron wrapper for scheduled tasks
+│   ├── Download.js               ← File download helper
+│   ├── Encrypter.js              ← AES-256-CBC encrypt/decrypt
+│   ├── Filter.js                 ← String filter system (trim, prefix, suffix, etc.)
+│   ├── Jwt.js                    ← JWT encode/decode + Express middleware
+│   ├── Paginate.js               ← Mongoose pagination, search, and filtering
+│   ├── VSError.js                ← Standard error class with statusCode
+│   ├── i18n.js                   ← i18next wrapper + moment locale sync
+│   └── filters/                  ← Individual filter modules (trim, ltrim, rtrim, prefix, suffix, number, objectId, saveinteger)
+├── responses/
+│   └── vsr.js                    ← Vulkano Standard Response: resolves a Promise → JSON
+└── views/
+    ├── filters/                  ← Core Nunjucks filters (vCamelCase, vLowercase)
+    └── errors/                   ← Dev-mode HTML error templates (no_controller, no_action, no_view, exception)
+```
+
+---
+
+## Bootstrap sequence (`app.js`)
+
+1. Sets path globals: `START_TIME`, `ABS_PATH`, `APP_PATH`, `PUBLIC_PATH`, `CORE_PATH`, `app`, `_`
+2. Loads `.env` via dotenv
+3. Auto-discovers all user config via `include-all` from `app/config/`
+4. Deep-merges config in order: general → settings → `env/{NODE_ENV}` → `local.js`
+5. Stores result in `app.config`
+6. Runs in sequence: `loadServices()` → `loadDatabase()` → `loadControllers()` → `loadServer()`
+7. Registers `app.routes` and `app.server`
+8. Calls the user's `bootstrap.js`, which in turn calls `app.server.start(cb)`
+9. Inside `start()`: registers middleware, routes, sockets, then calls `cb()`
+
+---
+
+## Auto-loading system
+
+Vulkano automatically discovers, loads, and registers all application components at startup —
+**no manual `require()` or imports are needed** inside controllers, models, or services.
+
+This is the core design principle of the framework: models, controllers, libraries, and services are
+all loaded and made globally accessible at boot time. This reduces boilerplate and means any file in
+the app can use `User`, `Paginate`, `Jwt`, or any other component directly without importing it.
+
+Every component type is scanned from **two locations**: the framework core and the user's `app/`
+project folder. Both are merged, with the project's files taking precedence over core files when
+names collide.
+
+---
+
+### 1. Libraries and services → global scope
+
+**Loader:** `bootstrap/services.js`
+
+Scanned directories (all merged into a single global namespace):
+
+```
+core/libs/*.js           ← built-in framework libraries
+app/services/*.js        ← project-level services
+app/libs/*.js            ← project-level utility libraries
+```
+
+Every exported module is injected as `global[filename]`. The global name is the **filename without
+extension**, PascalCase by convention:
+
+| File | Global |
+|---|---|
+| `core/libs/Paginate.js` | `global.Paginate` |
+| `core/libs/VSError.js` | `global.VSError` |
+| `core/libs/Jwt.js` | `global.Jwt` |
+| `core/libs/Encrypter.js` | `global.Encrypter` |
+| `core/libs/Filter.js` | `global.Filter` |
+| `core/libs/ApiClient.js` | `global.ApiClient` |
+| `core/libs/Crontab.js` | `global.Crontab` |
+| `core/libs/i18n.js` | `global.i18n` |
+| `core/libs/View.js` | `global.View` |
+
+> `ActiveRecord` and `AppController` are explicitly excluded from globals even if present.
+
+If a project file has the same name as a core lib (e.g. `app/services/Paginate.js`), the project
+version wins and replaces the core one globally.
+
+**Available in every controller, model, service, or config file — no import needed:**
+```js
+VSError.reject('Not found', 404);
+Paginate.get(User, query);
+Jwt.encode({ userId: '123' });
+Filter.get('  hello  ', 'trim');
+```
+
+---
+
+### 2. Models → compiled Mongoose models in global scope
+
+**Loader:** `database/models.js` + `database/mongodb.js`
+
+Scanned directory:
+```
+app/models/*.js          ← all project models (one file per model)
+```
+
+For each model file the loader:
+1. Reads `attributes` and separates virtual fields
+2. Adds automatic fields: `active` (Boolean, default `true`), `createdAt` (Date), `updatedAt` (Date)
+3. Sets `trim: true` on all non-Boolean attributes (disable with `trim: false`)
+4. Merges default lifecycle callbacks (`beforeSave`, `afterSave`, `beforeUpdate`, etc.)
+5. Merges base scaffold CRUD methods from `database/scaffold.js`
+6. Compiles the Mongoose schema and registers it as `global[ModelName]`
+
+Collection name is always `modelName.toLowerCase()`:
+
+| File | Global | MongoDB collection |
+|---|---|---|
+| `app/models/User.js` | `global.User` | `user` |
+| `app/models/Product.js` | `global.Product` | `product` |
+| `app/models/BlogPost.js` | `global.BlogPost` | `blogpost` |
+
+**Available in any controller, service, or other model — no import needed:**
+```js
+User.create(req.body);
+Product.getAll(req.query);
+BlogPost.getByField(req.params.id);
+```
+
+---
+
+### 3. Controllers → route table
+
+**Loader:** `controllers/controllers.js`
+
+Scanned directory:
+```
+app/controllers/**/*Controller.js     ← all controllers, including subfolders
+```
+
+For each controller file the loader:
+- Reads the exported object's method names as route definitions
+- Builds a flat route map: `{ "get /user/": fn, "post /user/save": fn, ... }`
+- If the controller has `scaffold: 'ModelName'` (or `scaffold: true` + `model`), injects CRUD methods before building routes — throws if the model isn't found in global scope
+
+Subfolder = URL namespace, **any nesting depth** — ideal for grouping controllers by module/domain:
+```
+app/controllers/UserController.js                     → /user/...
+app/controllers/api/ProductController.js               → /api/product/...
+app/controllers/admin/ReportController.js               → /admin/report/...
+app/controllers/api/config/VatTypesController.js         → /api/config/vat-types/...
+app/controllers/api/config/billing/InvoiceController.js  → /api/config/billing/invoice/...
+```
+
+The loader walks the folder tree recursively (`processNode` in `controllers.js`): a key ending in
+`Controller` is a controller file, anything else is a module/namespace folder that gets kebab-cased
+and appended to the path, then recursion continues into it. Same `XxxController.js` filename at
+different depths produces fully independent routes — e.g. `VatTypesController.js` can exist at the
+root, under `api/`, and under `api/config/` at once, each resolving to its own namespace
+(`/vat-types/`, `/api/vat-types/`, `/api/config/vat-types/`) with no collision.
+
+**Multi-word controller names → kebab-case URL segment:**
+The controller name (filename minus `Controller`) is converted with `toKebabCase()`
+before becoming a URL segment — a hyphen is inserted at each PascalCase word boundary,
+then the whole thing is lowercased. A single-word name is unaffected.
+
+```
+app/controllers/MyaccountController.js                            → /myaccount/...
+app/controllers/MyAccountController.js                             → /my-account/...
+app/controllers/inventory/MaterialReceptionsController.js          → /inventory/material-receptions/...
+```
+
+**Route naming convention:**
+```js
+// app/controllers/UserController.js
+module.exports = {
+  get(req, res) { ... },              // GET  /user/
+  'get :id'(req, res) { ... },        // GET  /user/:id
+  'post save'(req, res) { ... },      // POST /user/save
+  'delete :id'(req, res) { ... },     // DELETE /user/:id
+  '/absolute/path'(req, res) { ... }, // GET  /absolute/path  (no namespace)
+  'edit :id'(req, res) { ... }        // GET  /user/edit/:id (no method prefix → defaults to GET)
+}
+```
+
+> **Important:** Declare specific routes **before** parameterized routes (`:id`) in the object.
+> Express matches in registration order — a wildcard declared first will shadow specific paths.
+
+> **Method-prefix fallback:** the first space-separated token is only treated as the HTTP method
+> if it's one of `get`, `post`, `put`, `patch`, `delete`. Otherwise the loader defaults to `GET` and
+> joins the whole key with `/` to build the path — e.g. `'edit :id'` → `GET /user/edit/:id`. This
+> lets you write multi-segment action names (`'edit :id'`, `'archive :id/:reason'`) without an
+> explicit method prefix.
+
+---
+
+### 4. Responses → injected into `res`
+
+**Loader:** `bootstrap/responses.js`
+
+Scanned directories (merged, project files override core):
+```
+core/responses/*.js      ← built-in response helpers
+app/responses/*.js       ← project-level custom responses
+```
+
+Every exported function is attached to the Express `res` object. The method name is the
+**filename without extension**:
+
+| File | Available as |
+|---|---|
+| `core/responses/vsr.js` | `res.vsr(promise, statusCode?)` |
+| `app/responses/render.js` | `res.render(...)` *(example)* |
+| `app/responses/ok.js` | `res.ok(data)` *(example)* |
+
+**Available in any controller handler — no import needed:**
+```js
+get(req, res) {
+  res.vsr(User.getAll(req.query));        // standard VSR JSON response
+  res.vsr(User.create(req.body), 201);    // with custom HTTP status
+}
+```
+
+Custom response example:
+```js
+// app/responses/paginated.js
+module.exports = function paginated(data) {
+  const { res } = this.req;
+  res.status(200).json({ success: true, ...data });
+};
+// Usage: res.paginated({ items, total })
+```
+
+---
+
+## All globals available across the app
+
+These are set automatically — never import them manually:
+
+| Global | Set by | What it is |
+|---|---|---|
+| `app` | `app.js` | Config, server, routes, pkg |
+| `app.config` | `app.js` | Full merged configuration |
+| `app.vulkano` | `server.js` | Express app instance |
+| `app.server` | `server.js` | Node.js HTTP server |
+| `app.redisClient` | `server.js` | Redis client (if enabled) |
+| `app.nunjucks` | `server.js` | Nunjucks environment instance |
+| `app.socket` | `server.js` | Current Socket.io socket |
+| `io` | `server.js` | Global Socket.io server instance |
+| `mongoose` | `mongodb.js` | Mongoose instance |
+| `Virtual` | `mongodb.js` | `'Virtual'` marker string for virtual fields |
+| `Mixed` | `mongodb.js` | `mongoose.Schema.Types.Mixed` |
+| `[ModelName]` | `mongodb.js` | Each compiled model (e.g. `User`, `Product`) |
+| `Filter` | `services.js` | String filter library |
+| `Paginate` | `services.js` | Pagination and search library |
+| `VSError` | `services.js` | Standard error class |
+| `Jwt` | `services.js` | JWT encode/decode library |
+| `Encrypter` | `services.js` | AES-256-CBC encrypt/decrypt |
+| `ApiClient` | `services.js` | Outbound HTTP client |
+| `Crontab` | `services.js` | Cron job scheduler |
+| `i18n` | `services.js` | i18next instance |
+| `View` | `services.js` | `View.render(view, data)` → Promise<html>, renders outside the request/response cycle |
+| `_` | `app.js` | Underscore.js |
+
+---
+
+## Route system
+
+### Convention-based auto-routing
+
+`controllers/controllers.js` reads all `*Controller.js` files and generates routes from method names:
+
+```js
+// HomeController.js
+module.exports = {
+  get(req, res) { ... },              // → GET  /home/
+  'post save'(req, res) { ... },      // → POST /home/save
+  'get :id'(req, res) { ... },        // → GET  /home/:id
+  'delete :id'(req, res) { ... },     // → DELETE /home/:id
+  '/absolute/path'(req, res) { ... }  // → GET  /absolute/path
+}
+```
+
+**Parsing rules:**
+- Key with space: `'METHOD action'` → `[method, pathSegment]`
+- Key is only an HTTP method (`get`, `post`, `put`, `delete`) → controller root path
+- Key starts with `/` → used as an absolute route, not namespaced
+- Controller in subfolder (`api/UserController.js`) → path is `/{folder}/{controller}/{action}`
+
+### Explicit routes (`app/config/routes.js`)
+
+```js
+module.exports = {
+  'GET /': 'HomeController.get',
+  'POST /api/users': 'api.UserController.create',
+  '/about': 'HomeController.about',             // defaults to GET
+  '/handler': (req, res) => res.send('ok')      // inline function
+}
+```
+
+### Known routing limitations
+- Only supports: `get`, `post`, `put`, `patch`, `delete`. No `head`, `options`.
+- Parsing uses `split(' ')` — fragile with extra whitespace (only the first two tokens are ever considered when the first token IS a valid method; the fallback-to-GET path joins all tokens with `/`).
+- Does not validate that the controller/action exist before registering (fails at runtime with `console.error`).
+- Route conflicts resolved by registration order (first registered wins).
+
+---
+
+## Models
+
+### Definition
+
+```js
+// app/models/User.js
+module.exports = {
+  attributes: {
+    name:  { type: String, required: true },
+    email: { type: String },
+    age:   { type: Number },
+    // Virtual field — computed, not stored in MongoDB
+    fullLabel: { type: 'Virtual', get() { return this.name; } }
+  },
+  indexes: [{ email: 1 }],
+  plugins: [],
+  beforeSave(next) { next(); },
+  afterSave() {}
+}
+```
+
+**Auto-added fields** (always present, no need to declare):
+- `active: Boolean` (default: `true`) — soft-delete flag
+- `createdAt: Date` (default: `Date.now`)
+- `updatedAt: Date`
+
+**Auto-trim:** All non-Boolean attributes get `trim: true` by default. Disable with `{ type: String, trim: false }`.
+
+### Scaffold methods available on every model
+
+> **Model scaffold vs ScaffoldController are two different things.**
+> Model scaffold provides database-level CRUD methods on the model class.
+> ScaffoldController generates HTTP routes on a controller. They are independent.
+
+```js
+Model.getAll(props)                           // paginated list
+Model.getByField(value, field?)               // by _id or custom field
+Model.create(data)                            // insert new record
+Model.update(id, data)                        // merge-update existing record
+Model.delete(id)                              // soft delete — sets active: false (no hard delete)
+Model.createSubdoc(key, parentId, data)       // push to subdocument array
+Model.updateSubdoc(key, parentId, subdocId, data)
+Model.removeSubdoc(key, parentId, subdocId)
+Model.deleteSubdoc(...)                       // alias for removeSubdoc
+```
+
+Auto-generated aliases per model (e.g. for `User`):
+```js
+User.getAllUser(props)   // → User.getAll(props)
+User.getUser(id)        // → User.getByField(id)
+```
+
+### Overriding scaffold methods
+
+Any method defined in the model file overrides the scaffold default:
+
+```js
+// app/models/Product.js
+module.exports = {
+  attributes: { ... },
+
+  // Override getAll to enable search and custom sort
+  getAll(props) {
+    const defaultProps = {
+      sort: 'name|ASC',
+      searchBy: ['name', 'sku'],   // fields to search on
+      filter: { active: true }
+    };
+    const query = Paginate.serializeQuery(defaultProps, props);
+    return Paginate.get(this, query);
+  }
+};
+```
+
+> **Note:** `searchBy` is `[]` in the scaffold default, so text search via `?search=` query param
+> does nothing unless you override `getAll` and configure `searchBy`.
+
+### Auto-populate (relations)
+
+`Model.getAll(props)` and `Model.getByField(value, field, props)` — the scaffold defaults — expand
+`ref` relations on request via `?populate=`, using two helpers from `database/scaffold.js`:
+`this._getSanitizedPopulate(props)` and `this._buildPopulate(props, extra?)`.
+
+**Security gate — a relation is never populated by default.** A ref field only becomes reachable
+through `?populate=` when its own attribute definition opts in:
+
+```js
+// app/models/Product.js
+module.exports = {
+  attributes: {
+    name: { type: String, required: true },
+    supplier: {
+      type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
+      ref: 'Supplier',
+      autopopulate: true   // ← without this, ?populate=supplier is silently ignored
+    },
+    category: {
+      type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
+      ref: 'Category',
+      autopopulate: true
+    }
+  }
+  // getAll/getByField are inherited from the scaffold as-is — no override needed
+};
+```
+
+Add `autopopulate: true` to every `ref` field you want populatable; a model with several relations
+(supplier, category, unit of measure, ...) needs no separate list to maintain — it's declared right
+on the field. A `ref` field left without it stays a raw id no matter what the caller requests.
+
+**One-off override:** a model that overrides `getAll`/`getByField` can allow a relation for that
+call only, without adding `autopopulate: true` to the schema, via the second argument:
+
+```js
+const populate = this._buildPopulate(props, ['supplier']);
+```
+
+**Query syntax** (`?populate=...`):
+
+```
+?populate=supplier                    → full Supplier doc
+?populate=supplier,category           → both, full docs
+?populate=supplier:name               → only { _id, name } (Mongoose always keeps _id)
+?populate=supplier:name|address       → several fields, pipe-separated
+?populate=supplier:name,category      → per-relation fields only affect that relation
+```
+
+Relation names and field lists are trimmed and lower-cased; unknown/misspelled relation names are
+silently ignored (no error, no populate). The field-select syntax lives entirely inside the
+`populate` value — deliberately not a separate `?supplier=name` param, since that would collide
+with `supplier` used as an actual filter/query param on the same route.
+
+---
+
+## ScaffoldController
+
+> **ScaffoldController vs model scaffold are two different things.**
+> ScaffoldController generates HTTP routes on a controller.
+> Model scaffold provides database-level CRUD methods on the model class. They are independent.
+
+When a controller sets `scaffold` to a model name, the framework automatically generates all 5 HTTP routes:
+
+```js
+// app/controllers/api/ProductController.js
+module.exports = {
+  scaffold: 'Product',                    // must exist as global.Product — throws at startup otherwise
+  allowedMethods: ['get', 'post', 'put']  // optional: restrict to these methods only
+}
+```
+
+> The older `scaffold: true` + separate `model: 'Product'` form is still supported and behaves
+> identically — `scaffold: 'Product'` is just the shorter, recommended way to write it.
+
+Generates las siguientes rutas, cada una delegando al método correspondiente del modelo:
+
+| Ruta | Método del modelo | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| `GET  /api/product/`      | `Product.getAll(req.query)`        | 200 |
+| `GET  /api/product/:id`   | `Product.getByField(req.params.id)`| 200 |
+| `POST /api/product/`      | `Product.create(req.body)`         | 201 |
+| `PUT  /api/product/:id`   | `Product.update(id, req.body)`     | 202 |
+| `DELETE /api/product/:id` | `Product.delete(id)` — soft delete | 204 |
+
+> **Important:** Scaffold endpoints have no authentication middleware by default.
+> Protect them via JWT config or custom middleware.
+
+---
+
+## VSR — Vulkano Standard Response
+
+`res.vsr(promise, statusCode?)` is the standard way to respond in all controllers.
+
+```js
+get(req, res) {
+  res.vsr(User.getAll(req.query));          // 200
+  res.vsr(User.create(req.body), 201);      // 201
+}
+```
+
+- Expects a **Promise** (returns 500 with descriptive error if not)
+- On `.then()`: responds `{ success: true, statusCode, data: result }`
+- On `.catch()`: responds `{ success: false, statusCode, error: { detail, errorCode, errorName } }`
+- `.finally()`: always calls `res.status(code).jsonp(output)`
+
+---
+
+## VSError
+
+Available globally — no import needed:
+
+```js
+VSError.reject('Not allowed', 403)      // Promise.reject with VSError
+VSError.notFound('User')                // Promise.reject with 404
+new VSError('message', 500, props)      // direct instantiation
+```
+
+---
+
+## Paginate
+
+Available globally — no import needed:
+
+```js
+Paginate.get(Model, query, populate?)
+Paginate.serializeQuery(defaultProps, requestQuery)
+```
+
+**Supported query params:** `page`, `per_page`, `search`, `searchType` (contains/startwith/endwith), `sort` (e.g. `createdAt|DESC`), `fields`
+
+**Response shape from `_set()`:**
+```js
+{ items, cursor, page, perPage, next, prev, totalPages, totalItems }
+```
+
+- `next` is `false` when `(page * perPage) >= totalItems`
+- `prev` is `false` on page 1, or when current page exceeds `totalPages`
+- `cursor` is the index of the first item on the current page (1-based)
+- `page=all` skips pagination and returns a plain array via `Model.find()`
+
+---
+
+## JWT (`Jwt.js`)
+
+Available globally — no import needed:
+
+```js
+Jwt.encode(data)          // AES-encrypts payload, then encodes as JWT
+Jwt.decode(token)         // decodes and validates expiration
+Jwt.getToken(req)         // extracts token from header / cookie / query param
+Jwt.socket(socket)        // extracts token from Socket.io handshake
+Jwt.init(opts)            // returns an express-jwt middleware instance
+```
+
+Tokens require an `expiration` field. Tokens without it are rejected unless `config.jwt.expiration === false`.
+
+---
+
+## Configuration hierarchy (merge order)
+
+```
+app/config/*.js                  ← general config
+app/config/env/{NODE_ENV}/*.js   ← environment overrides
+app/config/local.js              ← local overrides (gitignored)
+```
+
+All sources are deep-merged with `deepmerge`. Final result is in `app.config`.
+
+**Key config files:**
+- `settings.js` — port, database connection, paths
+- `express/cors.js`, `express/jwt.js`, `express/csp.js`, `express/cookies.js`
+- `routes.js` — explicit route mappings
+- `bootstrap.js` — startup hook (**required**)
+- `sockets/` — Socket.io config and adapters
+
+---
+
+## Sockets (Socket.io)
+
+Enable with `config.sockets.enabled: true`. Adapters: `memory` (default), `redis`, `mongodb`.
+
+```js
+// app/config/sockets/events.js
+module.exports = {
+  'message': 'ChatController.message',
+  'join': (socket, body, callback) => { ... }
+}
+```
+
+Handler signature: `({ socket, body }, callback)`.
+
+Available globally as `io` and `app.socket`.
+
+---
+
+## Known issues / tech debt
+
+- **`services.js`** — All libs/services are injected into `global`. Makes unit testing hard without mocking globals.
+- **`bluebird`** — Still imported in a few places. Not needed in Node 18+ where `Promise` is native.
+- **`ApiClient`** — `rejectUnauthorized: false` disables SSL verification by default for all outbound requests.
+- **`Crontab`** — Default timezone is `America/New_York` instead of UTC.
+- **`path` and `fs` npm packages** — These are Node.js built-ins and should not be in `package.json` dependencies.
+
+---
+
+## Project conventions
+
+- Controller files: `{Name}Controller.js` (PascalCase)
+- Model files: `{Name}.js` (PascalCase) — becomes `global[Name]`
+- Service/lib files: `{Name}.js` (PascalCase) — becomes `global[Name]`
+- Response files: `{name}.js` (camelCase) — becomes `res.name()`
+- Config: camelCase, one concern per file, organized in subfolders
+- All API responses go through `res.vsr(promise)`
+- Deletion is always soft (`active: false`); hard delete is not available by default — **this applies only to models**, not to controllers directly
+- No TypeScript; tests live in `test/integration/` and run with Jest
+
+## Tests
+
+Run with:
+```bash
+npm test            # run all integration tests
+npm run test:watch  # watch mode
+npm run test:coverage
+```
+
+Requires `core/.env.test` with `TEST_DB_URI`, `TEST_PORT`, and `JWT_SECRET_KEY` (used to sign the test JWTs for socket auth). The test suite:
+- Starts a full Vulkano fixture server as a child process
+- Drops and rebuilds the test database on every run
+- Covers: VSR response format, routing (params + query strings), scaffold CRUD, pagination, model validation, ReDoS protection, file uploads, sockets (handshake auth + event routing)

package/README.md

@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ GET /users/edit/1
 | `POST`      | `/users/save`     | `UsersController['post save']`       |
 | `GET`       | `/users/42/info`  | `UsersController['get :id/info']`    |
 
+### Nested module folders — group controllers by domain
+
+Controllers can live in subfolders, at **any nesting depth**, to group them by module. Each folder
+segment becomes a URL namespace, in order, before the controller's own resource segment:
+
+```
+controllers/UsersController.js                        → /users/...
+controllers/api/ProductsController.js                  → /api/products/...
+controllers/api/config/VatTypesController.js            → /api/config/vat-types/...
+controllers/api/config/billing/InvoiceController.js     → /api/config/billing/invoice/...
+```
+
+The same controller filename can exist at several depths at once — `VatTypesController.js` at the
+root, under `api/`, and under `api/config/` resolve to `/vat-types/`, `/api/vat-types/`, and
+`/api/config/vat-types/` respectively, fully independent of each other. No config needed; it's
+purely the folder path on disk.
+
 ### Method key convention: `'<verb>? <path tail>'`
 
 A controller method key is `<path tail>` on its own, or `'<verb> <path tail>'` when the verb isn't `GET`. The auto-router only reassigns the HTTP method when the key has a space-separated verb prefix — otherwise it defaults to **GET**.

package/controllers/controllers.js

@@ -19,20 +19,21 @@ function toKebabCase(str) {
     .toLowerCase();
 }
 
+const methods = ['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'delete'];
+
 module.exports = function loadControllersApplication() {
 
   const routes = {};
 
-  Object.keys(AllControllers).forEach( (controller) => {
-
-    const methods = ['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'delete'];
-    const current = AllControllers[controller];
+  // Registers all routes found in a single controller definition object,
+  // namespaced under the given module path segments (possibly empty).
+  function processController(controllerFileName, current, modulePathSegments) {
 
     const {
       scaffold,
       allowedMethods,
       model
-    } = current;
+    } = current || {};
 
     // `scaffold` can be `true` + a separate `model` field, or the model
     // name given directly as the `scaffold` string (no `model` needed).
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ module.exports = function loadControllersApplication() {
     if (scaffold && scaffoldModel) {
 
       if (!global[scaffoldModel]) {
-        throw new Error(`Scaffold model "${scaffoldModel}" not found in global scope for controller "${controller}". Make sure the model exists in app/models.`);
+        throw new Error(`Scaffold model "${scaffoldModel}" not found in global scope for controller "${controllerFileName}". Make sure the model exists in app/models.`);
       }
 
       const scaffoldingCurrent = scaffoldController(scaffoldModel, allowedMethods);
@@ -56,131 +57,74 @@ module.exports = function loadControllersApplication() {
 
     }
 
-    let controllerName = toKebabCase(controller.replace('Controller', ''));
-
-    let parts = [];
-    let method = 'get';
-    let pathToRun = '';
-    let moduleName = '';
+    const controllerName = toKebabCase(controllerFileName.replace('Controller', ''));
+    const namespace = modulePathSegments.join('/');
 
     Object.keys(current || []).forEach( (route) => {
 
-      // Is a submodule (like api/TestController)
-      if (route.split('Controller').length > 1) {
-
-        moduleName = controllerName;
-        const submodules = AllControllers[moduleName];
-
-        Object.keys(submodules || []).forEach( (subcontroller) => {
-
-          controllerName = toKebabCase(subcontroller.replace('Controller', ''));
-          const subcurrent = submodules[subcontroller];
-
-          const {
-            scaffold: subcurrentScaffold,
-            allowedMethods: subAllowedMethods,
-            model: subcurrentModel
-          } = subcurrent || {};
-
-          const subScaffoldModel = typeof subcurrentScaffold === 'string' ? subcurrentScaffold : subcurrentModel;
+      let method = 'get';
+      let pathToRun = '';
 
-          if (subcurrentScaffold && subScaffoldModel) {
+      const parts = route.split(' ');
+      const [tmpMethod, tmpPath] = parts;
 
-            if (!global[subScaffoldModel]) {
-              throw new Error(`Scaffold model "${subScaffoldModel}" not found in global scope for controller "${subcontroller}". Make sure the model exists in app/models.`);
-            }
-
-            const scaffoldingSubcurrent = scaffoldController(subScaffoldModel, subAllowedMethods);
-
-            Object.keys(scaffoldingSubcurrent).forEach( (m) => {
-
-              if (!subcurrent[m]) {
-                subcurrent[m] = scaffoldingSubcurrent[m];
-              }
-
-            });
+      if (tmpPath) {
+        if (methods.indexOf(tmpMethod.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
+          method = tmpMethod.toLowerCase();
+          pathToRun = tmpPath;
+        } else {
+          // First token isn't a real HTTP method — default to GET,
+          // treating the whole key as the path (e.g. 'edit :id' → GET .../edit/:id)
+          method = 'get';
+          pathToRun = parts.join('/');
+        }
+      } else {
+        pathToRun = tmpMethod;
+      }
 
-          }
+      const isAbsolute = (pathToRun.substring(0, 1) === '/') ? true : false;
 
-          Object.keys(subcurrent || []).forEach( (subroute) => {
+      if (!isAbsolute) {
 
-            parts = subroute.split(' ');
+        const base = namespace ? `/${namespace}/${controllerName}/` : `/${controllerName}/`;
 
-            const [tmpMethod, tmpPath] = parts;
+        if (methods.indexOf(pathToRun.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
+          method = pathToRun.toLowerCase();
+          pathToRun = base;
+        } else {
+          pathToRun = `${base}${pathToRun.replace(/GET|POST|DELETE|PUT|PATCH/i, '')}`;
+        }
 
-            if (tmpPath) {
-              if (methods.indexOf(tmpMethod.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
-                method = tmpMethod.toLowerCase();
-                pathToRun = tmpPath;
-              } else {
-                // First token isn't a real HTTP method — default to GET,
-                // treating the whole key as the path (e.g. 'edit :id' → GET .../edit/:id)
-                method = 'get';
-                pathToRun = parts.join('/');
-              }
-            } else {
-              pathToRun = tmpMethod;
-            }
+      }
 
-            const isAbsolute = (pathToRun.substring(0, 1) === '/') ? true : false;
+      if (typeof current[route] === 'function') {
+        routes[`${method} ${pathToRun}`] = current[route];
+      }
 
-            if (!isAbsolute) {
+    });
 
-              if (methods.indexOf(pathToRun.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
-                method = pathToRun.toLowerCase();
-                pathToRun = `/${moduleName}/${controllerName}/`;
-              } else {
-                pathToRun = `/${moduleName}/${controllerName}/${pathToRun.replace(/GET|POST|DELETE|PUT|PATCH/i, '')}`;
-              }
+  }
 
-            }
+  // Walks the (possibly nested) AllControllers tree. A key ending in
+  // "Controller" is a controller file; any other key is a module/namespace
+  // folder whose value is another node to recurse into.
+  function processNode(node, modulePathSegments) {
 
-            if (typeof subcurrent[subroute] === 'function') {
-              routes[`${method} ${pathToRun}`] = subcurrent[subroute];
-            }
+    Object.keys(node || []).forEach( (key) => {
 
-          });
-        });
+      const value = node[key];
 
+      if (/Controller$/.test(key)) {
+        processController(key, value, modulePathSegments);
       } else {
-
-        parts = route.split(' ');
-        const [tmpMethod, tmpPath] = parts;
-
-        if (tmpPath) {
-          if (methods.indexOf(tmpMethod.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
-            method = tmpMethod.toLowerCase();
-            pathToRun = tmpPath;
-          } else {
-            // First token isn't a real HTTP method — default to GET,
-            // treating the whole key as the path (e.g. 'edit :id' → GET .../edit/:id)
-            method = 'get';
-            pathToRun = parts.join('/');
-          }
-        } else {
-          pathToRun = tmpMethod;
-        }
-
-        const isAbsolute = (pathToRun.substring(0, 1) === '/') ? true : false;
-
-        if (!isAbsolute) {
-          if (methods.indexOf(pathToRun.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
-            method = pathToRun.toLowerCase();
-            pathToRun = `/${controllerName}/`;
-          } else {
-            pathToRun = `/${controllerName}/${pathToRun.replace(/GET|POST|DELETE|PUT|PATCH/i, '')}`;
-          }
-        }
-
-        if (typeof current[route] === 'function') {
-          routes[`${method} ${pathToRun}`] = current[route];
-        }
-
+        processNode(value, [...modulePathSegments, toKebabCase(key)]);
       }
 
     });
 
-  });
+  }
+
+  processNode(AllControllers, []);
 
   return routes;
 

package/libs/View.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * View
+ *
+ * Renders a view to an HTML string without sending an HTTP response —
+ * useful for email bodies, PDF generation, or any place that needs
+ * rendered markup outside the normal request/response cycle.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+
+  render(view, data) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      app.vulkano.render(view, data, (err, html) => {
+        if (err) {
+          reject(err);
+          return;
+        }
+        resolve(html);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+};

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vulkano/core",
-  "version": "1.25.0",
+  "version": "1.27.0",
   "description": "A MVC framework using Express 4",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Vulkano Team",