How can I use director as router in expressjs - node.js

Question

I want to use express.js with Flatiron's director (router) and Resourceful (ODM) because I need like the benefits of routing tables and clean multi-db schemas with validation.
The reason why I now completly switch to Flatiron is, is because I think it needs some more time and there is not much doc material.
However, that is the current way I use director in express:
var express = require('express')
, director = require('director');
function hello(){
console.log('Success');
}
var router = new director.http.Router({
'/': {
get: hello
}
});
Unfortunatly this doesn't work and gives me just a "Cannot GET /"
So what's to do?

Answer 1

var express = require('express')
, director = require('director')
, http = require('http');
var app = express();
var hello = function () {
this.res.send(200, 'Hello World!');
};
var router = new director.http.Router({
'/': {
get: hello
}
});
var middleware = function (req, res, next) {
router.dispatch(req, res, function (err) {
if (err == undefined || err) next();
});
};
app.configure(function(){
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(middleware);
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});
http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
console.log("Express server listening on port " + app.get('port'));
});
There is a sample app using express, resourceful and director here.
If you have more doubts, you can ask them in our IRC room #nodejitsu on freenode.

Answer 2

First, in order to use director you need to wrap it up as a middleware and pass it to express, like so:
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
router.dispatch(req, res, function (err) {
if (err) {
// handle errors however you like. This one is probably not important.
}
next();
});
};
Aside from that: You don't need director to use resourceful, and express has its own router (so you may not even need/want director).