Upgrade LB Explorer and related changes

example-2.0/package.json

@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
     "errorhandler": "^1.1.1",
     "loopback": "^2.0.0",
     "loopback-boot": "^2.0.0",
+    "loopback-component-explorer": "^2.1.0",
     "loopback-component-storage": "^1.5.0",
     "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^2.7.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.0.1"
-  },
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "loopback-explorer": "^1.1.0"
   }
 }

example-2.0/server/boot/explorer.js

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function mountLoopBackExplorer(server) {
-  var explorer;
-  try {
-    explorer = require('loopback-explorer');
-  } catch(err) {
-    console.log(
-      'Run `npm install loopback-explorer` to enable the LoopBack explorer'
-    );
-    return;
-  }
-
-  var restApiRoot = server.get('restApiRoot');
-
-  var explorerApp = explorer(server, { basePath: restApiRoot });
-  server.use('/explorer', explorerApp);
-  server.once('started', function() {
-    var baseUrl = server.get('url').replace(/\/$/, '');
-    // express 4.x (loopback 2.x) uses `mountpath`
-    // express 3.x (loopback 1.x) uses `route`
-    var explorerPath = explorerApp.mountpath || explorerApp.route;
-    console.log('Browse your REST API at %s%s', baseUrl, explorerPath);
-  });
-};

example-2.0/server/boot/rest-api.js

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function mountRestApi(server) {
-  var restApiRoot = server.get('restApiRoot');
-  server.use(restApiRoot, server.loopback.rest());
-};

example-2.0/server/component-config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "loopback-component-explorer": {
+    "mountPath": "/explorer"
+  }
+}

example-2.0/server/middleware.json

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
   "parse": {
   },
   "routes": {
+    "loopback#rest": {
+      "paths": ["${restApiRoot}"]
+    }
   },
   "files": {
     "loopback#static": {

example-2.0/server/server.js

@@ -3,18 +3,25 @@ var boot = require('loopback-boot');
 
 var app = module.exports = loopback();
 
-// boot scripts mount components like REST API
-boot(app, __dirname);
-
 app.start = function() {
   // start the web server
   return app.listen(function() {
     app.emit('started');
-    console.log('Web server listening at: %s', app.get('url'));
+    var baseUrl = app.get('url').replace(/\/$/, '');
+    console.log('Web server listening at: %s', baseUrl);
+    if (app.get('loopback-component-explorer')) {
+      var explorerPath = app.get('loopback-component-explorer').mountPath;
+      console.log('Browse your REST API at %s%s', baseUrl, explorerPath);
+    }
   });
 };
 
-// start the server if `$ node server.js`
+// Bootstrap the application, configure models, datasources and middleware.
-if (require.main === module) {
+// Sub-apps like REST API are mounted via boot scripts.
-  app.start();
+boot(app, __dirname, function(err) {
-}
+  if (err) throw err;
+
+  // start the server if `$ node server.js`
+  if (require.main === module)
+    app.start();
+});