Ben Scheirman • 4/16/2025

Organizing Routes in a Real Vapor App

This article explains how to structure routes in a real-world Vapor (Swift) web application, moving beyond simple tutorials. It covers using the RouteCollection protocol to let each controller define its own routes, middleware, and path prefixes, keeping routes.swift declarative and manageable. The author also discusses layering multiple authenticators (cookie JWT and bearer token) for flexible authentication without duplicating routes. Practical examples from the Setlist HQ project illustrate these patterns, making it useful for developers building non-trivial Vapor backends.

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#api #middleware #Swift