Creating a web route and controller to display data

In order to display data from your extension on the frontend (the public part of the website), the following is necessary:

• A configured route

• A controller handling the request

• A layout file to specify what to show

• The block class as specified in the layout file

• A template file (optional)

How to do it…

Follow these steps to extend your module with a frontend web route and output data from a template file:

1. Create a route in the frontend area:

   etc/frontend/routes.xml

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:App/etc/routes.xsd">
     <router id="standard">
       <route id="sample" frontName="sample">
         <module name="Genmato_Sample" />
       </route>
     </router>
   </config>

2. Create the controller that handles the request and renders the output:

   Controller/Index/Index.php

   <?php
   namespace Genmato\Sample\Controller\Index...