Axon Web Server

Axon web server is based on lightweight ExpressJS framework. It allows you to config server in simple notation way.

Installation

$ npm i --save @axon/web-server

How to use

// /server.js file

const server = require('axon-web-server');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();

server.start(app, {
  // Web server port
  port: 3000, // by default
  
  // Routes which don't require auth
  exclude: [
    '/public/page',
    '/api/public/resource'
  ],
  
  // Session configuration
  session: {
    secret: 'S0iCXOFtfL',
    resave: false,
    saveUninitialized: true
  },
  
  // Path to login html file
  loginView: path.resolve(__dirname, 'views/login.html'),
  
  // Path for static files
  static: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),

  // Webpack configuration
  webpack: {
    compile: require('./webpack.config.babel'),
    middleware: require('./webpack.config.babel')
  },
  
  // Environment config
  environment: require('./environment')
});

Run in console: $ node server.js

Configuration

port: number

Set application web server port. Defaults to 3000.

session: object

Set session configuration. Documentation https://github.com/expressjs/session. It's no session by default.

Note: Login functionality activates if the session is configured.

session: {
  secret: 'S0iCXOFtfL',
  resave: false,
  saveUninitialized: true
}

exclude: array of strings

If the session is configured, then just /login path will be available without authorization. But sometimes you need some public routes which don't require authorization.

exclude: [
  '/landing',
  '/api/public/countries'
]

webpack: object

Webpack configuration to compile and webpack middleware in development environment. It requires two fields: compile (webpack building config https://webpack.js.org/configuration/#options) and middleware (webpack middleware config https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware)

webpack: {
  compile: require('./webpack.config.babel'),
  
  // middleware options
  middleware: require('./webpack.middleware.config')
}