minrpc

A node:http middleware for working with a JSON RPC style worker/daemon.

Warning: This isn't spec compliant with either versions of JSON RPC and follows no existing standard. Do not use it as a drop in replacement for any json rpc compliant libraries

Installation

$ npm install @barelyhuman/minrpc

Usage

Setup

Here's a simple example of how to set this up. Post that, you can open the browser to check if the methods got registered by calling on localhost:8000/_methods or by sending a POST request with the following body

{
	"method": "_methods"
}

// in ESM
import http from 'node:http'
import { createRPCHandler } from 'minrpc'

// in CJS
const http = require('http')
const { createRPCHandler } = require('minrpc')

const methods = {
	greeting: ({ name }) => {
		return {
			greet: `Hello, ${name}`,
		}
	},
}

const server = http.createServer(createRPCHandler(methods))

server.on('clientError', (err, socket) => {
	socket.end('HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\n\r\n')
})

server.listen(8000)

Client

There's no complicated logic involved in the first place, so you can just go ahead and send the following body as a POST request and the server should invoke the requested method accordingly.

// client
fetch('http://localhost:8000', {
	method: 'POST',
	body: JSON.stringify({ method: 'greet', params: { name: 'reaper' } }),
})

// server method
const methods = {
	greet: ({ name }) => {
		return {
			greeting: `Hello, ${name}`,
		}
	},
}

Standards

As mentioned above, there is no spec, it's based on a simple concept that you maintain consistency on both sides, you send and receive JSON serializable data

License

MIT © Reaper