RxStack express server module with HTTP2 support

The ExpressServer module integrates expressjs in rxstack framework and uses spdy for HTTP2 support. Based on the express-server moudule of the RxStack project. Tests have not yet been adapted as the originally used request-promise package is deprecated.

Installation

npm install @nanobot248/rxstack-express-http2-server --save

// peerDependencies
npm install @rxstack/async-event-dispatcher@^0.5 @rxstack/core@^0.6 @rxstack/exceptions@^0.5 winston@^3.2.1

Documentation

• Setup
• Module options
• Express options
• Express middleware

Setup

ExpressHttp2Server module needs to be registered in the application. Let's create the application:

import {Application, ApplicationOptions} from '@rxstack/core';
import {ExpressHttp2Module} from '@nanobot248/rxstack-express-http2-server';

export const EXPRESS_APP_OPTIONS: ApplicationOptions = {
  imports: [
    ExpressHttp2Module.configure({
      'host': 'localhost',
      'port': 3000,
      'prefix': '/api',
      'http2': true,
      'http': true,
      'tlsCertificateFile': './path/to/certificate.pem',
      'tlsKeyFile': './path/to/key.pem'
    })
  ],
  servers: ['express-http2'], //enables the server
  providers: [
    // ...
  ]
};

new Application(EXPRESS_APP_OPTIONS).start();

Module Options

The module accepts the following options:

• host: the server host, ex: 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 (for docker). By default is set to localhost
• port: the server port. By default is set to 3000
• prefix: the prefix for each route, ex: '/api/products. By default is set to null
• http2: activate HTTP2 (and HTTP 1.1) support. tlsCertificateFile and tlsKeyFile are required in this case as only secure HTTP2/HTTP1.1 over TLS are supported.
• https: if http2 is false, only HTTP 1.1 will be made available over TLS (aka HTTPS). If neither http2 nor https are true, a simple HTTP 1.1 server without TLS will be created.
• tlsCertificateFile: the path of the PEM formatted certificate file.
• tlsKeyFile: the path of the PEM formatted key file.

Express Options

In order to configure expressjs application you need to listen to ServerEvents.CONFIGURE.

import {ServerEvents, ServerConfigurationEvent, InjectorAwareInterface} from '@rxstack/core';
import {ExpressHttp2Server} from '@rxstack/express-http2-server';
import {Observe} from '@rxstack/async-event-dispatcher';
import {Injectable, Injector} from 'injection-js';
import {Application} from 'express';

@Injectable()
export class ConfigurationListener implements InjectorAwareInterface {

  private injector: Injector;

  setInjector(injector: Injector): void {
    this.injector = injector;
  }
  
  @Observe(ServerEvents.CONFIGURE)
  async onConfigure(event: ServerConfigurationEvent): Promise<void> {
    if (event.server.getName() !== ExpressHttp2Server.serverName) {
      return;
    }

    const app: Application = event.server.getEngine();
    
    // register any express middleware
  }
}

Express Middleware

In addition to rxstack controllers you can register express middleware to you application.

Important: If response is sent then native express middleware will bypass kernel.

import {
  Request as ExpressRequest, Response as ExpressResponse,
  NextFunction, RequestHandler
} from 'express';
import {Injector} from 'injection-js';

export function myCustomExpressMiddleware(injector: Injector): RequestHandler {
  return (request: ExpressRequest, response: ExpressResponse, next: NextFunction): void => {
    response.json({'id': 'express'});
  };
}

You need to register myCustomExpressMiddleware in the express application by using ConfigurationListener.

/// ... 

const app: Application;
app.get('/my-custom-express-middleware', expressMiddleware(this.injector));

You need to register the listener in the application providers

You can get any of the registered services from injector.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.