bundles

Flexible standalone middleware stacker with hooks. This is useful for bundling together functionality as one standalone middleware for use with other modules like Connect or Express.

Install

npm install bundles --save

Usage

Basic

var bundles = require('bundles');
var connect = require('connect');

var bundle = bundles();

bundle.use(function (req, res, next) {
  // do something
  next();
});

app.use(bundle);

app.listen(3000, function () {
  
});

Hooks and named middleware

var bundles = require('bundles');
var connect = require('connect');

var bundle = bundles();

bundle.use('bundle1', function (req, res, next) {
  // do something
  next();
});

bundle.useBefore('bundle1', function (req, res, next) {
  // executes before bundle1
  next();
});

bundle.useAfter('bundle1', function (req, res, next) {
  // executes after bundle1
  next();
});

app.use(bundle);

app.listen(3000, function () {
  
});

API

bundle.use([name, ] callback)

Declare middleware in the bundle.

• name - OPTIONAL - name of the middleware. Useful for hook into middleware chain
• callback - typical middleware callback to that takes 3 arguments: req, res, next

bundle.useBefore(name, callback)

Hook a middleware before the named middleware

• name - the name of the middleware to hook before
• callback - typical middleware callback to that takes 3 arguments: req, res, next

bundle.useAfter(name, callback)

Hook a middleware after the named middleware

• name - the name of the middleware to hook after
• callback - typical middleware callback to that takes 3 arguments: req, res, next

Run Tests

npm install
npm test