flappy - A tiny fluent server composer for hapi.js.

flappy provides a fluent api based composition of hapi's server.

Example

const flappy = require('flappy')

flappy({ port: 3000 })    // Takes the same args as Hapi.server
  .use(require('blipp'))  // `use` a plugin, same args as server.register
  .use(require('inert'))
  .use(require('vision'), opts)   // Pass plugin options
  .use(require('./my-plugin'), opts2)
  .use(require('./logging-plugin'), env.NODE_ENV === 'production')    // Conditional register
  .start()
  .then(server => console.log(server.info))
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err)
    process.exit(1)
  })

API

flappy(options) => this

flappy is a is a single function taking the same arguments as Hapi.server.

.use(plugins, [options], [condition = true]) => this

The use method takes the same arguments as hapi's server.register function. See https://hapijs.com/api#server.register()

There is an additional third parameter condition that can be used to conditionally register the plugin. Useful for when you only want to register a plugin in a certain env.

.start() => Promise<Hapi.server>

Registers the plugins and starts the hapi server

.compose() => Promise<Hapi.server>

Registers the plugins, initializes the server without starting it. Use when testing the server.

hapi version dependency

flappy can support different versions of hapi. Adding support for a new version of hapi is considered a minor change. Removing support for a version of hapi is considered a major change.

By default NPM will resolve flappy's dependency on hapi using the most recent supported version of hapi. To force a specific supported hapi version for your project, include hapi in your package dependencies along side of flappy.

Flappy only supports hapi 17+.

Why?

Less code in getting a hapi server up. Arguably more concise. The fluent design encourages server code to always be registered via plugins.

More Examples

// Async / await example
const flappy = require('flappy')

try {
  const server = flappy({ port: 3000 })
    .use(require('blipp'))
    .use(require('inert'))
    .use(require('vision'), opts)
    .use(require('./my-plugin'), opts2)
    .start()

  console.log(server.info)
} catch (err) {
  console.error(err)
  process.exit(1)
}