nice-router

A nice, simpler router for handling those pesky HTTP(S) requests.

Example

var Router = require("nice-router");
var router = new Router();
router.addRoute("/ping", "GET", function(req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200);
    res.end("pong");
});
router.addStatic("/smiley.jpg", "image/jpeg");
router.listen(8080);

Basic HTTPS example

To use this example you will need to generate self-signed certificates server.key and server.crt. If you are unsure about how to do that, see this Stack Overflow.

var fs = require("fs");
var Router = require("nice-router");
var router = new Router();
router.useHTTPS({
    key: fs.readFileSync("key.pem"),
    cert: fs.readFileSync("cert.pem"),
};
router.addRoute("/amIEncrypted", "GET", function(req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200);
    res.end("yes!");
});
router.listen(8080);

Methods

• #addRoute(path, method, handler): Adds a route to the router which will respond to method requests to path by doing handler. The signature of handlers is handler(request, response, headers, query, body). The request and response objects are the same as those from the node http/https modules. headers and query are basic key/value objects. body is a Buffer, so call body.toString("utf-8") if you just want a string.
• #listen(port) -> Promise: Start the server on the specified port, which must be open.
• #close -> Promise: Stop the server.
• #useHTTPS(options[, callback]): Switches the server to using HTTPS, restarting if the server was already running. options is the same as the options parameter in node's https.createServer. Accepts an optional callback which will be called if the server is restarted.
• #addStatic(path, contentType): Adds a handler which responds to GET requests at path with the contents of the file at path.