resbrev

Response Brevity

This is a small utlity library for assisting in setting up response object in Connect 3.x. It is based on Quip and contains the same chainable API.

install

npm install --save resbrev

use

• Wrap a single response object

var http = require('http'), resbrev = require('resbrev'); http.createServer(function (req, res) { resbrev(res); res.ok('Hello World\n') }).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1'); console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');

• Connect / Express middleware var conenct = require('connect'), resbrev = require('resbrev'); var app = connect(resbrev) .use('/api', function(req,res,next){ res.json({foo: 'bar'}); });

methods

Response objects will be extended with the following non-enumerable, non-writable methods. For the success, redirect, client error, server error, mime tpye, and fun methods, sending data will end the request. Data is almost always optional (jsonp being the exception).

helpers

• s(statusCode) - set the status code of the response
• h(headers) - set headers on the response, as an object containing key-value pairs of headers and values ({'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'x-hello': 'Hi there'})
• t(mimeType) - specifically set the 'Content-Type' header to the value of "mimeType"

success

• ok(data) - sends status code 200 and data if present
• created(data) - sends 201
• accepted(data) - sends 202

redirects

• moved(location) - sends 301 (moved permanently) and sets "location" header to "location" (required)
• redirect(location) - sends 302, use like "moved()"
• found(location) - identical to "redirect()"
• notModified() - sends 304

client errors

• badRequest(data) - sends 400
• unauthorized(data) - sends 401
• payMe(data) - sends 402
• forbidden(data) - sends 403
• notFound(data) - sends 404
• notAllowed(data) - sends 405
• notAcceptable(data) - sends 406
• proxyAuthRequired(data) - sends 407
• requestTimeout(data) - sends 408
• conflict(data) - sends 409
• gone(data) - sends 410
• lengthRequired(data) - sends 411
• preconditionFailed(data) - sends 412
• requestEntityTooLarge(data) - sends 413
• requestUriTooLong(data) - sends 414
• unsupportedMediaType(data) - sends 415
• requestRangeNotSatisfiable(data) - sends 416
• expectationFailed(data) - sends 417

server errors

• error(data) - sends 500
• notImplemented(data) - sends 501
• badGateway(data) - sends 502
• serviceUnavailable(data) - sends 503
• gatewayTimeout(data) - sends 504
• httpVersionNotSupported(data) - sends 505

mime types

• text(data) - sets content-type to "text/plain"
• plain(data) - sets content-type to "text/plain"
• html(data) - sets content-type to "text/html"
• xhtml(data) - sets content-type to "application/xhtml+xml"
• css(data) - sets content-type to "text/css"
• xml(data) - sets content-type to "text/xml"
• atom(data) - sets content-type to "tapplication/atom+xml"
• rss(data) - sets content-type to "application/rss+xml"
• js(data) - sets content-type to "application/javascript"
• json(data) - sets content-type to "application/json"
• jsonp(callback, data) - sets content-type to "application/json" and adjusts response body for jsonp, "callback = (data);"

for fun

• iAmATeapot(data) - sends 418
• enhanceYourCalm(data) - sends 420