Zircaloy HTTP Server

This package is an ultra light weight server wrapper for node. It belongs to the Zircaloy light weight framework

Installation

Use the package manager npm to install.

npm i zircaloy-server

Features

Current

• Easy to use
• Zero dependencies
• JSON Body parser
• URL Encoded Body Parser

Future:

• HTTPS support
• Octet Stream parsing
• Whitelisting IPs
• Automated responses for invalid and forbidden requests

Usage

Instanciate

const ZServer = require('zircaloy-server');

const requestHandler = async (req, res) => {
  // Handle
};

const Server = ZServer.createServer(requestHandler);

Server.listen(4005, () => {
  console.log(`Application listening on port 4005..`);
});

Server.on('request', async (req, res) => {
  console.log(`[${req.method}] New request received '${req.url}'`);
});

Handling Request Example

const requestHandler = async (req, res) => {
  const { baseUrl, method, headers, query, body } = req;

  // Process your request

  ZServer.setHeaders(res, {
    'x-header-example-string': '*',
    'x-header-example-array': ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'],
  });

  ZServer.setStatusCode(res, 200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }); // Send more headers

  ZServersendResponse(res, JSON.stringify({ message: 'Hello World!!' }));
};

APIs

• createServer (requestHanlder)

Creates a raw node http Server.

| Param | Type | Description | | ------------- |:-------------:|--------| | requestHandler | function | The callback that will be called when a request arrive |

• setHeaders (response, headers)

Sets the response headers.

| Param | Type | Description | | ------------- |:-------------:|--------| | response | object | Node's response object | | headers | object | Headers to be sent to the client |

• setStatusCode (response, code [, headers])

Sets the response status code.

| Param | Type | Description | | ------------- |:-------------:|--------| | response | object | Node's response object | | code | number | HTTP code of the response | | headers | object | Optional Headers to be sent to the client |

• sendResponse (response, body)

Sets the response status code.

| Param | Type | Description | | ------------- |:-------------:|--------| | response | object | Node's response object | | body | string | The body to be sent to the client |

• sendStream (response, stream, callbackSuccess, ****)

Sets the response status code.

| Param | Type | Description | | ------------- |:-------------:|--------| | response | object | Node's response object | | stream | readable stream | Stream to be forwaded to the client | | callbackSuccess | function | Function to be called on success | | callbackError | function | Function to be called on error |

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Gonzalo Spina

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