express-common



minimal express app configuration.

It use below packages:
- body-parser
- compression
- cors
- dotenv
- helmet
- method-override
- morgan
- @lykmapipo/express-request-extra
- @lykmapipo/express-router-extra
- express-mquery

Note: It highly advice to use TLS

Requirements

- NodeJS v9.3.0+
- express v4.16.4+

Install

``sh
$ npm install --save @lykmapipo/express-common
`

Usage

`js
import { get, post, patch, del, start } from '@lykmapipo/express-common';

get('/v1/users', (req, res) => res.ok({ ... }));
get('/v1/users/:id', (req, res) => res.ok({ ... }));
post('/v1/users', (req, res) => res.created({ ... }));
patch('/v1/users:/id', (req, res) => res.ok({ ... }));
del('/v1/users:/id', (req, res) => res.ok({ ... }));

start(error => { ... });
`

`curl
curl http://0.0.0.0:5000/v1/users
`

Environment


`js
NODE_ENV=development
PORT=5000

TRUST_PROXY=false

SERVE_STATIC=true
SERVE_STATIC_PATH=public
SERVE_FAVICON=false

BODY_PARSER_LIMIT=2mb
BODY_PARSER_JSON_TYPE=application/json

HELMET_HSTS=false

MQUERY_LIMIT=10
MQUERY_MAX_LIMIT=50

LOGGER_LOG_ENABLED=true
LOGGER_LOG_LEVEL=silly
LOGGER_USE_CONSOLE=true
LOGGER_USE_FILE=true
LOGGER_LOG_PATH=./logs/app-%DATE%.log
LOGGER_LOG_IGNORE=password,apiKey,secret,client_secret
LOGGER_LOG_HTTP_FORMAT=combined
`

Testing

* Clone this repository

* Install all development dependencies
`sh
$ npm install
`
* Then run test
`sh
$ npm test
``

Contribute

It will be nice, if you open an issue first so that we can know what is going on, then, fork this repo and push in your ideas. Do not forget to add a bit of test(s) of what value you adding.

References

- expressjs
- Production Best Practices
- Production Best Practices
- Using Middleware
- Health Checks and Graceful Shutdown
- The Twelve Factors App

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) lykmapipo & Contributors

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