gat)

An HTTP caching server

Features

* Supports http and https protocols
* Configurable limit for the cache - coming soon!
* Automatically deletes the resouce not found on the remote host
* Automatically reclaims the disk space based on LRU - coming soon!
* Saves bandwidth and time

Installation

sh
$ npm i gat -g


Usage
$3

sh
$ gat -h
  Usage: gat [options] [command]
  Commands:
    config                 show config
    start                  start gat
    stop                   stop gat
    restart                restart gat
    empty                  empty cache
    *                      unknown command
  Options:
    -h, --help     output usage information
    -V, --version  output the version number
    -e, --edit     edit config
$ gat start
info: starting gat on port 1947
$ gat config      # show config

$ gat -e config # edit config`Request`sh curl -O "http://localhost:1947/?protocol=https&hostname=dl.dropboxusercontent.com&resource=/s/j4ev9qfa3wz34xl/walle_128.png"`Response`sh HTTP/1.1 200 OK server: Gat/0.0.9 date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:31:27 GMT content-type: image/png content-length: 817701 connection: keep-alive x-robots-tag: noindex,nofollow accept-ranges: bytes x-server-response-time: 523 x-dropbox-request-id: 7914ee643fdfb67b pragma: public cache-control: max-age=0`

`$3`

js
var os = require("os");
var fs = require("fs");
var path = require("path");
var Gat = require("../gat").Gat;
var FILE = "walle.png";
var FILE_PATH = path.join(os.tmpDir(), FILE);
Gat.setConfig({
  port: 3737
});

var gat = new Gat("https", "dl.dropbox.com"); gat.get("/u/11522638/" + FILE, null, function(err, stream) { if (err) { return console.error(err); } stream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(FILE_PATH)); stream.on("close", function() { console.info("File saved: " + FILE_PATH); }); });``

Installation

sh
$ npm i gat -g

Usage

$3

sh
$ gat -h

Usage: gat [options] [command]

Commands:

config show config
start start gat
stop stop gat
restart restart gat
empty empty cache
* unknown command

Options:

-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-e, --edit edit config

$ gat start
info: starting gat on port 1947

$ gat config # show config

$ gat -e config   # edit config


Request

sh
curl -O "http://localhost:1947/?protocol=https&hostname=dl.dropboxusercontent.com&resource=/s/j4ev9qfa3wz34xl/walle_128.png"


Response

sh
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
server: Gat/0.0.9
date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:31:27 GMT
content-type: image/png
content-length: 817701
connection: keep-alive
x-robots-tag: noindex,nofollow
accept-ranges: bytes
x-server-response-time: 523
x-dropbox-request-id: 7914ee643fdfb67b
pragma: public
cache-control: max-age=0

$3

js
var os = require("os");
var fs = require("fs");
var path = require("path");
var Gat = require("../gat").Gat;

var FILE = "walle.png";
var FILE_PATH = path.join(os.tmpDir(), FILE);

Gat.setConfig({
port: 3737
});

var gat = new Gat("https", "dl.dropbox.com");
gat.get("/u/11522638/" + FILE, null, function(err, stream) {
  if (err) {
    return console.error(err);
  }
  stream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(FILE_PATH));
  stream.on("close", function() {
    console.info("File saved: " + FILE_PATH);
  });
});