SPDY Server for node.js


With this module you can create [HTTP2][0] / [SPDY][1] servers
in node.js with natural http module interface and fallback to regular https
(for browsers that don't support neither HTTP2, nor SPDY yet).

This module named spdy but it provides support for both http/2 (h2) and spdy (2,3,3.1). Also, spdy is compatible with Express.

Usage

$3

Server:
``javascript
var spdy = require('spdy'),
fs = require('fs');

var options = {
// Private key
key: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/keys/spdy-key.pem'),

// Fullchain file or cert file (prefer the former)
cert: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/keys/spdy-fullchain.pem'),

// optional SPDY-specific options
spdy: {
protocols: [ 'h2', 'spdy/3.1', ..., 'http/1.1' ],
plain: false,

// optional
// Parse first incoming X_FORWARDED_FOR frame and put it to the
// headers of every request.
// NOTE: Use with care! This should not be used without some proxy that
// will always send X_FORWARDED_FOR
'x-forwarded-for': true,

connection: {
windowSize: 1024 * 1024, // Server's window size

// optional if true - server will send 3.1 frames on 3.0 plain spdy
autoSpdy31: false
}
}
};

var server = spdy.createServer(options, function(req, res) {
res.writeHead(200);
res.end('hello world!');
});

server.listen(3000);
`

Client:
`javascript
var spdy = require('spdy');
var https = require('https');

var agent = spdy.createAgent({
host: 'www.google.com',
port: 443,

// Optional SPDY options
spdy: {
plain: false,
ssl: true,

// optional send X_FORWARDED_FOR
'x-forwarded-for': '127.0.0.1'
}
});

https.get({
host: 'www.google.com',
agent: agent
}, function(response) {
console.log('yikes');
// Here it goes like with any other node.js HTTP request
// ...
// And once we're done - we may close TCP connection to server
// NOTE: All non-closed requests will die!
agent.close();
}).end();
`

Please note that if you use a custom agent, by default all connection-level
errors will result in an uncaught exception. To handle these errors subscribe
to the error event and re-emit the captured error:

`javascript
var agent = spdy.createAgent({
host: 'www.google.com',
port: 443
}).once('error', function (err) {
this.emit(err);
});
`

#### Push streams

It is possible to initiate [PUSH_PROMISE][5] to send content to clients _before_
the client requests it.

`javascript
spdy.createServer(options, function(req, res) {
var stream = res.push('/main.js', {
status: 200, // optional
method: 'GET', // optional
request: {
accept: '/'
},
response: {
'content-type': 'application/javascript'
}
});
stream.on('error', function() {
});
stream.end('alert("hello from push stream!");');

res.end('');
}).listen(3000);
`

[PUSH_PROMISE][5] may be sent using the push() method on the current response
object. The signature of the push() method is:

.push('/some/relative/url', { request: {...}, response: {...} }, callback)

Second argument contains headers for both PUSH_PROMISE and emulated response.
callback will receive two arguments: err (if any error is happened) and a
[Duplex][4] stream as the second argument.

Client usage:
`javascript
var agent = spdy.createAgent({ / ... / });
var req = http.get({
host: 'www.google.com',
agent: agent
}, function(response) {
});
req.on('push', function(stream) {
stream.on('error', function(err) {
// Handle error
});
// Read data from stream
});
`

NOTE: You're responsible for the stream object once given it in .push()
callback or push event. Hence ignoring error event on it will result in
uncaught exception and crash your program.

#### Trailing headers

Server usage:
`javascript
function (req, res) {
// Send trailing headers to client
res.addTrailers({ header1: 'value1', header2: 'value2' });

// On client's trailing headers
req.on('trailers', function(headers) {
// ...
});
}
`

Client usage:
`javascript
var req = http.request({ agent: spdyAgent, / ... / }).function (res) {
// On server's trailing headers
res.on('trailers', function(headers) {
// ...
});
});
req.write('stuff');
req.addTrailers({ / ... / });
req.end();
`

#### Options

All options supported by [tls][2] work with node-spdy.

Additional options may be passed via spdy sub-object:

* plain - if defined, server will ignore NPN and ALPN data and choose whether
to use spdy or plain http by looking at first data packet.
* ssl - if false and options.plain is true, http.Server will be used
as a base class for created server.
* maxChunk - if set and non-falsy, limits number of bytes sent in one DATA
chunk. Setting it to non-zero value is recommended if you care about
interleaving of outgoing data from multiple different streams.
(defaults to 8192)
* protocols - list of NPN/ALPN protocols to use (default is:
['h2','spdy/3.1', 'spdy/3', 'spdy/2','http/1.1', 'http/1.0'])
* protocol - use specific protocol if no NPN/ALPN ex In addition,
* maxStreams - set "[maximum concurrent streams][3]" protocol option

$3

API is compatible with http and https module, but you can use another
function as base class for SPDYServer.

`javascript
spdy.createServer(
[base class constructor, i.e. https.Server],
{ / keys and options / }, // <- the only one required argument
[request listener]
).listen([port], [host], [callback]);
`

Request listener will receive two arguments: request and response. They're
both instances of http's IncomingMessage and OutgoingMessage. But three
custom properties are added to both of them: isSpdy, spdyVersion. isSpdy
is true when the request was processed using HTTP2/SPDY protocols, it is
false in case of HTTP/1.1 fallback. spdyVersion is either of: 2, 3,
3.1, or 4` (for HTTP2).

#### Contributors

* Fedor Indutny
* Chris Strom
* François de Metz
* Ilya Grigorik
* Roberto Peon
* Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa
* Jesse Cravens

#### LICENSE

This software is licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright Fedor Indutny, 2015.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
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[0]: https://http2.github.io/
[1]: http://www.chromium.org/spdy
[2]: http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/tls.html#tls.createServer
[3]: https://httpwg.github.io/specs/rfc7540.html#SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS
[4]: https://iojs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_duplex
[5]: https://httpwg.github.io/specs/rfc7540.html#PUSH_PROMISE