A wrapper around a common configuration for an express application server. This module wraps the following modules:
- Express
- Express Compression Middleware
- Express Error Handler Middleware
- Naught
- Express Graceful Exit
- Logtastic
- Consolidate
- Cookie Parser
It setup sane defaults for these modules and exposes simple confiuration options for tweaking. But overall it is an opinionated method for setting up an express service.
$ npm install --save app-server
var Server = require('app-server');
// All these options are set to their default values
var server = new Server({
port: 3000,
hostname: null,
logDir: 'log',
logger: logtastic, // An instance of Logtastic
trustProxy: true,
compress: true,
errorHandler: true,
parseCookies: false,
viewDir: null, // Full path to views
viewEngine: null, // One of the modules provied by consolidate
viewEngineSuffix: 'html'
});
// Setup routes
server.app.post('/', function(req, res) {
res.status(200).json({hi: 'planet'});
});
// Start the server
server.start();