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bigrest

Smart web and restful framework for NodeJS. current core is express.

Installation

$ npm install bigrest

Usage

var bigrest = require('bigrest')

API

listen(port, opts)

Binds and listens for connections on the port.

var path = require('path');
var bigrest = require('../index');

var http = bigrest.listen(18080, {
    basepath: __dirname,
    statics: [{
        urlpath: '/files',
        filepath: path.join(__dirname, 'files')
    }],
    compression: {
        threshold: 16 * 1024
    }
});

XArray(string) was a Array(string) or a Array splited by ",".
XArray(object) was a Array(object) or a Object(object) ",".

Parameter: opts

The options for bigrest framework.

Key	Type	Default	Description
debug	boolean	false	debug mode switch
etag	boolean	false	switch on ETAG generation
https	Object	undefined	options for HTTPS protocol
compression	boolean or Object	false	switch or options for compression
basepath	string	process.cwd()	the base path
services	XArray(string)	services	the handlers and routers path
rootwork	function	undefined	the all METHOD handler for '/'
r404work	function	undefined	the all METHOD handler while response 404
visitor	function	undefiend	the pre processor the all handler
viewer	Object(viewer)	undeifned	set html template engine
limits	Object(limits)	undeifned	the limits for request parse
statics	XArray(static)	undefiend	set static file engine
middlewares	Array(function)	[]	the middlewares for express

https documents https.createServer
compression as options documents compression

Object(viewer)

Key	Type	Default	Description
filepath	string	undefined	the template source file path
render	string or function	undefiend	the template engine
cache	boolean	opposite with opts.debug	system cache switch

{
    render: swig.renderFile,
    filepath: path.join(__dirname, "server", "views")
}

Object(limits)

Key	Type	Default	Description
bodySize	number	4mb	the request body size
uploadSize	number	50mb	the maximum size for file upload

{
    bodySize: 102400,
    uploadSize: 1024000
}

Object(static)

Key	Type	Default	Description
urlpath	string	undefined	the url path
filepath	string	undefined	the static file's file path
options	Object	undefined	the static options

options means in the express.static

{
    urlpath: '/static',
    filepath: path.join(__dirname, "static")
}

Directory

|--{basepath}
|   |--commons
|   |   |--test.js
|   |--methods
|   |   |--test.js
|   |--services
|   |   |--test-router.json
|   |   |--test.js
|--server.js

Global variables

Name	Path	Export Variables	Export methods
brcx	commons/	UpperCase named, number & string	all
brmx	method/	UpperCase named, number & string	lowercase named

Router And Processor

services/test-router.json

{
    "processors": [
        {
            "url": "/benchmark",
            "method": "GET",
            "processor": "benchmark_empty",
            "parameters": []
        }
    ]
}

services/test.js

exports.benchmark_empty = function(req, res) {
    brmx.benchmark(function() {
        res.send('OK');
    });
};

methods/test.js

exports.benchmark = function(callback) {
    callback(null);
};

Router File Format

it has three style, Object(container), Array(group), Object(group).

Object(container)

Key	Type	Default	Description
parameters	Array(Parameger)	[]	the common parameters
interceptor	XArray(string)	[]	the common interceptor names
failure	stirng	undefined	the default failure processor name
groups	Array(group)	required	the router group

Object(group)

Key	Type	Default	Description
parameters	Array(Parameger)	[]	the common parameters
interceptor	XArray(string)	[]	the interceptor names
failure	stirng	undefined	the failure processor name
processors	Array(processor)	required	the router parameters

Object(processor)

Key	Type	Default	Description
method	XArray(string)	required	METHOD
url	XArray(string)	required	URL
parameters	Array(parameger)	[]	the common parameters
failure	stirng	undefined	the failure processor name
processor	string	required	the processor name
workdata	Object	undefined	attach to req
workparam	Object	undefined	attach to req

Object(parameter)

This is a Array type model definition in field-inspector, click it for more detail.

req.files Information

It's array of file, And each file contains the following information:

Key	Description
`name`	Field name specified in the form
`type`	Mime type of the file
`size`	Size of the file in bytes
`path`	The full path to the temp uploaded file
`originalFilename`	Name of the file on the user's computer