http-server-lib v1.0.0

webServer-node

An HTTP server library written using Node.js net module

Installation

Before installing the library, download and install Node.js and npm Once Node.js and npm is successfully installed, install http-server-lib from npm by using npm install command

$ npm install http-server-lib

Running this will create a node modules directory in your current directory (if one doesn't exist yet) and download the package in that directory.

Getting Started

Creating a server instance

const server = require('./server/tcp-server')

server.startServer(port)

Adding routes

const server = require('./server/tcp-server')

server.startServer(port)
server.addRoutes('GET', '/', (request, response) => {
  response.body = 'Hello World!'
  response.send()
})

Using middlewares

const server = require('./server/tcp-server')
const logger = require('./middlewares/logger')
const bodyParser = require('./middlewares/bodyParser')

server.startServer(port)

server.addHandler(bodyParser.parseUrlEncodedBody)
server.addHandler(logger)

server.addRoutes('POST', '/data.html', (req, res) => {
  res.body = req.body['fieldName']
  res.setHeaders()
  res.setContentType('/data.html')
  res.send()
})

Note: Middlewares are processed in the order that they are added

Features

Static file handling

Session handling

Body parsing with support for multipart/form-data and multipart/mixed type requests

Look here for an example app that uses this library

License

MIT