interlayer v0.13.7

interlayer

At this point, the server version is still in alpha. You can suggest an idea or report an error here: New issue

The stable version of the server will be implemented after writing all the necessary features and tests to them.

Changelog

CHANGELOG.md

Features

• Serving Static Content
• Upload files
• Auto-reload server on file change (reload on new files not supported)
• Clusterization
• Postgres\mysql\redis built-in DAL's for data storage
• Mailgun\sparkpost\smtp build-in mail sender packages
• Localization
• WebScoket

Install

npm install --save interlayer

or

yarn add interlayer

Project tree example

• /node_modules/
• package.json
• /files/ - this folder will be served by config.serve
  • index.html
  • style.css
  • script.js
  • /images/
    • logo.jpeg
• index.js
• /i18n/
  • en-US.json
• /middleware/
  • auth.js
• /modules/
  • weather.js
• config.json

Request processing steps

1. request preparation - filling with functions and objects, see here
2. search for a module. if not found - search for a file in config.serve and give it to the client
3. if the module is found, parse the data if the request method is POST
4. for all matching triggers run middlewares, more see here
5. if the found module has a prerun in its meta, run it, more see here
6. finally launch our module(that can use any data from here), in response we wait for see here
7. convert to json text if meta.toJson || meta.contentType == 'json' || headers'Content-Type' == 'application/json'
8. done

/modules/weather.js example

exports._obtain = {
    checkIp: true,
    prerun(request, moduleMeta, cb){

    }
};
exports.obtain = (request, cb){
    cb(null, 'good weather');
};

/middleware/auth.js example

exports.triggers = {
    'meta.checkIp': (request, moduleMeta, cb) => {
        if(request.ip === '127.0.0.1'){
            return cb('bad ip');
        }
        cb();
    },
    'request.params.city': (request, moduleMeta, cb) => {
        if(request.params.city === 'london'){
            return cb('bad weather');
        }
        cb();
    }
}

Variants to start server

const config = {
    port: 80,
    serve: ['files']
};
require('interlayer')(config);

or

require('interlayer')('config.json');

or

const server = require('interlayer').server();
server
    .setRootPath(__dirname)
    .loadConfigFile('config.json')
    .start()

config object or config.json file configuration

Avaliable params:

Avaliable properties in config object or config.json file

Intrlayer instance configure

let serverInstance = require('interlayer').server();

How to use

let server = require('interlayer').server();
server.setRootPath(__dirname);
server.loadConfigFile('config.json');
server.start();

Avaliable methods:

Module creation

Example of modules/myModule.js

const app = require('interlayer').module();
exports.module = app;

let log = app.getLog('myModuleId');
app.setMeta({asJson: true});
app.setInit((request, requestCallback)=>{
    log.i('Module inited');
    requestCallback();
});

app.addMethod('myMethod', {toJson: true}, (request, requestCallback)=>{
    let fullLog = request.modifyLog(log);
    log.i('I am log without requestId but with myModuleId');
    request.log.i('I am log with requestId but without myModuleId');
    fullLog.i('I am log with requestId and with myModuleId');
    requestCallback(null, {ok: true}, 200, {}, false);
});//Could be called in the path of /myModule/myMethod

Avaliable app methods

const app = require('interlayer').module();

initFunction(simpleRequest)

• simpleRequest.url - Empty string
• simpleRequest.headers - Empty object
• simpleRequest.DAL - DAL objects if initialised
• simpleRequest.config - Configuration object
• simpleRequest.websocket - websocket server instanse if initialised

... and functions as in methodFunction request except getResponse, getRequest and other http request methods See here🌍

metaObject and methodMeta default paramerets

prerunFunction(request, moduleMeta, requestCallback)

• request - same as in methodFunction

methodFunction(request, requestCallback):

request: | Methods | Property types | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | modifyLog(log) | Object | Add to log object requestId for log created with global.logger | | getView(file, callback) | String, Function | Return file in callback from paths specified in config.views or in server.setViewPath(). callback = (error, data) | | getViewSync(file) | String | Synchronous request.getView | | getFile(file, callback) | String, Function | Return file as is. callback = (error, data, {'Content-type':''}) | | addCookies(key, value) | String, String | Set coockie for response | | rmCookies(key) | String | Remove coockie from responce | | i18n(key[, defaultValue]) | String, String | Return translate for key or return defaultValue| | obtainI18n() | --- | Return object with languages | | getMethodsInfo(showHidden) | Boolean | Returns all methods (except hidden methods if showHidden is not specified) | | lockShutdown() | --- | Blocks the termination of the process until the request is completed | | unlockShutdown() | --- | Unlock the termination of the process | | getResponse() | --- | Returns the original responce | | getRequest() | --- | Returns the original request | | error(text) | String | Returns 503 http code | | end(text[, code[, headers[, type]]]) | String[, Number[, Object, String]] | Returns code http code with text(as binary if type==bin) and headers|

request: | Property | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | config | Object | An object of configuration specified at start of server | | ip | String | Client ip adress | | url | String | Request url | | path | String | Request path(module/method) | | method | String | Uppercased type of request - POST|GET|... | | isPost | Boolean | true|false | | params | Object | An object of parsed GET params | | post | Object | An object of parsed POST params(with formidable🌍) | | files | Object | An object of uploaded files(with formidable🌍) | | cookies | Object | An object of parsed cookies | | headers | Object | An object of request headers | | DAL | Object | An object with DALs, which was initialized by config.useDals or server.addDal() | | mail | Object | An object with mail senders, which was initialized by config.useEmails or server.addEmailSender() | | id | String | requestId | | log | Object | The same as global.logger.create(moduleID), but with requestID included(not include moduleID) | | helpers | Object | requiest.helpers |

request.helpers

requestCallback(error, data, httpCode, responseHeaders, isBinary)

• error - null or undefined or String or Object
• data - null or String or Object or Binary(if isBinary = true)
• httpCode - null or Number See here🌍
• responseHeaders - null or Object See here🌍 If Content-Type = application/json then data will be returned as JSON
• type - null or 'bin'. If 'bin' then data will be returned as Buffer

Global objects added

global.logger

Object to create log with global.logger.create(logName) or global.logger(logName) were logName is String. log avaliable methods: | Methods | Description | | --- | --- | | i | Parameters same as for console.log. See here🌍 | | w | Parameters same as for console.warn. See here🌍 | | e | Parameters same as for console.error. See here🌍 | | d | Parameters same as for console.debug. See here🌍 | | c | Parameters same as for console.log. See here | Note that this type of logging don't allow to track the request id.

To have ability track the request id use the request.modifyLog method:

let log = global.logger.create('moduleID');
exports.myMethod = (request, cb)=>{
    let log = request.modifyLog(log);
}

global.intervals

Object with methods: | Methods | Property types | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | add(function, timeout) | Function, Number | Return key | | add(function, timeout = {year: '*', month: '*', date: '*', day: '*', hour: '*', minute: '*', second: '*'}) | Function, Object | Any of the parameters can be "*" or "2020,2040" - the options are listed in commas. Return key | | del(key) | String | Remove by key | | disable(key, flag) | String, Boolean | Disable/Enable interval by key and flag | | enable(key) | String | Enable interval by key | The startup interval is every second. If the start conditions (timeout) match, function is called with a parameter as a function to delete the interval - similar call to global.intervals.del(key).

Often used inside the function initFunction

Remember, if at server startup config.startInits = false or disableInits(false) then functions added via setInit(initFunction) will not be added to global.intervals

Features

Logging:

const log = global.logger('moduleID');
log.i(); // Usual log - displayed in green
log.w(); // Warn - displayed in yellow
log.e(); // Error - displayed in red
log.c(); // Critical error - displayed in white

Note that this type of logging don't allow to track the request id. To have ability track the request id use the request.modifyLog method:

const log = global.logger('moduleID');
exports.myMethod = (request, cb)=>{
    let log = request.modifyLog(log);
}

Or use the request.log instead, if 'moduleID'(identifier specified in global.logger.create function) not required.

let log = global.logger.create('moduleID');
exports.myMethod = (request, cb)=>{
    let log = request.log;
}

---

Use dals:

request.DAL.redis.get('somekey', (err, data) => {
    if(err){
        request.log.e('redis.get somekey', err);
        return cb(err);
    }
    ...
});
request.DAL.mysql.query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE login = ?', ['admin'], (err, data, fields) => {
    if(err){
        request.log.e('mysql.query', err);
        return cb(err);
    }
})

Use email senders

request.mail.mailgun.send({}, callback) -> see params here https://documentation.mailgun.com/api-sending.html#sending
request.mail.sparkpost.send({}, callback) -> see params here https://developers.sparkpost.com/api/transmissions.html#header-transmission-attributes
//or use initialized senders as you want
request.mail.mailgun.client -> https://www.npmjs.com/package/mailgun-js
request.mail.sparkpost.client -> https://www.npmjs.com/package/sparkpost

Create dal

Example of dals/nameofdal.js Then you can add nameofdal to config.useDals array (ex: config.useDals = {nameofdal: {...config}};)

// init is not required
exports.init = (config, dalConfig) => {

};

// but methods is required
exports.methods = {
    get: () => {},
    set: () => {}
}

Create email sender

Example of emailSenders/nameofsender.js Then you can add nameofsender to config.useEmailSenders array (ex: config.useEmailSenders = {nameofsender: {...config}};)

// init is required
exports.init = (config, emailConfig) => {

};

// send is required
exports.send = (email, cb)=>{

}

Create middleware

Example of middleware/session.js

exports.triggers = {
    'meta.checkSessions': 'checkSession', // you can specified string - name of function exported in module
    'request.params.test': exports.test // also you can specified function or method of object
};

// but methods is required
// request context and callback described in module
exports.checkSession = (request, moduleMeta, cb) => {

};

exports.test = (request, moduleMeta, cb) => {

};

or

exports.run = (request, moduleMeta, cb)=>{

};
// this creates
// exports.triggers = {
//     '*': exports.run
// };

Localization

Example of i18n/en.js

Note! You have to use double quotes, instead single quotes, because it's json file These are the actual keys used for error output.

{
    "Not found": "Nothing found, 404, Bill Gates site",
    "<center>Error 404<br>Not found</center>": "<h1>404 HTTP error.<h1>Not found</center>",
    "Service Unavailable. Try again another time.": "503 HTTP error."
}