Power-putty-server NPM

`power-putty-server`

Power Putty component to power a robust and extensible express server with sane defaults.

Express.js is an incredibly powerful and light framework for the web. However, it can be difficult to remember all the little things that need to go into a powerful and rich server application. That's where this component enters -- bundled with all the best middlewares to get your server out the door fast.

Features

Sane defaults for an Express.js application that will be powering a modern web application
Setup cookies and sessions breezily with express-session, cookie-parser
Expose server state to the client in a standard way (for SSR) with express-state
Serve favicon and other static files with serve-favicon, serve-static
Sane defaults for parsing incoming requests with body-parser
Flash messages with connect-flash
Secure headers with helmet
Does not handle 404s, just pop your own middleware in the end ;)
TODO Support for common patterns of responding to requests?

Usage

import { getExpressApplication } from 'power-putty-server';

Config

Server can be configured programmatically, but also offers configuration via Node Config.

Most options are namespaced under power-putty-server, with the exception of standardized settings like port.

Config Key	Description
`port`	Port to listen on
`power-putty-server.is_local`	Whether we are running locally and need to account for that. Assumes Macs are always local.
`power-putty-server.cookies.secret`	Secret token for cookies
`power-putty-server.sessions.prefix`	Prefix to use for session keys (both in browser and persistence). Supports `{NODE_ENV}` macro
`power-putty-server.sessions.secret`	Secret token for sessions
`power-putty-server.sessions.redis.host`	Host of Redis server
`power-putty-server.sessions.redis.port`	Port of Redis server
`power-putty-server.serving`	File serving related config. Don't supply values to handle yourself
`power-putty-server.serving.favicon`	Absolute path to favicon
`power-putty-server.serving.static`	Absolute path to static folder. Serves at `/static`