rest-format-opts v1.0.0

rest-format-opts

Parse request options for specific requested data formats. Parses Accept headers and query string, with priority given to the query string.

Install with npm install rest-format-opts

example

var formatOpts = require('rest-format-opts')({
  'json': 'application/json',
  'csv': 'text/csv'
})

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  formatOpts(req, res, function (req, res, opts) {
    // opts.format now includes the format
    // res has the correct headers
  })
})

usage

var formatOpts = require('rest-format-opts')(formatDict, opts)

formatDict

Object with the format identifiers as keys and the associated mediatypes as values.

opts

• defaultFormat Set a default fallback format
• setContentType Set to false to disable setting of response content-type