rf-api-simple

Nice little Framework on top of express: static webserver, endpoint settings for rights management, simplified systax and improved error handling. We combined the best of several years working with express and mongoose.

Getting started

Your server.js

const apiSimple = require('rf-api-simple');
let API = apiSimple.createApi({
   pathsWebserver: 'dest',
   port: 4000,
   pathsApis: 'server/apis'
}, function (startApiFileFunction) {
   startApiFileFunction(API);
});

The files under server/apis/ like server/apis/address.js

exports.start = function (API) {
   API.get('addresses', function (req, res) {
      res.send(null, 'Hello World!')
   }, { permission: false });
};

Regular server configuration example

The example shows mutiple mongoose databases, webserver and many endpoint files, external config variables and nice colored logging.

Your server.js

// deps
let config = require('rf-config').init(__dirname);
let log = require('rf-log').start(`[${config.app.name}]`);
let db = require('mongoose-multi').start(config.db, config.paths.schemas);

const apiSimple = require('rf-api-simple');
let API = {};
function restartAPI () {
   if (API && API.close) API.close();
   API = apiSimple.createApi(config, function (startApi) {
      startApi(API, db);
   });
}

// init
db.global.mongooseConnection.once('open', restartAPI);

// for external testing: export express server
module.exports = API.server;

The files under server/apis.

// deps
const async = require('async');
const objectId = require('mongoose').Types.ObjectId;

exports.start = function (db, API) {
   API.get('addresses', function (req, res) {
      console.log(req)
      // this provides much usable data extracted from the token:
      // req: {
      //    data
      //    user,
      //    rights,
      //    originalRequest
      // }
      db.user.addresses
         .find({'accountId': req.data })
         .exec(res.send);
   }, { section: ['account', 'shipping', 'sale'] });
};

Stick to the naming convention:

• each endpoint name has to begin with the name of the file
• examples:
  • get addresses
  • get address
  • post adderss
  • post address-delete
  • get addresses-of-accountId

Development

Use eslint to check the code

Legal Issues

• Licenese: MIT
• Author: Felix Furtmayr