@nestjs/common

What is @nestjs/common?

The @nestjs/common package is a core part of the NestJS framework, which is a framework for building efficient, reliable and scalable server-side applications. This package provides a wide range of basic functionalities necessary for any NestJS application, including decorators, modules, middleware, filters, pipes, guards, and utilities for handling HTTP requests and responses.

What are @nestjs/common's main functionalities?

Decorators

Decorators are used to annotate classes and their members to define their roles within the application. For example, `@Injectable()` marks a class as a service that can be injected, and `@Controller()` defines a class as a controller with a specific route.

@Injectable()
class MyService {}

@Controller('my-route')
class MyController {
  constructor(private myService: MyService) {}
}

Modules

Modules are used to organize components by encapsulating them within bounded contexts. This code sample demonstrates how to define a module that includes controllers and providers.

@Module({
  imports: [],
  controllers: [MyController],
  providers: [MyService],
})
class MyModule {}

Middleware

Middleware are functions that execute during the request-response cycle. They can perform tasks like logging, request validation, etc. This code sample shows a basic middleware that logs a message on each request.

@Injectable()
class MyMiddleware implements NestMiddleware {
  use(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
    console.log('Request...');
    next();
  }
}

Exception Filters

Exception filters handle exceptions that occur during the processing of a request. This code sample demonstrates a filter that catches HTTP exceptions and formats the response.

@Catch(HttpException)
class HttpExceptionFilter implements ExceptionFilter {
  catch(exception: HttpException, host: ArgumentsHost) {
    const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
    const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
    const status = exception.getStatus();

    response
      .status(status)
      .json({
        statusCode: status,
        timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
        path: ctx.getRequest<Request>().url,
      });
  }
}

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README

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient and scalable server-side applications.

Description

Nest is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js server-side applications. It uses modern JavaScript, is built with TypeScript (preserves compatibility with pure JavaScript) and combines elements of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), FP (Functional Programming), and FRP (Functional Reactive Programming).

Under the hood, Nest makes use of Express, but also, provides compatibility with a wide range of other libraries, like e.g. Fastify, allowing for easy use of the myriad third-party plugins which are available.

Philosophy

In recent years, thanks to Node.js, JavaScript has become the “lingua franca” of the web for both front and backend applications, giving rise to awesome projects like Angular, React and Vue which improve developer productivity and enable the construction of fast, testable, extensible frontend applications. However, on the server-side, while there are a lot of superb libraries, helpers and tools for Node, none of them effectively solve the main problem - the architecture.

Nest aims to provide an application architecture out of the box which allows for effortless creation of highly testable, scalable, loosely coupled and easily maintainable applications. The architecture is heavily inspired by Angular.

Getting started

• To check out the guide, visit docs.nestjs.com. :books:
• 要查看中文 指南, 请访问 docs.nestjs.cn. :books:
• 가이드 문서는 docs.nestjs.com에서 확인하실 수 있습니다. :books:
• ガイドは docs.nestjs.comでご確認ください。 :books:

Questions

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