@tinyhttp/app

What is @tinyhttp/app?

@tinyhttp/app is a modern, lightweight, and fast web framework for Node.js. It is designed to be a minimalistic alternative to Express.js, providing a similar API but with a smaller footprint and faster performance.

What are @tinyhttp/app's main functionalities?

Basic Routing

This code demonstrates how to set up a basic HTTP GET route using @tinyhttp/app. When a GET request is made to the root URL, the server responds with 'Hello, World!'.

const { App } = require('@tinyhttp/app');
const app = new App();

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello, World!'));

app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Server is running on http://localhost:3000'));

Middleware Support

This code demonstrates how to use middleware in @tinyhttp/app. The logger middleware logs the HTTP method and URL of each request before passing control to the next middleware or route handler.

const { App } = require('@tinyhttp/app');
const app = new App();

const logger = (req, res, next) => {
  console.log(`${req.method} ${req.url}`);
  next();
};

app.use(logger);

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello, World!'));

app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Server is running on http://localhost:3000'));

Error Handling

This code demonstrates how to handle errors in @tinyhttp/app. If an error is thrown in a route handler, the error-handling middleware catches it and sends a 500 Internal Server Error response.

const { App } = require('@tinyhttp/app');
const app = new App();

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  throw new Error('Something went wrong!');
});

app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
  res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
});

app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Server is running on http://localhost:3000'));

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README

@tinyhttp/app

The core of tinyhttp. Contains the App, Request and Response. Additionally, it provides special tinyhttp-specific types.

Install

pnpm i @tinyhttp/app

Example

import { App } from '@tinyhttp/app'
import type { Request, Response, NextFunction } from '@tinyhttp/app'

new App()
  .use((req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
    console.log('Did a request')
    next()
  })
  .get('/', (_, res) => res.send('<h1>Hello World</h1>'))
  .get('/page/:page', (req, res) => res.send(`You opened ${req.params.page}`))
  .listen(3000)