apiserver

node-apiserver

A ready to go modular http API Server.

#transports

• JSON
• JSONP,
• JSONP+iFrame (you can make cross-domain POST inside the same parent domain: 's1.example.com, s2.example.com, ...')

Dependencies

• nodejs v0.4.11+
• node-bufferjoiner repository

Installation as submodule

$ git clone git://github.com/kilian/node-apiserver.git

Installation with npm

$ npm install apiserver

Usage

    var util = require('util'),
        querystring = require('querystring'),
        ApiServer = require('node-apiserver'),
        ApiModule = require('node-apiserver').ApiModule;

    ...

    var UserModule = function(userCollection, myotherObj, myCustomConfig) {
        ...
        this.userCollection = userCollection;
        ApiModule.call(this);
    };

    util.inherits(UserModule, ApiModule);

    // this is a private method, it means that you must send a right Authorization header within your request.
    // your method can be reached to http://yourserver.com/user/my_first_camel_case_method
    UserModule.prototype.myFirstCamelCaseMethodPrivate = function(request, response) {

        var self = this;
        var postData = this.parsePost(request); //inherited from ApiModule.

        if(!/^([a-z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-z0-9]{2,4})+$/.test(postData.email)){
            self.emit('responseReady', request, response, 200, null, { success: false, reason: 'email not valid' });
            return this;
        }

        this.userCollection.insert({ email: postData.email }, { safe: true }, function(err, user) {

            if(err){
                self.emit('responseReady', request, response, 200, 'this is the http status message', { success: false, reason: 'email not unique' });
                return this;
            } 

            self.emit('responseReady', request, response, 200, 'this is the http status message', { email: postData.email, success: true });
        });
    };

    // this is a public method
    // the server will check for the [Private|Public] word at the end of the method name.
    // your method can be reached to http://yourserver.com/user/my_second_camel_case_method
    UserModule.prototype.mySecondCamelCaseMethodPublic = function(request, response) {

        var self = this;
        var postData = this.parsePost(request);

        if(!/^([a-z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-z0-9]{2,4})+$/.test(postData.email)){
            self.emit('responseReady', request, response, 200, null, { success: false, reason: 'email not valid' });
            return this;
        }

	        this.userCollection.insert({ email: postData.email }, { safe: true }, function(err, user) {

            if(err){
                self.emit('responseReady', request, response, 200, 'this is the http status message', { success: false, reason: 'email not unique' });
                return this;
            } 

            self.emit('responseReady', request, response, 200, 'this is the http status message', { email: postData.email, success: true });
        });
    };

    ...

    var apiServer = new ApiServer('mydomain.com', standardHeaders, "username:password");
    apiServer.addModule('user', new UserModule(new mongodb.Collection(mongodbClient, 'users'), { foo: 'bar' }, { cool: 'sure' }));
    apiServer.listen(80);

    ...

License

This software is released under the MIT license cited below.

Copyright (c) 2010 Kilian Ciuffolo, [e-mail]. All Rights Reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
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