appa

appa

Quickly build micro services.

Install

Make sure you've got node installed, then make appa a project dependency:

npm install --save appa

Minimal example

var http = require('http')
var app = require('appa')()

app.on('/', function (req, res, context) {
  app.send(res, { message: 'oh hey friends' })
})

http.createServer(app).listen(3000)

API

createApp

Create the application. Returns the app function that can be passed into http.createServer.

Parameters

• options Object
  • options.log Boolean – whether appa should log using bole. default: true

app

The request, response handler that is passed to http.createServer, and that provides methods for your app.

Parameters

• req Object – the http request object
• res Object – the http response object

on

Route handler

Parameters

• pathname String – the route for this handler
• callback Function – the route handler

send

Send a JSON response

Parameters

• res Object – the http response object
• statusCode Number – the status code of the response, default is 200
• data Object – the data that will be stringified into JSON

error

Send a JSON error response

Parameters

• response Object – the http response object
• res
• statusCode Number – the status code of the response, default is 404
• message String – the message that will be stringified into JSON

License

MIT