express-blinker

Blinker, because your site needs speed.

"Blinker" is actually a german word and it reffers to that blinking light on a car or motorcycle with which you indicate which direction you are going to take. And that is what thi smodule does; you tell it how to cache, and it will direct your browser!

Install

npm install express-blinker

Usage

var express = require("express"),
    app = express(),
    blinker = require("express-blinker"),
    path = require("path"),
    basePath = path.join(__dirname, "public");

app.use(blinker(basePath, [
    {
        test: /.*/,
        etag: true,
        lastModified: false,
        cacheControl: true,
        expires: false,
        age: 600
    }
]));

app.listen(1234);

blinker(basePath, options)

• basePath: This is the full path to your resources that you want to deliver.
• options: This is an object. You must specify all options. This ensures no unexpected behaviour.
  • options.test: This is a regular expression that is used to see which of your configuration objects should be used. You could use this to pick up files based on their extension or naming.
  • options.etag: Wether to do ETagging.
  • options.lastModified: Wether the browser a Last-Modified header.
  • options.cacheControl: Wether to generate and send a Cache-Control header.
  • options.cacheKeyword: Used when generating a Cache-Control header.
  • option.expires: Wether to send an Expires header.
  • options.age: This is very required. Specify the cache time in seconds.