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express-http-context

Get and set request-scoped context anywhere

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What is express-http-context?

The express-http-context package provides a way to manage and access context data across the lifecycle of an HTTP request in an Express application. This is particularly useful for scenarios where you need to share data between middleware and route handlers without explicitly passing it around.

What are express-http-context's main functionalities?

Set and Get Context Data

This feature allows you to set and get context data within the lifecycle of an HTTP request. In this example, user data is set in the context in a middleware and then accessed in a route handler.

const express = require('express');
const httpContext = require('express-http-context');

const app = express();
app.use(httpContext.middleware);

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  httpContext.set('user', { id: 1, name: 'John Doe' });
  next();
});

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const user = httpContext.get('user');
  res.send(`Hello, ${user.name}`);
});

app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Server running on port 3000'));

Namespace Isolation

This feature ensures that context data is isolated per request by binding the request and response objects to the context namespace. This is useful for tracking request-specific data like request IDs.

const express = require('express');
const httpContext = require('express-http-context');

const app = express();
app.use(httpContext.middleware);

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  httpContext.ns.bindEmitter(req);
  httpContext.ns.bindEmitter(res);
  next();
});

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  httpContext.set('requestId', req.headers['x-request-id']);
  next();
});

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const requestId = httpContext.get('requestId');
  res.send(`Request ID: ${requestId}`);
});

app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Server running on port 3000'));

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