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ExpressJS middleware to force applications to accept HTTPS requests only.
ExpressJS middleware to force applications to accept HTTPS requests only.
$ npm install https-only
var httpsOnly = require('https-only')
var express = require('express')
var app = express()
// Enable https-only
app.use(httpsOnly())
// Any routes beneath the https-only middleware will need to be
// accessed via HTTPS
app.use('/', function(req, res) {
res.send('hello world')
})
// Error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status)
res.send({message: err.message})
})
app.listen(3000)
Development mode temporarily allows HTTP requests when NODE_ENV is set to development
AND true
is passed into httpsOnly.
var allowDebug = true
app.use(httpsOnly(allowDebug))
$ mocha
MIT
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ExpressJS middleware to force applications to accept HTTPS requests only.
The npm package https-only receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, https-only popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that https-only demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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