server

Server

The simplest yet a powerful way of launching a server with Node.js:

let server = require('server');

// Launch it in port 3000 to serve static files in /public on http://localhost:3000/
server();

// OR serve static files from the project root on http://localhost:8000/
server({ port: 8000, public: './' });

// OR use some simple routes on  on http://localhost:8080/
let { get, post } = server.router;
server({ port: 8080 },
  get('/', (req, res) => res.render('index')),
  post('/', (req, res) => console.log(req.body))
);

It parses urlencoded, json and files automatically with default middlewares while still letting you personalize the options or change those middlewares for others you prefer (or just remove them).

Getting started

After getting Node ready and npm init, run this in your project folder to install the server:

npm install server --save

Then you can create a file called app.js and set the following:

// Include the server in your file
let server = require('server');
let { get, post } = server.router;

// Initialize the server on port 3000
server(3000,

  // Handle requests to the url "/" ( http://localhost:3000/ )
  get('/', (req, res) => { res.send('Hello world!'); })
);

Execute this in the terminal to get the server started:

node app.js

And finally, open your browser on localhost:3000 and you should see your server answered 'Hello world!'.

Documentation

Everything is documented here:

Full Documentation

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for the full license.

Author

This package was created by Francisco Presencia but hopefully developed and maintained by many others. See the the list of contributors here.