web-app-runner

Web App Runner

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A simple HTTP server targeted for single-page web applications.

Overview

Simple HTTP server that implements middleware for banning or re-routing authorized connections based on ip, agent or other requiest attributes. The server can be used stand alone or as middleware for connect or express.

Installation

npm install web-app-runner --save

Use

There are various levels of authentication that can be applied ranging from completely open to finely filtered.

Basic Web Server

// by default the server returns public/index.html
var runner = require('web-app-runner').createInstance();

runner.start();

IP Filter

The following IP Filter server with accept and reject specific IP addresses. All unknown IPs are accepted. This is modified with the acceptUnknownVisitor option parameter set to false.

var opts = {
		whiteList:[
			'127.0.0.1',
			'173.13.151.170'
		],
		blackList:[
			'173.14.151.180'
		],
		acceptUnkownVisitor:true
	},
	runner = require('web-app-runner').createInstance( opts );
	
runner.start();

Tests

Tests are in place for all implemented methods. Tests are written in mocha/chai/should and include jshint rules. To run the tests, do this:

make test

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