Express Abridged

Quick setup scaffolding for an Express server

Install

npm -i --save @conjurelabs/route @conjurelabs/utils @conjurelabs/express-abridged

Usage

Add a directory of routes, in ./routes within your project root.

const abridged = require('@conjurelabs/express-abridged')
abridged()

This will run an Express sever on :3000

See the route module documenation for more deatils on using routes.

Routes within a abridged server can access the route module via @conjurelabs/express-abridged/route.

// within './routes/test/get.js'
const Route = require('@conjurelabs/express-abridged/route')

const route = new Route()

route.push(async (req, res) => {
  res.send('Hello')
})

module.exports = route

// this will allow a user to GET /test on the running server

See a working example.

Advanced Usage

Name

You can set a more specific name for your server. This makes logs more sensical when dealing with multiple servers.

abridged({
  name: 'API'
})

Routes Directory

By default abridged will crawl routes at ./routes within the project root. You can override that.

abridged({
  routesDir: '/custom/routes/dir'
})

Port

By default abridged runs on port 3000

abridged({
  port: 4400
})

Adding more Express configuration

After abridged finishes configuring the express server, you can add your own addidtional config.

abridged({
  serverAfterConfig: (server, express) => {
    server.use(express.static('public'))
    server.use(passport.initialize())
    server.use(passport.session())
  }
})

Before server starts

This is useful for wrapping .listen with additional logic, like when wrapping Express in a Next app.

abridged({
  beforeListen: (server, express, done) => {
    // start next app
    nextApp
      .prepare()
      .then(done)
  }
})

After server starts

abridged({
  afterListen: (server, express) => {
    // ...
  }
})