@egomobile/http-server
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A very fast alternative HTTP server to Express, with simple routing and middleware support, that is compatible with Node.js 18 or later.
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@egomobile/http-server
A very fast alternative HTTP server to Express, with simple routing and middleware support, that is compatible with Node.js 18 or later.
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Install [↑]
Execute the following command from your project folder, where your
package.json file is stored:
npm install --save @egomobile/http-serverIf you want to lookup types, also install the Node Types:
npm install --save-dev @types/nodeUsage [↑]
Quick example [↑]
import createServer, { buffer, params, query } from "@egomobile/http-server";
async function main() {
const app = createServer();
// POST request for / route
// that uses the middleware buffer(), which loads the
// whole request body with a limit of 128 MB by default
// and writes the data to 'body' prop of 'request' object
// as Buffer
app.post("/", [buffer()], async (request, response) => {
const name: string = request.body!.toString("utf8");
response.write("Hello: " + name);
// no response.end() is required here
});
// parameters require a special path validator here
// s. https://github.com/lukeed/regexparam
// for more information about the string format
app.get(params("/foo/:bar/baz"), async (request, response) => {
response.write("BAR: " + request.params!.bar);
});
// parse query parameters from URL
// and write them to 'query' prop of 'request' object
app.get("/foo", [query()], async (request, response) => {
// request.query => https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#class-urlsearchparams
response.write(" BAR: " + request.query!.get("bar"));
response.write(" BAZ: " + request.query!.get("baz"));
});
await app.listen();
console.log(`Server now running on port ${app.port} ...`);
}
main().catch(console.error);Middlewares [↑]
To enhance the functionality of your handlers, you can setup global or route specific middlewares.
For more details, have a look at the wiki page.
Controllers [↑]
The module provides tools, like decorators, functions and classes, that helps to setup routes and their behavior on a quite simple and high level.
Have a look at the wiki page for detailed information.
Error handling [↑]
import createServer from "@egomobile/http-server";
async function main() {
// ...
// custom error handler
app.setErrorHandler(async (error, request, response) => {
const errorMessage = Buffer.from("SERVER ERROR: " + String(error), "utf8");
if (!response.headersSend) {
response.writeHead(400, {
"Content-Length": String(errorMessage.length),
});
}
response.write(errorMessage);
response.end();
});
// custom 404 handler
app.setNotFoundHandler(async (request, response) => {
const notFoundMessage = Buffer.from(`${request.url} not found!`, "utf8");
if (!response.headersSend) {
response.writeHead(404, {
"Content-Length": String(notFoundMessage.length),
});
}
response.write(notFoundMessage);
response.end();
});
app.get("/", async (request, response) => {
throw new Error("Something went wrong!");
});
// ...
}
main().catch(console.error);Pretty error pages [↑]
A nice example is, to use Youch! by Poppinss.
It prints pretty error pages in the browser:
import createServer, { prettyErrors } from "@egomobile/http-server";
import youch from "youch";
async function main() {
// ...
app.setErrorHandler(async (error, request, response) => {
const html = Buffer.from(await new youch(error, request).toHTML(), "utf8");
if (!response.headersSent) {
response.writeHead(500, {
"Content-Type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8",
"Content-Length": String(html.length),
});
}
response.end(html);
});
app.get("/", async (request, response) => {
throw new Error("Oops! Something went wrong!");
});
// ...
}
main().catch(console.error);A possible result could be:
Testing [↑]
With decorators @Describe() and @It(), you can write automatic (unit-)tests, realized by any framework you want.
This example shows, how to implement tests with SuperTest (if you want to see a more detailed description of this feature, you can visit the wiki page):
Controller [↑]
import {
Controller,
ControllerBase,
Describe,
GET,
IHttpRequest,
IHttpResponse,
It,
} from "@egomobile/http-server";
@Controller()
@Describe("My controller")
export default class MyController extends ControllerBase {
@GET("/foo/:bar")
@It(
"should return '{{body}}' in body with status {{status}} when submitting parameter {{parameter:bar}}",
{
expectations: {
body: "BUZZ",
status: 202,
},
parameters: {
bar: "buzz",
},
}
)
async index(request: IHttpRequest, response: IHttpResponse) {
response.writeHead(202);
response.write(request.params!.bar.toUpperCase());
}
}Initialization [↑]
import assert from "assert";
import supertest from "supertest";
import { createServer } from "@egomobile/http-server";
const app = createServer();
// event, that is executed, if a test is requested
app.on("test", async (context) => {
const {
body,
description,
escapedRoute,
expectations,
group,
headers,
httpMethod,
server,
} = context;
try {
process.stdout.write(`Running test [${group}] '${description}' ... `);
// prepare request ...
// HTTP method ...
let request = supertest(server)[httpMethod](escapedRoute);
// request headers ...
for (const [headerName, headerValue] of Object.entries(headers)) {
request = request.set(headerName, headerValue);
}
// send it
const response = await request.send(body);
assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, expectations.status);
// maybe some more code checking headers and
// body data from `expectations` ...
process.stdout.write(`✅\n`);
} catch (error) {
process.stdout.write(`❌: ${error}\n`);
}
});
// run tests
await app.test();
// alternative:
//
// if you set `EGO_RUN_SETUP` to a truthy value like `1`
// the server does not start listening, instead it simply
// runs `app.test()`
//
// await app.listen();Benchmarks [↑]
| | Express | fastify | polka | @egomobile/http-server |
| ------------------------ | :---------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----------------------: |
| Express | - | 93% | 39% | 30% 🐌 |
| fastify | 107% | - | 43% | 32% 🐢 |
| polka | 256% | 238% | - | 76% 🐇 |
| @egomobile/http-server | 337% 🚀🚀🚀 | 314% 🚀🚀 | 132% 🚀 | - |
The following benchmarks were made with wrk on the following machine, running Node v16.13.2:
Machine:
- MacBook Pro (16", 2021)
- CPU: Apple M1 Max
- Memory: 64 GB
- OS: MacOS 12.1
Command: wrk -t8 -c100 -d30s http://localhost:3000/user/123
Express:
=============
Running 30s test @ http://localhost:3000/user/123
8 threads and 100 connections
Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev
Latency 3.56ms 674.79us 14.59ms 90.47%
Req/Sec 3.39k 224.41 5.11k 75.04%
809164 requests in 30.03s, 118.84MB read
Requests/sec: 26947.30
Transfer/sec: 3.96MB
Fastify:
=============
Running 30s test @ http://localhost:3000/user/123
8 threads and 100 connections
Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev
Latency 3.32ms 0.95ms 19.41ms 85.25%
Req/Sec 3.64k 280.76 4.87k 76.38%
869871 requests in 30.03s, 142.69MB read
Requests/sec: 28971.44
Transfer/sec: 4.75MB
Polka:
===========
Running 30s test @ http://localhost:3000/user/123
8 threads and 100 connections
Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev
Latency 1.39ms 289.29us 13.20ms 91.15%
Req/Sec 8.66k 1.26k 10.67k 59.55%
2074873 requests in 30.10s, 259.22MB read
Requests/sec: 68930.81
Transfer/sec: 8.61MB
@egomobile/http-server:
============================
Running 30s test @ http://localhost:3000/user/123
8 threads and 100 connections
Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev
Latency 1.05ms 220.64us 13.11ms 85.16%
Req/Sec 11.44k 1.39k 18.48k 81.16%
2737095 requests in 30.10s, 341.95MB read
Requests/sec: 90922.13
Transfer/sec: 11.36MBHere is the test code, used recording the benchmarks.
Credits [↑]
The module makes use of:
- Ajv
- Filtrex by Michal Grňo
- joi by Sideway Inc.
- js-yaml by Nodeca
- minimatch by isaacs
- regexparam by Luke Edwards
- Swagger UI and @open-api
Documentation [↑]
The API documentation can be found here.
See also [↑]
- @egomobile/api-utils - Extensions for this module, helping realizing REST APIs