request-id

Express.js request-id middleware. Allows you to identify client requests within non-sequential logs by adding a response header of X-Request-Id. Allows setting value via query parameter or request header.

Installation

$ npm install cc-request-id

Running the tests

$ npm install
$ mocha

API

var requestId = require('cc-request-id')

requestId(options)

Create new request-id middleware.

options

See request-id options. Exception: Default value generator function: uuid-1345.v4fast

Example

var express = require('express')
var app = express()
var requestId = require('cc-request-id')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')

app.use(requestId())
app.use(bodyParser())
app.get('/test', function (req, res, next) {
  res.send('OK')
})
app.listen(8080)

test it:

curl http://localhost:8080/test -I | grep X-Request-Id

outputs:

X-Request-Id: 98401c07-e91a-40ca-813e-5407970de407

License

MIT