easy-http is a middleware for express or restify creating convenience methods for HTTP codes.

Installation

$ npm install easy-http

Usage

easy-http module will return a function for creating the middleware.

Default usage

var easyHttp = require('easy-http');
app.use(easyHttp());

app.get('/', function(req, res, next){
  res.OK();
});

The functions are also usable via the HTTP codes

app.get('/', function(req, res, next){
  res[404]();
});

All status codes 300 and up will send a serialized HttpError object as the body of the response.

All status codes are enumerable on the function.

console.log(require('easy-http').OK); //Prints 200

HttpError

The HttpError object is a custom error object that also holds the HTTP code. It extends the regular Error object with the following properties

• body: *Error body
• statusCode: *HTTP status code
• httpCode: *HTTP status code

codeToHttpError

Besides exporting the HttpError object, easy-http also exports the codeToHttpError function, which creates the HttpError object. The function takes 2 parameters

• code: *HTTP status code, default 500
• message: *Error message, default 'Server Internal Error'

Configuring

You can also configure the easy-http middleware to change the function names or messages or add custom ones.

This is done by invoking the easy-http function with an object containing information about the functions in the following format:

{
  [code]:{
    name:[name],
    message:[message]
  }
}

Where [code] is the HTTP code, [name] is the name the function will be given and [message] the default message sent.

Default functions

The following is a JSON description of all the default functions that are created

{
  "CONTINUE": {"code": "100","message": "Continue"},
  "S_PROTOCOLS": {"code": "101","message": "Switching Protocols"},
  "PROCESSING": {"code": "102","message": "Processing"},
  "OK": {"code": "200","message": "OK"},
  "CREATED": {"code": "201","message": "Created"},
  "ACCEPTED": {"code": "202","message": "Accepted"},
  "N_INFORMATION": {"code": "203","message": "Non-Authoritative Information"},
  "NO_CONTENT": {"code": "204","message": "No Content"},
  "R_CONTENT": {"code": "205","message": "Reset Content"},
  "P_CONTENT": {"code": "206","message": "Partial Content"},
  "MULTISTATUS": {"code": "207","message": "Multi-Status"},
  "M_CHOICES": {"code": "300","message": "Multiple Choices"},
  "M_PERMANENTLY": {"code": "301","message": "Moved Permanently"},
  "M_TEMPORARILY": {"code": "302","message": "Moved Temporarily"},
  "SEE_OTHER": {"code": "303","message": "See Other"},
  "NOT_MODIFIED": {"code": "304","message": "Not Modified"},
  "USE_PROXY": {"code": "305","message": "Use Proxy"},
  "T_REDIRECT": {"code": "307","message": "Temporary Redirect"},
  "BAD_REQUEST": {"code": "400","message": "Bad Request"},
  "UNAUTHORIZED": {"code": "401","message": "Unauthorized"},
  "P_REQUIRED": {"code": "428","message": "Precondition Required"},
  "FORBIDDEN": {"code": "403","message": "Forbidden"},
  "NOT_FOUND": {"code": "404","message": "Not Found"},
  "M_N_ALLOWED": {"code": "405","message": "Method Not Allowed"},
  "N_ACCEPTABLE": {"code": "406","message": "Not Acceptable"},
  "P_A_REQUIRED": {"code": "407","message": "Proxy Authentication Required"},
  "R_TIMEOUT": {"code": "408","message": "Request Time-out"},
  "CONFLICT": {"code": "409","message": "Conflict"},
  "GONE": {"code": "410","message": "Gone"},
  "L_REQUIRED": {"code": "411","message": "Length Required"},
  "P_FAILED": {"code": "412","message": "Precondition Failed"},
  "R_E_T_LARGE": {"code": "413","message": "Request Entity Too Large"},
  "R_T_LARGE": {"code": "414","message": "Request-URI Too Large"},
  "U_M_TYPE": {"code": "415","message": "Unsupported Media Type"},
  "R_R_N_SATISFIABLE": {"code": "416","message": "Requested Range Not Satisfiable"},
  "E_FAILED": {"code": "417","message": "Expectation Failed"},
  "IM_A_TEAPOT": {"code": "418","message": "I'm a teapot"},
  "U_ENTITY": {"code": "422","message": "Unprocessable Entity"},
  "LOCKED": {"code": "423","message": "Locked"},
  "F_DEPENDENCY": {"code": "424","message": "Failed Dependency"},
  "U_COLLECTION": {"code": "425","message": "Unordered Collection"},
  "U_REQUIRED": {"code": "426","message": "Upgrade Required"},
  "T_M_REQUESTS": {"code": "429","message": "Too Many Requests"},
  "R_H_F_T_LARGE": {"code": "431","message": "Request Header Fields Too Large"},
  "I_S_ERROR": {"code": "500","message": "Internal Server Error"},
  "N_IMPLEMENTED": {"code": "501","message": "Not Implemented"},
  "BAD_GATEWAY": {"code": "502","message": "Bad Gateway"},
  "S_UNAVAILABLE": {"code": "503","message": "Service Unavailable"},
  "G_TIMEOUT": {"code": "504","message": "Gateway Time-out"},
  "H_V_N_SUPPORTED": {"code": "505","message": "HTTP Version not supported"},
  "V_A_NEGOTIATES": {"code": "506","message": "Variant Also Negotiates"},
  "I_STORAGE": {"code": "507","message": "Insufficient Storage"},
  "B_L_EXCEEDED": {"code": "509","message": "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded"},
  "NOT_EXTENDED": {"code": "510","message": "Not Extended"},
  "N_A_REQUIRED": {"code": "511","message": "Network Authentication Required"}
}

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2012 Karl Düüna

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