jsender
v0.0.6
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Simple and structured application level JSON responses for Express. Based on JSend specification.
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JSender
Simple and structured application level JSON responses for Express. Based on JSend specification (http://labs.omniti.com/labs/jsend).
Installation
npm install jsender
Setup the middleware in your Express app. Before any routes.
var express = require('express')
, jsender = require('jsender')
;
var app = express();
// ... (other middlewares)
app.use(jsender());
app.get('/', function (req, res){
res.success({
notice: 'Hello, World!'
});
});
// JSON Response
// {
// "status": "success",
// "data": {
// "notice": "Hello, World!"
// }
// }
API
JSender augments the node res
object with the following methods.
success(data)
- data: Optional response data object.
function (req, res){
res.success({
notice: 'Hello, World!'
});
};
// JSON Response
// {
// "status": "success",
// "data": {
// "notice": "Hello, World!"
// }
// }
fail(data)
- data: Required failure data.
function (req, res){
res.fail({
name: 'Name is required.'
});
};
// JSON Response
// {
// "status": "fail",
// "data": {
// "name": "Name is required."
// }
// }
error(message, data, code)
- message: Required error message.
- data: Optional error data.
- code: Optional error code.
function (req, res){
res.error('Server error.');
};
// JSON Response
// {
// "status": "error",
// "message": "Server error."
// }
jsend(err, data)
- err: An error object or
null
. - data: Optional response data object.
function (req, res){
books.find()
.exec(res.jsend);
};
// same as
function (req, res){
books.find()
.exec(function (err, data){
if (err)
return res.jsend(err);
res.jsend(null, data);
});
};