Maglev (Preconfigured simple NodeJS framework)

Maglev is a simple pre configured server based on Express web framework, Passport authentication middleware and Mongoose database layer. Maglev supports MVC patterns and RESTful routes.

Install

npm install maglev

Features

• Predefined models and controllers (User, Token, Role, Permission, Logic...)
• Extended routing for REST api based on Express
• Token and session authentication
• Role based access system
• Swig template system with custom helpers

Require

Maglev is using two peerDependencies Mongoose and express-session. Please add it into your package.json if you want to use mongoose.

Usage

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Server = require('maglev');

var server = new Server({
	root: __dirname,
	db: mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/maglev'),
	session: {
		secret: '123456789'
	},
	favicon: false
});

server.start();

Directory Structure

• controllers Contains the controllers that handle requests sent to an application.
• models Contains the models for accessing and storing data in a database.
• views Contains the views and layouts that are rendered by an application.
• public Static files and compiled assets served by the application.

Models

Define new model

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;

function createSchema() {
	var schema = new Schema({
		city: { type: String, required: true },
		street: { type: String, required: true },
		state: { type: String, required: true }
	});

	return schema;
}

module.exports = function (server) {
	return server.db.model('Address', createSchema());   
};

Routes

var token = require('maglev/dist/controllers/token');
var message = require('../controllers/message');

module.exports = function(route) {
	route
		.api()
		.get('/messages', token.ensure, message.get)
		.put('/messages/mark/read/:id', token.ensure, message.markAsRead)
		.put('/messages/mark/unread/:id', token.ensure, message.markAsUnread);
};

There are other configuration parameters

{
	root: null, 

	rbac: {
		storage: null,
		role: {
			guest: 'guest'
		}
	},

	log: true,

	morgan: {
		format: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'dev' : 'combined',
		options: {
			immediate: false
			//stream: process.stdout
		}
	},
	
	server: {
		build: 1,
		host: process.env.HOST || '127.0.0.1',
		port: process.env.PORT || 4000
	},

	request: {
		timeout: 1000*60*5
	},

	compression: {},

	powered: {
		value: 'Maglev'
	},

	responseTime: {},

	methodOverride: {
		//https://github.com/expressjs/method-override
		enabled: true,
		getter: 'X-HTTP-Method-Override',
		options: {}
	},

	bodyParser: [{
		parse: 'urlencoded',
		options: {
			extended: true
		}
	}, {
		parse: 'json',
		options: {}
	}, {
		parse: 'json',
		options: {
			type: 'application/vnd.api+json'
		}
	}],

	cookieParser: {
		secret: null,
		options: {}
	},

	token: {
		secret: null,
		expiration: 60*24*14
	},

	session: {
		secret: null,
		cookie: {
			maxAge: 14 *24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 //2 weeks
		},
		resave: true,
		saveUninitialized: true
	},

	view: {
		engine: 'swig'
	},

	router: {
		api: {
			path: '/api'
		}
	},

	locale: {
		'default': 'en',
		available: ['en'],
		inUrl: false
	},

	country: {
		'default': null,
		available: [],
		inUrl: false
	},	

	registration: {
		simple: true
	},

	facebook: {
		clientID: null,
		clientSecret: null,
		namespace: null
	},

	upload: {
    	maxFieldsSize: 2000000,
    	maxFields: 1000,
    	path: null
    },

    cors: {},

    page: {
    	error: null,
    	notFound: null
    },

    strategies: [],

    css: {
		root: 'public/css',
		options: {}
	},

    'static': {
    	root: 'public',
    	options: {
    		index: false
    	}
    },

    favicon: {
    	root: 'public/favicon.ico',
    	options: {}
    }
};

Credits

Zlatko Fedor

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Zlatko Fedor [email protected]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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