Nover

A Node.js powered HTTP server.

Why Nover?

As a Web developer, I often found that I really need a HTTP server which is more comprehensive than Python SimpleHttpServer but more light-weight than Apache and Nginx.

Supports

• Static Web sites
• RESTful APIs written in Node.js
• WebSocket
• URL Rewrite
• Virtual Hosts
• Customized middleware

Usage

nover <config_file>

Config Tips

• Run nover -h to show an example nover config.
• If port is not given in the top section of config files, HTTP port will be assigned to process.env.PORT.
• Use $ROOT as the shorthand of the document root defined by root.
• Use $PWD to represent the location of the config file.
• Use $DOMAIN to indicate the main domain set by domain.
• For WebSocket, $PORT can be used to indicate the same port defined by port in the top section of config file.
• When setting rewrites, please be awared that the request urls will also contain a leading / (slash). For example, to rewrite example.com/nover the pattern should be something like ^/nover/?$ rather than ^nover/?$.
• System variables are not supported in the data attributes of APIs and Socekts.

Sample config

{
    "port": 8080,
    "log": "true",
    "origins": "*",
    "credentials": "false",
    "root": "/Users/nover/",
    "middlewares": [
        "$ROOT/middle/handler.js"
    ],
    "top": "example.io",
    "rewrite": [{
      "pattern": "^/service/?$",
      "replace": "/search/"
    },
    {
      "pattern": "^/show/([0-9]+)/?$",
      "replace": "/git/#/$1"
    }],
    "require": [
        "$ROOT/addon.js"
    ],
    "sites": [{
        "url": "/",
        "local": "$ROOT/server/public"
    },
    {
        "url": "/test",
        "local": "$ROOT/html"
    }],
    "apis": [{
        "uri": "/api/name/:name",
        "method": "get",
        "local": "$ROOT/Workstation/nover/example/api.js",
        "data": {
             "version": 1
        }
    },
    {
        "uri": "/api/name",
        "method": "post",
        "local": "$ROOT/Workstation/nover/example/api.js"
    }],
    "sockets": [{
        "port": "$PORT",
        "local": "$PWD/socket.js"
    }],
    "vhosts": [{
        "subdomain": "foo.$DOMAIN",
        "sites": [{
            "url": "/",
            "local": "$ROOT/Desktop/html"
        }],
        "sockets": [{
            "port": 8090,
             "local": "$ROOT/socket/app.js"
        }]
    },
    {
         "subdomain": "bar.$DOMAIN",
         "sites": [{
             "url": "/",
             "local": "$ROOT/Sites"
         }]
    }]
}

Sample RESTful API

To register Node.js powered APIs, please make sure the exposes of __get, __post, __delete, __put, and __all

#!/usr/bin/env node
exports.__get = function (req, res, data) {
    'use strict';
    var name = req.params.name;
    res.send('Hello, ' + name);
};

Sample Socket.io App

Please make sure your app exposes __socket for Nover.

#!/usr/bin/env node

exports.__socket = function (server, data) {
    'use strict';
    var io = require('socket.io').listen(server);

    io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
        'use strict';
        socket.emit('news', {hello: 'world!!!'});
        socket.on('message', function (data) {
            console.log(data);
        });
    });

};

Sample Middleware

Please make sure your module exposes __middle

exports.__middle = function (req, res, next) {
    'use strict';
    console.log(req.url);
    next();
};

Sample Require Module

Please make sure your required Nover module exposes __require

The parameter data is an object that contains:

• http: The main HTTP object of Nover server.
• port: The main port number.
• root: The root directory.
• domain: The main domain.

exports.__require = function (data) {
     'use strict';
     var http = data.http;
     http.get('/dev/api/:username', function () {
             ...
     });
};

License

Nover is licensed under MIT.