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A Hapi.js Plugin to add X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett header to your projects.

Why?

On Thursday 12th March 2015 Terry Pratchett passed away.
This little Hapi.js Plugin keeps him alive "in the code".

“We keep that name moving in the Overhead,” he said, and it seemed to
Princess that the wind in the shutter arrays above her blew more forlornly,
and the everlasting clicking of the shutters grew more urgent.
“He’d never have wanted to go home. He was a real linesman.
His name is in the code, in the wind in the rigging and the shutters.
Haven’t you ever heard the saying: ‘A man’s not dead while his name is still spoken’?”

Even if you are not a Fan of Terry's work, I highly recommend watching the Documentary

What?

This node module (Hapi.js plugin) simply adds the "GNU Terry Pratchett" header
to all out-going http replies in you Hapi.js Web App/Site.

Usage

Install from NPM

npm install sad --save

Register the Plugin in your Server

in your server.js (or what ever you prefer to name it)

var Hapi   = require('hapi');
var server = new Hapi.Server();
var PORT   = process.env.PORT || 8000;

server.connection({ port: PORT });

server.register([ { register: require('sad') } ], function (err) {

  server.route({
      method: 'GET',
      path: '/',
      handler: function (request, reply) {
          reply(“We will miss you Terry”);
      }
  });
});

server.start(function(){
  console.log('Now Visit: http://localhost:'+PORT);
});

module.exports = server;

Confirm its Working

Run your server in your usual way e.gx:

node server.js

Then check that its working by issuing the following curl command:

curl -I http://127.0.0.1:8000/

You should expect to see something like this:

X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
cache-control: no-cache
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:04:32 GMT
Connection: keep-alive

The first line is the important one.

Further Reading

http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/2yyop7/rdiscworld_redditors_with_web_servers_start/%22%3Ethis