Bento Box Express

Express extension for the Bento Box application framework

Install

npm install bento-box-express

Usage

var BentoBoxFactory = require('bento-box')
var BentoBoxExpress = require('bento-box-expresss')
 
var bentoEmitter = BentoBoxFactory.getInstance()
 
bentoEmitter.on('ready', function(bento) {
    var bentoExpress = bento.use(BentoBoxExpress)
 
    // Publish middleware to 'middleware' collection
    // Publish routes to 'routes' collection
 
    var server = bentoExpress.start()
})

Config

By default, Bento Box Express loads the express config property from Bento Box. It accepts the following config properties:

Bento Box Express can be configured in the application config using the following properties:

• port [Number] - The listening port
• settings [Object] - Object of Express settings. These are passed directly to express.set()

By default, Bento Box Express loads the express config property from the Bento Box application config object. This, however, can be changed by passing an alternate config property to the use method:

bento.use(BentoBoxExpress, 'otherConfig')

Routes

Routes are registered with Bento Box Express through the routes collection. The data passed to the collection should be an object containing the following properties:

• method [String] - The HTTP method. (e.g. get, post)
• path [String] - The path of the route
• callback [Function] - The function to handle the request

Middleware

Middleware is registed with Bento Box Express through the middleware collection. The data passed to the collection can be one of two forms:

• Function - The function to handle the request
• Object - An object containing path and callback properties

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