Express Server

Express Server is an easy to use node.js webserver based on express.js

Integration

Create folowing folder structure in your project root: All these files are optional.

projectRoot
--------------------------
+-- server
    +-- env
        +-- development.js		//Dev config
        +-- production.js		//Production config
    +-- database.js				//Database connections
    +-- express.js				//Express config and adons
    +-- init.js					//To be called when server was started
+-- routes
    +-- myRoutes.js				//Your routes
    +-- moreRoutes.js

Start an express server

var server = new ExpressServer({
    name: 'My Express Server',
    port: 3000
});

Options:

name        Set server name
baseDir     Set base dir. Default is process.cwd()
confDir		  Path to config files from dir (Load confiles from $baseDir/conf, $baseDir/../conf/ per default)
port        Set default port (Default: 3000)
requestLog  Enable request logging. This value can be a boolean or a string.
            A String is interpreted as the log file path.
            (Default: <baseDir>/log/request.log). Request logging is disabled
            by default
apiInfo    Enables api info. Set a path where the infos should be shown

Setting up env configurations

module.exports = function(app) {
    'use strict';

    app.use(function(req, res, next){
        //Do something
        next();
    });
};

Connecting to a database

module.exports = function(app) {
    'use strict';

    //Make db connection, return a promise to make an async call

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        db.connect((err) => {
            if (err) {
                reject(err);
                return;
            }

            resolve();
        });
    });
};

Using express middlewares

module.exports = function(app) {
    'use strict';

    app.use(anyMiddleware);
};

Init script

module.exports = function(app) {
    'use strict';

    //Doing something during server start progress
};

Adding routes

Place routes under yourproject/routes/ All files in this folder will be called during the start progress

module.exports = function(app) {
    'use strict';

    app.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
        res.send('Hello World!');
        next();
    });
};