express-presenter

Express response presenter

Standardize ExpressJS JSON responses

Installation

Run npm i -S express-presenter

Usage

• Import the package
  • const expressPresenter = require('express-presenter')
• Instantiate express-presenter (it takes an optional apiVersion parameter)
  • const presenter = expressPresenter('v1')
• Use it as a middleware (see the examples below)

Example

As any ExpressJS middleware, you can either use it globally:

// See: examples/simple-express-app.js
const express = require('express');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const expressPresenter = require('express-presenter');

const app = express();
const presenter = expressPresenter();

app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(presenter); // This must be before declaring your routes

app.use('/ok', (req, res) => {
  res.ok({
    message: 'Take my mhajeb',
    data: { name: 'Mhajeb', isHot: true },
  });
});

app.use('/created', (req, res) => {
  res.created({
    message: 'A new mhajeb is created',
    data: { name: 'Mhajeb', isHot: true },
  });
});

Or in your routes file:

// See: examples/express-routes-file.js

const express = require('express');
const expressPresenter = require('../src');

const router = express.Router();
const presenter = expressPresenter('v1'); // Here you can set your API version

router.get('/api/v1/get', presenter, (req, res) => {
  res.ok({
    message: 'Take my mhajeb',
    data: { name: 'Mhajeb', isHot: true },
  });
});

router.post('/api/v1/create', presenter, (req, res) => {
  // ... Creating mhajeb
  res.created({
    message: 'A new mhajeb is created',
    data: { name: 'Mhajeb', isHot: true },
  });
});

router.get('/api/v1/start-task', presenter, (req, res) => {
  res.accepted({
    message: 'I will start cooking Mhajeb',
  });
});

router.get('/api/v1/finished-eating', presenter, (req, res) => {
  res.noContent();
});

module.exports = router;

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details