icore

Iсore

Icore is a framework a high-level to build strict web application. Allows the developer to focus on the final handler.

Features

This module for Node.js® implemented by following the ECMAScript® 2018 Language Specification Standard

• strict interface
• not immutable context
• routing implements a binary tree
• all asynchronous functions on promises
• error handling

Install

To use iсore in your project, run:

npm i icore

Table of Contents

class Application

• constructor: new Application(options)
• app.listenHttp(router)
• app.close()
• app.server
• app.context

class Route

• Event: 'error'
• constructor: new Route(options)
• route.route(options)
• route.find(paths[, index])
• route.method
• route.handler
• route.finish
• route.childs

class Inquiry

• constructor: new Inquiry(req, cookie)
• inq.read(options)
• inq.pipe(stream[, options])
• inq.queries
• inq.method
• inq.headers
• inq.context

class Application

constructor: new Application(options)

• options <Object>

  • host <String> To start the development server using a different default hostname or IP address. This will start a TCP server listening for connections on the provided host. Default: 'localhost'.

  • port <Number> TCP port of remote server. Is required parameter.

  • timeout <Number> The number of milliseconds of inactivity before a socket is presumed to have timed out. A value of 0 will disable the timeout behavior on incoming connections. Default: 12e4 (2 minutes).

  • maxHeadersCount <Number> Limits maximum incoming headers count. If set to 0, no limit will be applied. Default: 2e3.

For example:

const icore = require('icore');
 
const app = new icore.Application({
  port: 3000
});

app.listenHttp(router)

• router <Router> Is instance class Route this module.
• returns: <Promise> Following successful listen, the Promise is resolved with an value with a undefined.

Starts the HTTP server listening for connections. These arguments are documented on nodejs.org.

index.js

const icore = require('icore');
const router = require('./router');
 
const app = new icore.Application({
  port: 3000
});
 
app.listenHttp(router);

Start script in terminal:

$ node index.js
Server started on http://localhost:3000

app.close()

• returns: <Promise> Following successful listen, the Promise is resolved with an value with a undefined.

Stops the server from accepting new connections.

app.server

In this variable, an instance of the server will be assigned after a successful listen installation.

app.context

This empty <Object>. You may add additional properties to inq.context by editing app.context.

app.context.db = db();

class Route

The router is made up of instances class Route.

Routing will be done:

Method	URL
GET	http://example.com
GET	http://example.com/catalog
GET	http://example.com/logs_0
GET	http://example.com/logs_1
POST	http://example.com/catalog/books

Extends the Node.js events module.

Event: 'error'

The 'error' event is emitted if throw an exception. The listener callback is passed a single Error argument when called. The server is not closed when the 'error' event is emitted.

constructor: new Route(options)

When defining a route in icore you need one basic element - the handler.

• options <Object>
  • handler <AsyncFunction> takes an instance of a class Inquiry as context. The handler option must return a object, a promise, or throw an error.
  • path <String> The path option must be a string, though it can contain regular expression. Default: ''.
  • method <String> The property of the method can be any valid HTTP method in lower case letters. Default: 'get'.
  • finish <Boolean> If set to true, the find returns the current route. Default: false.

Simple example use Route class:

const homepage = new Route({
  async handler(inq) {
    return {
      status: 200,
      header: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
      },
      body: 'Hello World!'
    };
  }
});

route.route(options)

Uses the same interface as the class constructor.

const catalog = homepage.route({
  method: 'catalog',
  async handler(inq) {
    return {};
  }
});

route.find(paths[, index])

This method is intended for class Application use.

• paths <Array> The result of the transform of the URL.
• index <Number> Is cursor for next call find. Default: 0.
• returns: Returns null if the route is not found.

route.method

• <String> The property of the method can be any valid HTTP method in lower case letters. Default: 'get'.

route.handler

• <AsyncFunction> takes an instance of a class Inquiry as context. The handler option must return a object, a promise, or throw an error.

route.finish

• <Boolean> If set to true, the find returns the current route. Default: false.

route.childs

• <Array> Nested route list.

class Inquiry

A class Application context encapsulates node's request and response objects into a single object which provides many helpful methods for writing web applications and APIs.

constructor: new Inquiry(req, cookie)

The constructor will be auto called whenever a new request is established.

• req <http.IncomingMessage> Node's request object.
• cookie <coookie.entries> The values of the incoming cookie.

inq.read(options)

• options <Object>
  • maxSize <Number> Limits the amount of memory all fields together (except files) can allocate in bytes. If this value is exceeded, an 'error' event is emitted. Default: Infinity.
• returns: <Promise> Following successful listen, the Promise is resolved with an value with a string type.

To start reading the body of the incoming message.

async handler(inq) {
  const data = await inq.read();
}

inq.pipe(stream[, options])

• stream <stream.Writable>
• options <Object>
  • maxSize <Number> Limits the amount of memory all fields together (except files) can allocate in bytes. If this value is exceeded, an 'error' event is emitted. Default: Infinity.

To start reading the body of an incoming message as a stream

async handler(inq) {
  inq.pipe(writeStream);
}

inq.queries

• <Object> Get raw query string void of ?.

inq.method

• <String> The property of the method can be any valid HTTP method in lower case letters. Default: 'get'.

inq.headers

• <Object> Response header object.

inq.context

• <Object> Inherit app.context