node-adapter

Introduction

A lightweight and extensible HTTP adapter, editable HTTP server, Webhook transformation, request relay platform.

Just route, filter, validate, transform, relay and response your HTTP requests.

Setup your HTTP server in 3 minutes by a few YAML configurations and a few TS/JS code snippets. Especially suitable for:

• HTTP adapter, such as transform one Webhook request to another
• Request relay, it could be HTTP proxy for another server
• Mock server, it could be a mock server for development
• Dynamic HTTP interface, as BFF(backend for frontend) or API Gateway

Demo

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Features

• Dynamic request routing by configuration files, configurable and extensible runtime environment
• Easy to use YAML configuration files and GUI. Extremely convenient for request transformation
• Dynamic business logic based on dynamic Typescript/ECMAScript code and Templates
• Out of box Prometheus Metrics API and REST API for management
• Perfect Scalability with Docker and Kubernetes
• Great Performance since dynamic functions are compiled AOT (Ahead-of-Time)
• Plugin development make complex business logic being configured dynamically

Architecture

Quick Start

Install

# by Docker (Recommended) 
docker run --restart always -p 3000:3000 -d --name http-adapter code2life/http-adapter:v2
# by Docker, mount CONF_PATH 
docker run --restart always -p 3000:3000 -d -e CONF_PATH=/conf -v /conf:/conf --name http-adapter code2life/http-adapter:v2
 
# by Kubernetes 
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Code2Life/http-adapter/master/build/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Code2Life/http-adapter/master/build/kubernetes/service.yaml
 
# by NPM (Requires Node > v8.0.0) 
npm install -g node-adapter-cli
http-adapter
 
# to see all available arguments 
http-adapter --help

Configuration Example

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Plugins

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Todo

• pre-installed config examples, and downloaded by cli
• HTTP2.0 HTTPS support
• More storage types support
• document template grammar, and allow separate template file
• configure UI and REST interface, configure watch
• mixin plugin / marketplace system, and plugin development, application version control
• routing incoming websocket message
• further logging / tracing / monitoring / metrics, eliminate console.log
• transform to more forms of outbound message, such as RPC Call, MQ Publishing