Servax

Servax is a framework for building server side web applications in TypeScript and makes use of Experimental Decorators.

Servax focuses on the ability to structure and implement application code and leaves the underling both HTTP communication and view templating to other more specialist libraries, e.g. ExpressJS and Nunjucks.

Installation

Install using NPM

npm i servax

Install a HTTP Host e.g.

npm i servax.express

Install a View Renderer e.g.

npm i servax.nunjucks

Usage

@Dependency("SILLY_SERVICE", DependencyLifespan.PerRequest)
class SillyService {
  public helloWorld(): string {
    return "Hello, World!";
  }
}
 
@Controller()
class BasicController {
  constructor(
    @Depends("SILLY_SERVICE") private readonly sillyService: SillyService,
  ) {}
 
  @Get()
  public basicMethod(): TextResponse {
    return new TextResponse(
      this.sillyService.helloWorld(),
    );
  }
}
 
const httpServer = new HttpServer();
httpServer
  .setHttpHost(new ExpressHttpHost())
  .setViewRenderer(new NunjucksViewRenderer(), {
    root: "./views",
   } as IViewRendererOptions)
  .registerServices([ SillyService ])
  .registerControllers([ BasicController ])
  .start({
    port: 80,
  } as IHttpHostOptions);

Routing

Routing can be applied at Controller Level or Verb Level. Controller and Verb routes are combined, e.g.

@Controller('foo')
class Controller {
    // This method will be available via:
    // GET <server>:<port>/foo/bar
    @Get('bar')
    public Bar(): TextResponse {
        // ...
    }
}

Supported Verbs:

GET
POST
PUT
DELETE
PATCH
OPTIONS

ALL

Built-in Response Types

TextResponse
HtmlResponse
ViewResponse   < Requires Registering a View Resolver such as servax.nunjucks

Dependency Lifetimes

DependencyLifespan.PerRequest; // Recreated for every server request that needs it
DependencyLifespan.ApplicationLifetime; // Created once and reused