Servier
Node.js module for dynamic websites
Example directory
├── node_modules
│ └── servier
├── public
│ ├── index.html
│ └── main.js
├── index.js
└── package.json
Create new server instance by calling the exported module
const servier = require("servier");
const server = servier();If you want to use SSL/TLS connection, you can enter your keys in the constructor
const servier = require("servier");
const fs = require("fs");
const options = {
key: fs.readFileSync("my-site-key.pem"),
cert: fs.readFileSync("chain.pem")
};
const server = servier(options);start
Starts the web server on specified portserver.start(80, () => {
console.log("Listening on port " + server.port);
})Routes
For now, servier module only has route methods for GET and POSTAny returned content will be sent as a response
server.get("/", (req, res) => {
let params = req.query;
return "Hello World";
});
server.post("/", (req, res) => {
let name = "undefined";
if("name" in req.body) name = req.body.name;
return "Hello " + name;
});Route callback can have two parameters.
The first parameter is the request object that includes url and body parameters.
The second parameter is the response object that you can use to affect the http response.
Request and response parameters are taken from http module. You can read more about what you can do with them here
HTML Templates
Instead of returning strings, you can return views from html filesBefore you can do that, you need to specify your web root
Assign an absolute path to the root property
server.root = __dirname + "/public/";
server.get("/index", (req, res) => {
return server.view("index.html");
});view method takes an object as a second parameter
The object includes values for template variables
<html>
<head>
<title>{{title}}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{header}}</h1>
<p>{{user.firstname}} {{user.lastname}}</p>
</body>
</html>server.get("/index", (req, res) => {
return server.view("index.html", {
title: "Home page",
header: "Welcome",
user: {
firstname: "Toni",
lastname: "Isotalo"
}
});
});Servier module uses Handlebars template module
The Handlebars module is fully customizable using its documentation.
Handlebars module is stored in handlebars property
Server.prototype.handlebars = require("handlebars");