0.9.0-alpha-5

simpleS is a simple web framework for Node.JS designed to create HTTP(S) servers and clients with some special features:

• High performance and simple structure with minimum configuration
• Advanced routing for http requests, static files and errors
• Unique interface for requests and responses (named as connection)
• Response compression (deflate and gzip, disabled by default)
• Virtual Hosting
• CORS support
• Sessions (disabled by default)
• Template engine support
• WebSocket implementation (RFC 6455)
• Client API for HTTP requests and WebSocket connections
• Browser simple API for AJAX and WebSocket

Works with node.js 6.0+!

Any feedback is welcome!

More simple modules:

• recache
• simpleR
• simpleT

Changelog (link will be added soon, check repo for changelog)

Documentation (work in progress, older documentation can be found in the repo)

Installation

npm install simples@alpha

Examples

See the folder examples/ in the module directory, it contains examples that cover most simpleS features.

Usage

Server Creation

const simples = require('simples');

const server = simples(); // Your server is set up on port 80

// Catch 404 Error
server.error(404, (connection) => {
    connection.end('Error 404 caught');
});

// Create the first route
server.get('/', (connection) => {
    connection.end('Simples Works');
});

Virtual Hosting

const host0 = server; // The server is in the same time the main host
const host1 = server.host('example.com'); // Other hosts
const host2 = server.host('example2.com');

// Now for each host you can apply individual routing
host0.get('/', (connection) => {
    connection.end('Main Host');
});

host1.get('/', (connection) => {
    connection.end('Host 1');
});

host2.get('/', (connection) => {
    connection.end('Host 2');
});

WebSocket

Let's create an echo WebSocket server:

server.ws('/', {
    limit: 1024, // The maximum size of a message
    advanced: false, // Set connection advanced mode, see docs for more info
    origins: ['null'] // Set accepted origins, "null" for localhost
}, (connection) => {

    // Log the new connection
    console.log('New connection');

    // Listen for messages to send them back
    connection.on('message', (message) => {
        console.log('Message: ' + message.data);
        connection.send(message.data);
    });

    // Log connection close
    connection.on('close', () => {
        console.log('Connection closed');
    });
});

Access the server from the browser built-in WebSocket API:

const socket = new WebSocket('ws://localhost/', 'echo');

// Listen for messages
socket.onmessage = (event) => {
    console.log(event.data);
};

// Send the first message
socket.send('ECHO');

Access the server from the browser simpleS WebSocket API:

const socket = simples.ws('/', ['echo']);

// Listen for messages
socket.on('message', (message) => {
    console.log(message.data);
});

// Send the first message
socket.send('ECHO');

Access the server from server-side simpleS client WebSocket API:

const simples = require('simples');

const client = simples.client();

const socket = client.ws('/');

// Listen for messages
socket.on('message', (message) => {
    console.log(message.data);
});

// Send the first message
socket.send('ECHO');

Client Creation

const simples = require('simples');

const client = simples.client();

// GET request
client.get('/').on('body', (response, body) => {
    console.log('Response status: ' + response.status);
    console.log('Response body: ' + body.toString());
});

// POST request
client.post('/send').send(/* data */).on('response', (response) => {
    // Do something with the response
}).on('body', (response, body) => {
    console.log('Response body: ' + body.toString());
});