APIRedirect

A beautiful api redirect for all web projects.

A improvement from NodeApiRedirect.

Summary

• Configuration
  • Files
  • Properties
• How to run
• Issues
• Thanks
• License
• More

Configuration

Before, see the configuration.sample.json file located at configuration folder.

Files

API Redirect always read configuration.json file located at configuration folder.

Multiple files

You can have several others configuration files, but remember to set default property in configuration.json, like this:

configuration.google.json

{
  "host": "https://google.com",
  "port": 3000,
  "root_folder": "/path/to/project",
  "bind": [
    {
      "uri": "/index",
      "path": "/index.html"
    },
    {
      "uri": "/resources/",
      "path": "/resources/"
    }
  ]
}

configuration.json

{
  "default": "google"
}

In this case, default property is a alias to your API (configuration. + api + .json).

Only one file

You can also have several APIs in only one file, like this:

configuration.google.json

{
  "default": "api_1",
  "api_1": {
    "host": "https://api_1.com",
    "port": 3000,
    "root_folder": "/path/to/project",
    "bind": [
      {
        "uri": "/index",
        "path": "/index.html"
      },
      {
        "uri": "/resources/",
        "path": "/resources/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "api_2": {
    "host": "https://api_2.test.com",
    "port": 4000,
    "root_folder": "/path/to/project",
    "bind": [
      {
        "uri": "/index",
        "path": "/index.html"
      },
      {
        "uri": "/resources/",
        "path": "/resources/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

In this case, default property is a key to your API object (configurationFileContent[api]).

Properties

• default

required

A alias to your API.

• host

required

Your API host.

• port

required

Server listening at this property.

• root_folder

required

Root folder to your project.

• bind

required

Object to bind a uri in a path or folder.

He is used in express configuration like this:

app.use(uri, express.static(root_folder + path));

or

app.use(express.static(folder));

Attention: If you using for client side development, needed a url to your index.html file, because all requests at root path are redirected to your API.

For instance:

{
    "uri": "/index",
    "path": "/index.html"
}

Now, just open your API host with /index.

Example: http://localhost:3000/index

• request

optional

This object is used to set properties for all requests.

• timeout - Set timeout for all requests, value will be in milliseconds.
• headers - Any properties in this object will be added in all requests header.

For instance:

"request": {
    "timeout": 60000,
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Basic VGhhbmsgeW91IGZvciBkZWNvZGUgdGhpcyBzdHJpbmcuIDop"
    }
}

• override_responses

optional

This object is used to override responses. Very good to tests.

For instance:

"override_responses": {
    "/login": [
        {
            "field": "targetUrl",
            "value": "http://localhost:3000/index"
        }
    ]
}

In this case, the field targetUrl of response in request /login will be change to http://localhost:3000/index.

value can to accept chain objects like 'myObject.myProperty.test'.

• log

optional

This object is used to set log properties.

• colors - Show colors.
• show_response - Show all responses.
• show_request_info - Show requests information as status code, time of response, url...
• show_request_error - Show request errors.

For instance:

"log": {
    "colors": true,
    "show_response": true,
    "show_request_info": true,
    "show_request_error": true
}

How to run

First, type npm install to install dependencies.

In root folder of this project, type:

node main.js

But you can pass some arguments also:

• -a, --api
• -h, --host
• -p, --port

For instance:

node main.js --host http://anotherdomain.test.com --port 3000

Issues

Questions, bug reports, improve documentation, and feature request please search through existing issue or open a one new issue. If you need support send me an email.

Thanks

Augusto Monteiro for multiple configuration files and CLI options.

License

API Redirect is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.

More

API Redirect is a work in progress, feel free to improve it.