Install

npm install express-api-response

Overview

Middleware for serving json responses with correct REST API / HTTP status codes without pain. Works with Express.

express-api-response creates 5 new fields on express response object:

• res.data - object which will be transferred to the client.
• res.err - error which occured within route handler.
• res.shouldNotHaveData - indicates, whether empty res.data field should lead to failure status code.
• res.shouldSendErrorMessage - indicates, whether error message should be sent with status code.
• res.successStatus - status code which will be added to the response in case of success.
• res.failureStatus - status code which will be added to the response in case of failure.
  These two status parameters, the shouldNotHaveData and shouldHaveErrorMessage are optional and most of the time you will not use them. Here are the default values for different methods:

Method	Error present	No error, no data	No error, data	shouldNotHaveData
get	400	404	200	false
post	400	201	201	true
put	400	204	200	true
delete	400	204	200	true
patch	400	204	200	true

Static middleware options

You can set static options to the middleware which will define its behaviour throught the whole application.

Currently there is only 1 static option available:

• emptyArrayIsOk - if true, treats empty array in data as success. False by default.

Usage

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var apiResponse = require('express-api-response');

app.get('/', function(req, res, next){
	res.data = {data: 'myjson'};
	next();
}, apiResponse);

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var apiResponse = require('express-api-response');

apiResponse.options({
	emptyArrayIsOk: true
});

app.get('/', function(req, res, next){
	res.data = [];
	next();
}, apiResponse);

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var apiResponse = require('express-api-response');

app.post('/route', function(req, res, next){
	asyncFunction(function(err, data){
		res.data = data;
		res.err = {
			message: 'Something went wrong', 
		};
		next();
	});
}, apiResponse);

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var apiResponse = require('express-api-response');

app.delete('/route', function(req, res, next){
	asyncFunction(function(err, data){
		res.data = data;
		res.err = err;
		res.shouldSendErrorMessage = false
		res.shouldNotHaveData = false;
		res.failureStatus = 702;
		next();
	});
}, apiResponse);

Contributing

Feel free to open issues and send PRs, though make sure that you create tests for new functionality and amend ones for fixes and changes.

Running tests

npm test

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014-2019 Semenistyi Mykyta nikeiwe@gmail.com

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