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express-protocol-handler

2.1.0 • Public • Published

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Resolve custom protocols using Express middleware.

Instalation

$ npm install express-protocol-handler

Usage

const app = require('express')();
const protocolHandler = require('express-protocol-handler')();
 
const port = 3000;
protocolHandler.protocol('s3://', url => 'https://example.com');
 
app.get('/resolve', protocolHandler.middleware());
app.listen(port, () => console.log('listening on port: %i!', port));
 
// Standalone usage
protocolHandler.resolve('s3://test').then(url => console.log(url));
//=> https://example.com
GET /resolve?url=s3://test HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: keep-alive
Host: localhost:3000
User-Agent: HTTPie/0.9.9


HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 41
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:25:26 GMT
Location: https://example.com
Vary: Accept
X-Powered-By: Express

Found. Redirecting to https://example.com 

API

Table of Contents

ProtocolHandler

Create protocol handler

Parameters

  • param String name of query param containing target url (optional, default 'url')
  • options ProtocolHandlerOptions protocol handler options (optional, default {})
    • options.blacklist (optional, default [])

protocol

Register protocol handler

Parameters
Examples
// register multiple handlers
const handler = new ProtocolHandler();
handler
  .protocol('s3://', resolve)
  .protocol('gdrive://', resolve);

Returns ProtocolHandler instance to allow chaining

protocols

Properties
Examples
// check if protocol is registered
const handler = new ProtocolHandler();
handler.protocol('s3://', resolve);
console.log(handler.protocols.has('s3:'));
//=> true

resolve

Resolve url with registered protocol handler

Parameters
Examples
// create handler
const handler = new ProtocolHandler();
handler.protocol('s3://', url => 'https://example.com');
// resolve url
handler.resolve('s3://test').then(url => console.log(url));
//=> https://example.com

Returns Promise<String> resolved url, redirect location

middleware

Returns Express middleware

Examples
// create handler
const handler = new ProtocolHandler();
handler.protocol('s3://', resolve);
// attach to express app
app.use(handler.middleware());

Returns function (IRequest, IResponse) Express middleware

module.exports

Create new ProtocolHandler instance

Parameters

  • param String name of query param containing target url (optional, default 'url')
  • options ProtocolHandlerOptions protocol handler options (optional, default {})

Examples

const handler = require('express-protocol-handler')('query');

Returns ProtocolHandler instance

ProtocolHandlerOptions

Type: Object

Properties

  • blacklist Array<String>? array of blacklisted schemes

ProtocolCallback

Resolver function for specific protocol

Type: Function

Parameters

Examples

// Resolve gdrive urls
const { fetchInfo } = require('gdrive-file-info');
 
async function resolve(url) {
  const itemId = new URL(url).pathname;
  const fileInfo = await fetchInfo(itemId);
  return fileInfo.downloadUrl;
}

Returns (String | Promise<String>) resolved url redirect location

IRequest

Express server request

IResponse

Express server response

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