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Installation
About
Initialization
build
server
sync
router
configuration
stream
push handler
headers
app
body parser
etags
cookie parser
template engines
botnet
ip blacklist
ip whitelist
auth-token
cache
store
sessions
compression
static file server
MIME types
logs
crypt
backwards-compatibility

Installation

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npm

stable release

$ npm install sicarii --save

dev release

git

$ git clone https://github.com/angeal185/sicarii.git

About

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Sicarii is a nodejs http2 framework for projects of all sizes.

zero dependencies forever
multithreading by default
does not need or use the nodejs http2 compatibility layer api but can be extended to do so
non restrictive design in that you can use the sicarii api or vanilla nodejs most of the time
easily extendable

Initialization

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As sicarii is built for http2, SSL certificates are required. The default path for the ssl certificates is as follows:

./cert/localhost.cert
./cert/localhost.key

These options be edited in the default ./config/config.json file at config.ssl.

for using the key/cert/pfx/ca options, a path to the file should be provided as the arg.
config.server accepts all of the same default arguments as nodejs http2 server config.
sicarii will automatically combine config.ssl with config.server

self signed certificates can be used for development and created as follows:

ECDSA


$ openssl ecparam -name secp384r1 -genkey -out localhost.key
$ openssl req -new -x509 -key localhost.key -out localhost.cert -days 365

RSA


$ openssl req -x509 -new -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout localhost.key -days 365 -out localhost.cert

Build

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run the following line of code in any file inside your cwd to build sicarii.


require('sicarii/build')();

Upon first run and if no config file is found, sicarii will attempt to generate the following.

./config ~ default config directory.
./config/config.json ~ default config file.
./config/ip_config.json ~ default ip whitelist/blacklist file.
./render ~ default render/document directory.
./render/index.html ~ starter html file.
./static ~ default static file directory.
./static/css/main.css ~ starter css file.
./static/modules/main.mjs ~ starter mjs file.
./uploads ~ default upload directory.
./logs ~ default logs directory.
./store/cache ~ default cache write dir.
./store/session ~ default session write dir.
./store/store ~ default store write dir.

this action is sandboxed for security reasons. should you wish to, you can delete the associated build files:

/sicarii/build.js
/sicarii/lib/utils/init.js


const { app } = require('sicarii');

app.del_build()

Server

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Sicarii is built to incorporate multi-threading by default. you can edit your thread count at config.cluster.workers

Although many frameworks wrap the server object within their app, limiting your server actions to those they wish you to have access to, sicarii does not. sicarii extends the existing nodejs modules in place, leaving you full access to the nodejs server object. Most of these extensions can be either disabled, replaced, configured or extended.

sicarii uses the modern nodejs http2 api and does not need or contain any code related to the http2 Compatibility API.

Below is a 30 second minimal rest-api/static server example.

const { app, cluster } = require('sicarii');
// app is always called first

if (cluster.isMaster) {

  const { sync, Cache, server, logs } = require('sicarii/master');


  // Cache extentions here ~ if any

  // server extentions here ~ if any

  // logs extentions here ~ if any

  // * spawn workers
  // * synchronize master/worker communication
  // * respawn dead workers
  // * start cache on config.cache.port cache port
  // * automatically handle cache requests
  // * automatically handle log requests

  sync.init().respawn().listen();

} else {

  const { server, router, crypt } = require('sicarii/main');

  // serve static
  router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

    stream.addHeaders({
      header2: 'ok2',
      header3: 'ok3'
    });


    //stream headers and and send static document
    stream.doc('index.html', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');

  });

  // json rest
  router.post('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
    let body = stream.body.json;

    stream.addHeader('x-Static', 'ok');

    // send headers & response
    stream.json({key: 'val'});
  });

  //start worker server at config.port
  server.listen(app.config.port);
}

server.log_ip()

refer to logs for a detailed explanation

log ip address


/**
 *  @server.log_ip(ip, path)
 *
 *  @param {string} ip ~ ip address to log
 *  @param {string} path ~ path to log
 **/

router.get('/login', function(stream, headers, flags){

  server.log_ip(stream.ip, '/login')

});

server.log_history()

refer to logs for a detailed explanation

log history


/**
 *  @server.log_history(data)
 *
 *  @param {string} data ~ history data to log
 **/

 router.get('/login', function(stream, headers, flags){

   let his_log = [Date.now(), 'GET', '/login'].join('::::')
   server.log_history(his_log)

 });

server.log_error()

refer to logs for a detailed explanation

log error


/**
 *  @server.log_error(data)
 *
 *  @param {string} data ~ error data to log
 **/

 router.get('/someerror', function(stream, headers, flags){

   let his_log = [Date.now(), 'GET', '/someerror', '400', 'some message'].join('::::')
   server.log_error(his_log)

 });

server.pre_cache()

server.pre_cache() will enable you to pre-cache your static files/docs.

this method can only be called once and upon doing so, it will remove itself
this method is apart of sync although you may have many workers, it will only be called once.
this method is for static files/docs only, it is not intended for rendered docs
config.pre_cache is the path to your pre_cache config file
config.verbose enabled will log to console the cache status of a streamed file

the configuration file can be configured like so:

/* ./config/pre_cache.json */

{
  "render": [{
    "ctype": "text/html", // file content-type 'only'
    "url": "/index.html"  // file path relative to render path
  }],
  "static": [{
    "ctype": "text/css",
    "url": "/css/main.css" // file path relative to static path
  },{
    "ctype": "application/javascript",
    "url": "/modules/main.mjs"
  }]
}

the method can be called like so:

const { app, cluster } = require('sicarii');


if(cluster.isMaster) {

  const { sync } = require('sicarii/master');

  sync.init().respawn().listen();


} else {

  const { server, router } = require('sicarii/main');

  router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

    // stream.doc() static files are located in the render folder
    // this file has been cached
    // [sicarii:GET] /index.html 200 [cache]
    stream.status(200).doc('index.html', 'text/html')

    // stream.render() files are located in the render folder but are not static
    // this has not been rendered/cached properly
    // do not pre-cache rendered files
    stream.status(200).render('index.html', {not: 'cached'})

  });

  // can be optionally called in chain
  // sync will ensure the method is only called by first worker
  server.pre_cache().listen(app.config.port);

}

server.push_handler()

refer to push handler

server.push_handler() will enable/disable automatic stream push of static files.

this method takes priority over config.push_handler.enabled

const { app, cluster } = require('sicarii');

if(cluster.isMaster) {

  const { sync } = require('sicarii/master');

  sync.init().respawn().listen();

} else {

  const { server, router } = require('sicarii/main');

  router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
    stream.status(200).doc('index.html', 'text/html')
  });

  //enable push_handler manually
  server.pre_cache().push_handler(true).listen(app.config.port);
}

Sync

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the sync object is is used to control and synchronize events between master/worker

sync is optionally responsible for all tasks related to the cluster module
sync will automatically handle spawning of new worker threads
sync will automatically handle respawning of crashed worker threads
sync will automatically handle inter-process messaging across all processes
sync will automatically initialize Cache and start the cache server
sync will handle inter-process ip/history/error logging
sync is a part of the master scope

sync.init()


/**
 *  sync.listen(settings)
 *  @param {object} settings // optional worker settings overrides to config.cluster.settings
 **/

if (cluster.isMaster) {
  const { sync } = require('sicarii/master');

  // * spawn workers
  // * synchronize master/worker communication
  sync.init();
}

sync.respawn()

if (cluster.isMaster) {
  const { sync } = require('sicarii/master');

  // * respawn dead workers
  sync.respawn()

  // or
  sync.init().respawn()
}

sync.listen()

/**
 *  sync.listen(callback)
 *  @param {function} callback // optional callback
 **/

if (cluster.isMaster) {
  const { sync } = require('sicarii/master');

  // * start cache on config.cache.port cache port
  sync.listen()

  // or
  sync.init().respawn().listen()
}

sync.kill()

/**
 *  sync.kill(id)
 *  @param {number} id // id of the worker to kill
 **/

if (cluster.isMaster) {
  const { sync } = require('sicarii/master');

  sync.init().respawn().listen()

  // kill worker with id 1 then worker with id 2
  // with sync.respawn() active these workers will be respawned
  setTimeout(function(){
    sync.kill(1).kill(2)
  },5000)
}

sync.kill_all()

if (cluster.isMaster) {
  const { sync } = require('sicarii/master');

  sync.init().respawn().listen()

  // kill all workers
  // with sync.respawn() active these workers will be respawned
  setTimeout(function(){
    sync.kill_all(1)
  },5000)
}

Router

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methods

The default allowed router methods can and should be configured at config.stream.methods.

config.stream.methods accepts all compatible http methods. you should only add the ones you use.
config.stream.method_body contains all of the router methods that accept a body.
config.stream.method_query contains all of the router methods that accept a query string.
If you are not using a method in your app, you should remove it to improve both the security and performance of your app.

the router also accepts all of the default nodejs stream methods.

below listed are some basic router method examples:


/**
 *  router[event](path, callback)
 *  @param {string} path
 *  @param {function} callback ~ function(stream, headers, flags)
 **/

router.get('/test', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let query = stream.query; //json object

  // add header
  stream.addHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');

  // add cookie
  stream.cookie('name', 'value',{
    Domain: 'localhost',
    Path: '/',
    Expires: Date.now(),
    MaxAge: 9999,
    HttpOnly: true,
    SameSite: 'Strict',
    Secure: true,
    Priority: 'High'
  })

  // send headers & response
  stream.json({test: 'get'});

  /* or using default nodejs methods */

  stream.respond(stream.headers);
  stream.end(JSON.stringify({test: 'get'}))

});


// head stream
router.head('/test', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let query = stream.query;

});

// trace stream
router.trace('/test', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let query = stream.query;

});



// post stream
router.post('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let body = stream.body.text; // stream.body.buffer / stream.body.json

  console.log(body)

});

// delete stream
router.delete('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let body = stream.body.text; // stream.body.buffer / stream.body.json

  console.log(body)

});

// patch stream
router.patch('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let body = stream.body.text; // stream.body.buffer / stream.body.json

  console.log(body)
});

// put stream
router.put('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let body = stream.body.text; // stream.body.buffer / stream.body.json

  console.log(body)
});


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  //serve headers and serve static document
  stream.doc('/index.html', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');

});



// send response headers and render static document
router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  stream.doc('index.html', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');

});

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  stream.addHeader('key', 'val');

  stream.doc('index.html', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');

});


// send response headers and render with optional template engine installed
router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // basic ~ default
  stream.render('index.html', {title: 'basic'})

  // nunjucks
  stream.render('index.njk', {title: 'nunjucks'})

  // pug
  stream.render('index.pug', {title: 'pug'})

});

Configuration

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sicarii has a tiny but powerful list of configurations

the configuration file at ./config/config.json is an essential part of sicarii. you MUST tweak it to your own requirements in order to maximize performance and security.

//defaults

{
  "port": 8080, // server port
  "origin": "https://localhost", // server origin
  "verbose": true, // show log to console
  "dev": true, // log errors to console
  "proxy": false, //  x-forwarded-for as ip address
  "ip_config": "/config/ip_config", // path to ip_config.json
  "pre_cache": "/config/pre_cache", // path to pre_cache.json
  "push_handler": { // automatic push handler
    "enabled": true,
    "accept": ["text/html"], // accept header document types to accept
    "path": "/config/push" // path to push config file
  },
  "cluster": {
    "workers": 2 // worker count
    "settings": { //worker settings
      "serialization": "json"
    }
  },
  "sync": {
    "respawn": true // auto-respawn dead workers
  },
  "session": {
    "path": "/store/session/db.json", //read/write dir relative to cwd
    "maxage": 1000000, //maxage of sessions in ms
    "secret": "" //optional session secret
  },
  "cache": {
    "url":"https://localhost:5000", // cache server url
    "timeout": 5000, //cache response timeout ms
    "proxy": false, // x-forwarded-for as ip address
    "authtoken": { //cache auth-token header
      "enabled": false,
      "header": "X-Authtoken",
      "token": "12345"
    },
    "whitelist": { //cache server ip whitelist
      "enabled": true,
      "ip": ["::ffff:127.0.0.1"] //cache whitelisted ip addersses
    },
    "server": {
      //cache server config ~ accepts all nodejs http2 server settings
      "rejectUnauthorized": false
    },
    "headers": {
      //cache server outbound headers
    }
  },
  "cookie_parser": {
    "enabled": true, //enable cookie parser
    "auto_parse": true, //enable auto cookie parse
    "sig": {
      "hmac": "secret", // cookie sign hmac
      "prefix": "sig" // cookie sig prefix
    }
  },
  "stream": {
    "path_limit": 100, // stream path size limit ~ false to disable check
    "case_sensitive": true, // converts url pathnames to  lowercase if false
    "param_limit": 1000, // stream url search size limit ~ false to disable check
    "body_limit": 5000, // stream body size limit ~ false to disable check
    "methods": [ // add all allowed http  methods ~ remove if unused
      "get",
      "post",
      "connect",
      "put",
      "delete",
      "head"
    ],
    "querystring": true, // enable stream.qs
    "method_body": ["post", "delete", "patch", "put"], // methods return body
    "method_query": ["get","connect", "head", "options", "trace"],// methods return query params
    "content_types": [ // accepted body content-types ~ remove if unused
      "application/json",
      "text/plain",
      "multipart/form-data",
      "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
    ]
  },
  "blacklist": { //enable server ip blacklist
    "enabled": false,
    "msg": "your ip has been blacklisted, have a nice day" // unauth msg
  },
  "whitelist": { //enable server ip whitelist
    "enabled": false,
    "msg": "Unauthorized" // unauth msg
  },
  "authtoken": {  //enable auth token header
    "enabled": false,
    "header": "X-Authtoken",
    "token": "xxxxxx",
    "msg": "server offline" // unauth msg
  },
  "server": {
    // accepts all http2 nodejs server options
  },
  "ssl": {
    "cert": "/cert/localhost.cert", // key/cert/pfx/ca as string path to file
    "key": "/cert/localhost.key"
  },
  "store": { // sicarri store
    "path": "/store/store/db.json" // read/write path relative to cwd
  },
  "uploads": {
    "enabled": true,
    "path": "/uploads", // uploads dir, relative to cwd()
    "recursive": true, //enable recursive folder creation
    "gzip": true, // compress file using gzip
    "brotli": false, // compress file using brotli
    "deflate": false, // compress file using deflate
    "mimetypes": {
      // accepted mimetypes
    },
    "max_filename": 30, // max filename length
    "max_filesize": 50000 // max upload content length
  },
  "static": {
    "path": "/static", // default static file path
    "blocked": [],
    "etag": { // etag header
      "enabled": true, // use etags on rendered files
      "digest": "sha3-256", //etag digest hash ~ crypto.getHashes();
      "encode": "base64" //etag digest encoding hex/base64
    },
    "cache": { // static file server cache
      "enabled": true, // enable cache on static file server
      "maxage": 1000000 // cached items maxAge
    },
    "headers": {} // default headers for static file server
  },
  "render": { // render/tempate engine defaults
    "path": "/render",
    "blocked": [],
    "etag": { // etag header
      "enabled": true, // use etags on rendered files
      "digest": "sha3-256", //etag digest hash ~ crypto.getHashes();
      "encode": "base64" //etag digest encoding hex/base64
    },
    "cache": { // rendered files cache
      "enabled": true, // enable cache on rendered files
      "maxage": 1000000 // cached items maxAge
    },
    "headers": { // default headers for rendered files
      "X-Frame-Options": "DENY",
      "Referrer-Policy": "no-referrer",
      "Server": "Nodejs",
      "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
      "Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "GET",
      "X-DNS-Prefetch-Control": "on",
      "Strict-Transport-Security": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains",
      "X-Content-Type-Options": "nosniff",
      "X-XSS-Protection": "1",
      "TK": "N"
    }
  },
  "compression": {
    "gzip": { // gzip compression
      "enabled": true,
      "prezipped": false, // use pre-compressed files
      "ext": ".gz", // compressed file extention
      "setting": {} // accepts all nodejs gzip compression settings
    },
    "brotli": { // brotli compression
      "enabled": false,
      "prezipped": false, // use pre-compressed files
      "ext": ".br", // compressed file extention
      "setting": {} // accepts all nodejs brotli compression settings
    },
    "deflate": { // deflate compression
      "enabled": false,
      "prezipped": false, // use pre-compressed files
      "ext": ".dfl", // compressed file extention
      "setting": {} // accepts all nodejs deflate compression settings
    }
  },
  "cors": { // default stream.cors fallback
    "origin": '',        // string  | Access-Control-Allow-Origin
    "methods": '',       // string  | Access-Control-Allow-Methods
    "allow_headers": '', // string  | Access-Control-Allow-Headers
    "expose_headers": '',// string  | Access-Control-Expose-Headers
    "credentials": true, // boolean | Access-Control-Allow-Credentials
    "maxage": 9999       // number  | Access-Control-Max-Age
  },
  "csp": { // content security policy object
    "default": "default-src 'self'"
  },
  "feature_policy": { // feature policy object
    "default": "microphone 'none'; geolocation 'none'"
  },
  "logs": {
    "path": "/logs", //path to log dir
    "separator": "|", // log separator
    "logs":["error", "history","ip"],
    "cron": 86400000, // logs cronjob interval
    "console_error": false, //log to console log-related errors
    "compression": "gzip", // backup compression ~ gzip/deflate/brotli
    "encodeURIComponent": false, // encode log entries
    "error": {
      "enabled": true, // enable auto error logs
      "max_size": 5000, // log max file size
      "base_name": "error", //log file base name
      "ext": ".txt" //log file base extension
    },
    "history": {
      "enabled": true, // enable auto history logs
      "max_size": 5000, // log max file size
      "base_name": "history", //log file base name
      "ext": ".txt" //log file base extension
    },
    "ip": {
      "enabled": true, // enable ip logging
      "max_size": 5000, // log max file size
      "base_name": "ip", //log file base name
      "ext": ".txt" //log file base extension
      "log_time": true, // add timestamp to log
      "log_path": true // add path to log
    }
  },
  "template_engine": { // template engine config
    "engines": [
      "basic", "poorboy", "nunjucks", "ejs", "pug",
      "mustache", "twig", "squirrelly", "ect", "eta",
      "liquidjs"
    ],
    "basic": {
      "enabled": true,
      "settings": {
        "pretty": false,
        "filters": {},
        "cache": false
      }
    },
    "squirrelly": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {}
    },
    "eta": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {}
    },
    "liquidjs": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {
        "extname": ".liquid"
      }
    },
    "ect": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {
        "cache": false,
        "open": "<%",
        "close": "%>"
      }
    },
    "poorboy": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {
        "use_globals": false,
        "globals": {}
      }
    },
    "nunjucks": {
      "enabled": false,
      "jinjacompat": true,
      "filters": "",
      "globals": {
        "enabled": false,
        "vars": {}
      },
      "settings": {
        "autoescape": true,
        "noCache": true,
        "throwOnUndefined": false,
        "trimBlocks": false,
        "lstripBlocks": false,
        "tags": {}
      }
    },
    "ejs": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {}
    },
    "pug": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {
        "pretty": false,
        "filters": {},
        "cache": false
      }
    },
    "mustache": {
      "enabled": false,
      "tags": ["{{", "}}"],
      "settings": {}
    },
    "twig": {
      "enabled": false,
      "settings": {}
    }
  },
  "mimetypes": {
    // a list of all your allowed mimetypes
  },
  "crypt": {
    "jwt":{
      "secret": "secret", // jwt secret for hmac
      "digest": "sha256", // jwt digest for hmac
      "encode": "base64", // jwt encoding
      "separator": ":", // jwt token separator
      "header": { // jwt header
        "typ": "JWT",
        "alg": "HS256"
      },
      "claims": {
        "iss": "token issuer", // optional jwt issuer
        "sub": "token subject", // optional jwt subject
        "aud": "token audience", // optional jwt audience
        "exp": 5000000, // mandatory ms till expires
        "nbf": 0 // optional ms till valid
      }
    },
    "hmac": {
      "secret": "secret",  // hmac secret
      "digest": "sha3-512", // hmac hash function
      "encode": "hex" // output encode
    },
    "pbkdf2": {
      "digest": "sha3-512", // hash function
      "encode": "hex", // output encode
      "iterations": 50000 // kdf iterations
    },
    "scrypt": {
      "encode": "hex", // output encode
      "cost": 16384, // scrypt cost
      "blockSize":8, // scrypt cost
      "parallelization": 1 // scrypt parallelization
    },
    "encryption": {
      "secret": "", // encrypt/decrypt ~ app secret
      "secret_len": 32, // correct key length
      "iterations": 60000, // iterations to be used in keygen
      "digest": "sha3-512", // digest to be used in keygen
      "settings": { // THESE SETTINGS MUST BE VALID
        "cipher": "aes", // encrypt/decrypt cipher
        "bit_len": "256", // encrypt/decrypt bit
        "iv_len": 32, // encrypt/decrypt iv length
        "tag_len": 16, // encrypt/decrypt auth-tag length
        "encode": "hex", // encrypt/decrypt/keygen encoding
        "mode": "gcm" // encrypt/decrypt mode
      }
    },
    "ecdsa": {
      "curve": "secp521r1", // ecdsa curve
      "encode": "hex", // ecdsa encoding
      "hash": "sha3-512", // ecdsa hash used
      "privateKey": {  // accepts all nodejs ec privateKey settings
        "type": "sec1",
        "format": "der"
      },
      "publicKey": { // accepts all nodejs ec publicKey settings
        "type": "spki",
        "format": "der"
      }
    },
    "ecdh": { // ecdh key exchange
      "curve": "secp521r1",  // ecdh curve
      "encode": "hex"  // ecdh encoding
    },
    "rsa": { // rsa encryption
      "length": 4096, // rsa modulusLength
      "publicExponent": 65537,
      "encode": "hex",
      "oaepHash": "sha512", // rsa oeap hash used
      "publicKey": { // accepts all nodejs rsa publicKey settings
        "type": "pkcs1",
        "format": "pem"
      },
      "privateKey": { // accepts all nodejs rsa privateKey settings
        "type": "pkcs8",
        "format": "pem"
      }
    },
    "otp": { // contains the one time pad defaults
      "rounds": 1, // otp encrypt/decrypt rounds count
      "iterations": 10000, // iteration count for generating a secure pad
      "digest": "sha512", // digest used for generating a secure pad
      "encode": "hex" // encoding used for otp
    }
  },
  "bot": {
    "detect": {
      "items": ["Googlebot"] // manual detect bots via user-agent sub-string
    },
    "block": {  // automatically block bots via user-agent sub-string
      "enabled": false,
      "msg": "Unauthorized", // bot block msg
      "items": [] // blocked bots array
    }
  }
}

Stream

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accepts all nodejs methods and the following:

stream.doc(src, content-type)

stream doc will serve a document from the render folder

this method will use cache if available
this method will use compression if available
this method will stream respond headers
this method will send default headers from config.render.headers
this method will use etag settings from config.render.etag
this method will use cache settings from config.render.cache
this method will use gzip/brotli/deflate settings from config.compression


/**
 *  stream.doc(path, contentType, callback)
 *  @param {string} path // file path relative to render dir
 *  @param {string} contentType // file content-type
 *  @param {function} callback ~ optional
 **/

  router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

    // send response headers and render static document from the render dir
    stream.doc('index.html', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');

  });

stream.render(src, data)

stream render will serve a rendered document from the render folder. refer to template engines.

this method will use cache if available
this method will use compression if available
this method will stream respond headers
this method will send default headers from config.render.headers
this method will use etag settings from config.render.etag
this method will use cache settings from config.render.cache
this method will use gzip/brotli/deflate settings from config.compression


/**
 *  stream.render(path, obj, callback)
 *  @param {string} path // file path relative to render dir
 *  @param {object} obj // data for rendered file
 *  @param {function} callback ~ optional
 **/

  router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

    // basic ~ default: uses template literals in html documents
    stream.render('index.html', {title: 'basic'})

    // nunjucks ~ requires manual installation of nunjucks
    stream.render('index.njk', {title: 'nunjucks'})

    // pug ~ requires manual installation of pug
    stream.render('index.pug', {title: 'pug'})

  });

stream.pushStatic(path, ctype)

stream pushStatic will push a file or files from the static folder before requested.

this method can be chained to push multiple files
this method will use cache if available
this method will use compression if available
this method will send default headers from config.static.headers
this method will use etag settings from config.static.etag
this method will use cache settings from config.static.cache
this method will use gzip/brotli/deflate settings from config.compression
config.verbose will log the push state of a file
this method is asynchronous so the stream object is immediately returned
any errors are handled by sicarii in the same manner as the static file server


/**
 *  stream.pushStatic(path, ctype) // single file
 *  @param {string} path // file path relative to static dir as it would be requested as
 *  @param {string} ctype // file content type as it would be requested as
 *
 *  stream.pushStatic(obj) // multiple files
 *  @param {object} obj // obj.path: file path, obj.ctype: content-type
 **/

  router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
    /* push files to the browser before the browser requests them */

    // push a file before it has been requested
    stream
    .pushStatic('/css/main.css', 'text/css')
    .status(200)
    .doc('index.html', 'text/html')

    // or push multiple files before they have been requested

    stream
    .pushStatic([{
      path: '/css/main.css', // file path
      ctype: 'text/css' // file content type
    },{
      path: '/favicon.ico',
      ctype: 'image/x-icon'
    }])
    .status(200)
    .render('index.html', {test: 'push'}, function(err){
      if(err){return console.error(err)}
    })

  });

stream.download(file, content-type)

stream.download will initiate a file download upon browser navigation.

stream.download uses config.static settings
this method will use cache if available
this method will use compression if available
this method will stream respond headers
this method will send default headers from config.static.headers
this method will use etag settings from config.static.etag
this method will use cache settings from config.static.cache
this method will use gzip/brotli/deflate settings from config.compression
this method will Content-Disposition 'attachment; filename="the files name"' to the headers;


/**
 *  stream.download(path, contentType, callback)
 *  @param {string} path // file path relative to static dir
 *  @param {string} contentType // file content-type
 *  @param {function} callback ~ optional
 **/

router.get('/downloadpath', function(stream, headers, flags){
  // main.mjs will download when /downloadpath is navigated to in the browser
  stream.download('modules/main.mjs', 'application/javascript');

});

stream.upload(object, callbabk)

stream.upload will upload a file to your uploads dir if enabled at config.uploads.enable

config.uploads.gzip will enable/disable gzip compression for uploads
config.uploads.brotli will enable/disable brotli compression for uploads
config.uploads.deflate will enable/disable deflate compression for uploads
config.uploads.path is your upload path relative to cwd()
config.uploads.recursive will enable recursive dir creation within config.uploads.path,
config.uploads.mimetypes should list all accepted upload mimetypes in the same format as config.mimetypes
config.uploads.max_filename max filename length
config.uploads.max_filesize max content length

simple upload example:


/**
 *  stream.upload(settings, callback)
 *  @param {object} settings // upload settings
 *  @param {function} callback ~  function(err,res) | optional
 **/

router.post('/upload', function(stream, headers, flags){
    let ctype = headers.get('content-type');

    if(ctype !== 'application/json'){
      // do something
    }

    try {
      let body = JSON.stringify(stream.body.json);

      let upload_data = {
        path: '/test/index.json', // path relative to uploads dir
        ctype: ctype, // content type
        data: body, // data as string
        brotli: true, //override default brotli setting config.uploads.brotli ~ optional
        gzip: false //override default gzip setting config.uploads.gzip ~ optional
        //deflate: false //override default deflate setting config.uploads.deflate ~ optional
      }

      stream.upload(upload_data, function(err,res){
        if(err){
          // do something
          return;  
        }

        stream.json({upload: 'success'})

      })
    } catch (err) {
      // do something
    }

});

stream.json(data)

stream.json() performs the following actions:

add content-type 'application/json' to the headers;
stream the headers object.
send stringified json


/**
 *  stream.json(obj, contentType, callback)
 *  @param {array/object} obj // data to be stringified
 *  @param {function} callback ~ optional
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  stream.json({send: 'json'})

});

stream.redirect(dest)

stream.redirect() performs the following actions:

add location destination to the headers;
stream the headers object.
send redirect


/**
 *  stream.redirect(path)
 *  @param {string} path // redirect anywhere path
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  //redirect to url
  stream.redirect('/test')

});

stream.ip

stream.ip returns the client ip address

enable config.proxy to return ['x-forwarded-for'] ip


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  console.log(stream.ip)
  // xxx.xxx.x.x.x

});

stream.headers

stream.headers will return an object containing all current and default outbound headers; this is not to be mistaken with the received headers object;

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  //log default received headers to console
  console.log(headers.all())

  //log default outbound headers to console
  console.log(stream.headers)

  // add outbound header
  stream.addHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');

  stream.respond(stream.headers);
  stream.end('headers sent')

})

stream.addHeader()

stream.addHeader(key,val) will add a header to stream.headers


/**
 *  stream.addHeader(key, val)
 *  @param {string} key // header type
 *  @param {string} val // header value
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add outbound header
  stream.addHeader('Content-Type','text/plain');
  //stream.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain';

  stream.respond(stream.headers);
  stream.end('headers sent')

})

stream.addHeaders()

stream.addHeaders(obj) will assign an object of headers to stream.headers


/**
 *  stream.addHeaders(key, val)
 *  @param {object} obj // headers object
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add outbound header
  stream.addHeaders({
    'content-type':'text/plain',
    'content-encoding': 'gzip'
  });

  stream.respond(stream.headers);
  stream.end('headers sent')

})

stream.cors()

stream.cors() will add the included cors options to stream.headers

this method will override any default cors headers in config.render.headers || config.static.headers
this method will fallback to config.cors if no object is provided


/**
 *  stream.cors(obj)
 *  @param {object} obj // optional | cors entries || fallback to config.cors
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add all outbound cors headers
  stream.cors({
    origin: '',        // string  | Access-Control-Allow-Origin
    methods: '',       // string  | Access-Control-Allow-Methods
    allow_headers: '', // string  | Access-Control-Allow-Headers
    expose_headers: '',// string  | Access-Control-Expose-Headers
    credentials: true, // boolean | Access-Control-Allow-Credentials
    maxage: 9999       // number  | Access-Control-Max-Age
  });

  // or only some
  stream.cors({
    origin: '',
    methods: '',
    allow_headers: ''
  });

  // or use config.cors
  stream.cors();

  stream.respond(stream.headers)

  stream.end('text')
})

stream.ctype()

stream.ctype(val) will add the Content-Type header to stream.headers


/**
 *  stream.ctype(val)
 *  @param {string} val // header value
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add outbound Content-Type header
  stream.ctype('text/plain');

  stream.respond(stream.headers)

  stream.end('text')
})

stream.lang()

stream.lang(val) will add the Content-Language header to stream.headers


/**
 *  stream.lang(val)
 *  @param {string} val // header value
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add outbound Content-Language header
  stream.lang('en-US');

  stream.respond(stream.headers)

  stream.end('text')
})

stream.tk()

stream.tk(val) will add the TK header to stream.headers


/**
 *  stream.tk(val)
 *  @param {string} val // header value
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  /*
  Tk: !  (under construction)
  Tk: ?  (dynamic)
  Tk: G  (gateway or multiple parties)
  Tk: N  (not tracking)
  Tk: T  (tracking)
  Tk: C  (tracking with consent)
  Tk: P  (potential consent)
  Tk: D  (disregarding DNT)
  Tk: U  (updated)
  */

  // add outbound TK header
  stream.tk('N');

  stream.respond(stream.headers)

  stream.end('text')
})

stream.csp()

stream.csp(val) will add the Content-Security-Policy header to stream.headers

stream.csp will load the csp from config.csp;
this method enables you to store and use multiple pre-defined content security policies


/**
 *  stream.csp(val)
 *  @param {string} val // header value
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add outbound Content-Security-Policy header from `config.csp.default`
  stream.csp('default');

  stream.respond(stream.headers)

  stream.end('text')
})

stream.feature()

stream.feature(val) will add the Feature-Policy header to stream.headers

stream.feature will load the Feature-Policy from config.feature_policy;
this method enables you to store and use multiple pre-defined feature policies


/**
 *  stream.feature(val)
 *  @param {string} val // header value
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add outbound Feature-Policy header from `config.feature_policy.default`
  stream.feature('default');

  stream.respond(stream.headers)

  stream.end('text')
})

stream.status()

stream.status(val) will set the :status header to stream.headers


/**
 *  stream.status(val)
 *  @param {number} val // header value
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // add outbound :status header
  stream.status(200).ctype('text/plain').respond(stream.headers);

  stream.end('text')
})

stream.query

stream.query is part of body parser. if enabled, it will parse the given query to json. refer to body parses section.

config.stream.method_query controls the accepted router methods.
config.stream.content_types controls the accepted content types.

router.get('/test', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let query = stream.query;
  console.log(query)

});

stream.qs

stream.qs is similar to stream.query but returns the unparsed querystring. This method is intended for use with custom or complex querystrings;

config.stream.querystring enable/disable
the returned querystring is decoded with decodeURIComponent()

router.get('/test', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let customquery = stream.qs;
  console.log(customquery)

});

stream.body.text

stream.body.text is the default body parse format

returns string

router.post('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let body = stream.body.text;

  console.log(body)

});

stream.body.buffer

stream.body.buffer is part of body parser.

returns buffer

router.post('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let buff = stream.body.buffer;

  console.log(buff)

});

stream.body.json

stream.body.buffer is part of body parser. refer to body parses section.

returns json for supported content-types

router.post('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  let obj = stream.body.json;

  console.log(obj)

});

stream.cookies

this method is a part of cookie parser refer to cookie parser

stream.cookie will enable you to easily access all cookies in headers

this method automatically deserializes all cookies.
this method requires config.cookie_parser.enabled to be enabled
this method can be enabled/disabled at config.cookie_parser.auto_parse

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // return cookies object ~ config.cookie_parser.auto_parse
  console.log(stream.cookies)

})

stream.cookie()

this method is a part of cookie parser refer to cookie parser

stream.cookie(name,val,obj) will enable you to easily add cookies to the stream.response

this method automatically adds the created cookie to stream.headers
this method can be enabled/disabled at config.cookie_parser.enabled
this method can create a separate signed cookie for tamper detection
config.cookie_parser.sig.secret is used to hmac the cookie
config.cookie_parser.sig.suffix is the signed cookies suffix
a signed cookie will be will use digest/encode settings from config.crypt.hmac


/**
 *  stream.cookie(key, val, settings)
 *  @param {string} key // cookie name
 *  @param {string} val // cookie value
 *  @param {object} settings // cookie settings
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  //create cookie and add to outbouheaders ~ config.cookie_parser.enabled
  stream.cookie('name', 'value',{
    Domain: 'localhost',
    Path: '/',
    Expires: Date.now(),
    MaxAge: 9999,
    HttpOnly: true,
    SameSite: 'Lax',
    Secure: true,
    Priority: 'High',
    Signed: true // creates a separate suffixed signed cookie for validation
  })

  stream.respond(stream.headers);
  stream.end()

})

push handler

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the push handler will enable/disable automatic stream push of static files.

upon stream, the server will search the accepted header for a match in config.push_handler.accepted and will push your selected files with the document

config.push_handler.enabled enables this method
this method is for static files only e.g js/css/png/jpg
this method is not for rendered/static documents e.g html/xhtml/xml
this method is for GET requests only.
config.push_handler.accepted should contain the requested paths content-type e.g text/html
config.push_handler.accepted should not contain the pushed items content-type e.g text/css
config.push_handler.accepted should only contain document content-types that you use
config.push_handler.accepted should be as small as possible
automatic stream push of static files is recommended only for push intensive sites

the push configuration file can be configured like so:

/* ./config/push.json */


[{
  "url": "/single_push", // the url path that the file is to be pushed for
  "ctype": "text/css",   // file content-type 'only'
  "path": "/css/main.css" // file path relative to static path
},{
  "url": "/multi_push",
  "items": [{ // push multiple items at same url
    "ctype": "text/css",
    "path": "/css/main.css"
  },{
    "ctype": "image/x-icon",
    "path": "/favicon.ico"
  }]
}]


router.get('/single_push', function(stream, headers, flags){
  // will automatically push a static file and send headers/doc

  stream.status(200).doc('index.html', 'text/html')
});

router.get('/multi_push', function(stream, headers, flags){
  // will automatically push multiple static files and send headers/doc

  stream.status(200).doc('index.html', 'text/html')
});

router.get('/manual_push', function(stream, headers, flags){
  // will not automatically push multiple static files


  stream // manually push multiple static files and send headers/doc
  .pushStatic([{
    path: '/css/main.css', // file path
    ctype: 'text/css' // file content type
  },{
    path: '/favicon.ico',
    ctype: 'image/x-icon'
  }])
  .status(200)
  .doc('index.html', 'text/html')
});

Headers

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the headers object includes the following methods:

headers.all()

headers.all() will return a valid json object containing all received headers


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // log all received headers
  console.log(headers.all())

})

headers.get()

headers.get() will return a header from the headers object in nodejs http2 format


/**
 *  headers.get(key)
 *  @param {string} key // header name
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // return content-type header
  console.log(headers.get('content-type'))

})

headers.is()

headers.is() will return a boolean if the header is equal to the comparison


/**
 *  headers.is(key, val)
 *  @param {string} key // header name
 *  @param {string} val // value to compare
 **/

router.get('/admin', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // check content-type
  if(!headers.is('x-token', 'secret')){
    app.blacklist(stream.ip)
  }

})

headers.has()

headers.has() will return a boolean if the header exists

will also return true for header that exists and has a value of false or 0


/**
 *  headers.has(key)
 *  @param {string} key // header name
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // check if cookie header exists
  if(headers.has('cookie')){
    console.log('cookie header exists')
  }

})

headers.cookies()

headers.cookies() will return a deserialized cookies json object


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // return cookies object
  console.log(headers.cookies())

})

headers.ctype()

headers.ctype() will return the Content-type header if exists


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  console.log(headers.ctype())
  // application/json ...

})

headers.agent()

headers.agent() will return the User-agent header if exists


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  console.log(headers.agent())
  // some browser user-agent ...

})

headers.bot()

headers.bot() will return true if the user-agent detected is a bot

config.bot.items should contain an array of bots to check for
this feature could be used to perform targeted seo optimization


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){


  if(headers.bot()){
    // render template containing seo data only
    let useragent = headers.ua();

    if(useragent.includes('google')){
      stream.render('index_seo_google.html', {
        data: {
          some: 'google data',
          specifically: 'relating',
          to: 'google seo'
        }
      })
    } else if(useragent.includes('facebook')) {
      stream.render('index_seo_facebook.html', {
        data: {
          some: 'facebook data',
          specifically: 'relating',
          to: 'facebook seo'
        }
      })
    } else {
      stream.render('index_seo_default.html', {
        data: {
          some: 'default data',
          specifically: 'relating',
          to: 'default seo'
        }
      })
    }
  } else {
    // render normal template not polluted with seo
    stream.render('index.html', {title: 'basic'})
  }


})

headers.encoding()

headers.encoding() will return the accept-encoding header if exists

the returned value/s will be within a trimmed array


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  console.log(headers.encoding())
  // ['accepted', 'encoding']

})

headers.lang()

headers.lang() will return the accept-language header if exists

the returned value/s will be within a trimmed array


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  console.log(headers.lang())
  // ['accepted', 'language']

})

headers.accept()

headers.accept() will return the accept header if exists

the returned value/s will be within a trimmed array


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  console.log(headers.accept())
  // ['accepted', 'content', 'types']

})

headers.size()

headers.size() length of the headers object


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  let len = headers.size(); // headers length
  if(len > 1000){
    app.blacklist(stream.ip)
  }

})

headers.count()

headers.count() will return a count of your total headers


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  let len = headers.count(); // headers count
  if(len > 50){
    app.blacklist(stream.ip)
  }

})

App

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the app object exists as a bridge between worker/master.

app must be accessible outside of the worker/master scope
all methods within app are available to the master and worker threads
app contains a list of helper functions that might otherwise require dependencies

app.config

app.config gives you access to your current configuration vars throughout your app.


console.log(app.config.port)

app.set()

app.set() will set environmental variables available to the scope in which they are called

/**
 *  app.setEnv(key, val)
 *  @param {string} key //  
 *  @param {string|object|number|buffer} val
 **/

 app.set('key', 'val');

console.log(app.env('key'));
// val

console.log(process.env.key);
//val

app.env()

app.env() will get environmental variables available from the scope in which they are called

/**
 *  app.env(key)
 *  @param {string} key
 **/

 app.set('key', 'val');

console.log(app.env('key'));
// val

app.uuid

app.config generates a random uuidv4


console.log(app.uuid())
// 4370139d-653c-49eb-933e-a714eec14f69

app.bot()

app.bot() will return true if the user-agent detected is a bot

config.bot.items should contain an array of bots to check for
this feature could be used to perform targeted seo optimization
refer to headers.bot()


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  let useragent = headers.ua();
  if(app.bot(useragent)){
    console.log('bot detected')
  }

})

app.fetch()

the app.fetch method will perform a secure http2 client request to any local or external address.

app.fetch uses your apps ssl certificate/s to create a secue connection

app.fetch uses body parser to automatically parse responses for the following content-types:

application/json ~ response.json | data as parsed json object/array
multipart/form-data ~ response.text | data as string
application/x-www-form-urlencoded ~ response.text | data as string

all content-types are available as:

* ~ response.text | data as string
* ~ response.buffer | data as buffer


/**
 *  app.fetch(obj, callback, timeout)
 *  @param {object} obj // cookie name
 *  @param {object} callback // function(err,response)
    @param {number} timeout // milliseconds ~ optionally overrides config.fetch.tomeout
 **/

/* simple json get example */

let head = {
  'url': 'https://example_get_url.com', //dest url
  ':method': 'GET', // fetch method
  ':path': '/example/path', // fetch path
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  // your other headers ...
}

let timeout = 5000 // optional

app.fetch(head, function(err,response){
  if(err){return console.error(err)}

  console.log(response.headers) // response headers object
  console.log(response.json) // response as json ~ if available
  console.log(response.buffer) // response as buffer
  console.log(response.text) // response as text
  console.log(response.statusText) // ok/not ok

},timeout)

/* simple post example */

let data = JSON.stringify({test: 'body'});

let head = {
  'url': 'https://example_post_url.com', //dest url
  ':method': 'POST', // fetch method
  ':path': '/example/path' // fetch path
  'body':  data// fetch body for accepted methods
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
  // ...
}

app.fetch(head, function(err,res){
  if(err){return console.error(err)}
  console.log(res.headers) // response headers object
  console.log(res.json) // response as json ~ if available
  console.log(res.buffer) // response as buffer
  console.log(res.text) // response as text
  console.log(res.statusText) // ok/not ok
})

app.etag()

refer to stream for a more detailed explanation.

app.etag can be used to manually create a hashed etag from data that you may use in a stream.

the following digests are supported:

insecure

md5, md5-sha1, ripemd160, rmd160, sha1

secure

sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, sha512-224, sha512-256, whirlpool

excessive

sha3-224, sha3-256, sha3-384,sha3-512, blake2b512, blake2s256, shake128,shake256

/**
 *  app.etag(digest, data, encode)
 *  @param {string} digest // hash digest
 *  @param {string} data // data to be hashed
 *  @param {string} encode // base64/hex
 **/

router.get('/etagdemo', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // manual app.etag
  let etag = app.etag('sha3-512', 'test string', 'base64');
  stream.addHeader('Etag', etag)

});

app.digest()

app.digest can be used to manually create a digest from data for the Digest header.

the following prefixes are recommended:

sha-224, sha-256, sha-384, sha-512

the following digests are supported recommended:

sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512

those are the current recommended standards. you can use any equivalents from the above mentioned in app.etag if you want to implement your own standard.

/**
 *  app.digest(prefix, encode, data, digest)
 *  @param {string} prefix // valid http digest header prefix e.g. sha-256/sha-512
 *  @param {string} digest // valid nodejs digest hash digest
 *  @param {string} data // data to be hashed
 *  @param {string} encode // base64/hex
 **/

router.get('/digestdemo', function(stream, headers, flags){

  stream.addHeader('Digest', app.digest('sha-512', 'sha512', 'test digest', 'base64'));

});

app.cookie_encode()

refer to stream for a more detailed explanation.

app.cookie_encode can be used to manually create cookies


/**
 *  app.cookie_encode(key, val, settings)
 *  @param {string} key // cookie name
 *  @param {string} val // cookie value
 *  @param {object} settings // cookie settings
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // manual create cookie and add to outbouheaders
  let new_cookie = app.cookie_encode('name', 'value',{
    Domain: 'localhost',
    Path: '/',
    Expires: Date.now(),
    MaxAge: 9999,
    HttpOnly: true,
    SameSite: 'Lax',
    Secure: true,
    Priority: 'High'
  })
  // add cookie to headers
  stream.addHeader('Set-Cookie', [new_cookie]);

  // send headers & send json response
  stream.json({msg: 'cookie created'});

})

app.cookie_sign()

refer to cookie_parser for a more detailed explanation.

app.cookie_sign can be used to manually create signed cookies


/**
 *  app.cookie_sign(key, val, settings)
 *  @param {string} key // cookie name
 *  @param {string} val // cookie to sign value
 *  @param {object} settings // cookie settings
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // manual create cookie and add to outbouheaders
  let cookie_specs = {
    Domain: 'localhost',
    Path: '/',
    Expires: Date.now(),
    MaxAge: 9999,
    HttpOnly: true,
    SameSite: 'Lax',
    Secure: true,
    Priority: 'High'
  }
  let new_cookie = app.cookie_encode('name', 'value', cookie_specs),
  // manual create cookie sig and add to outbouheaders
  signed_cookie = app.cookie_sign('name', 'value', cookie_specs);
  // only required for manual add
  stream.addHeader('Set-Cookie',  [new_cookie, signed_cookie]);

  // send headers & send json response
  stream.json({msg: 'cookies created'});

})

app.cookie_decode()

refer to stream for a more detailed explanation.

app.cookie_decode can be used to create a deserialized cookies object


/**
 *  app.cookie_decode(key, val, settings)
 *  @param {string} settings // cookie header
 **/


router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  // manual return cookies object
  console.log(app.cookie_decode(headers.get('cookie')))

});

app.cookie_verify()

app.cookie_verify can be used to verify signed cookies

app.cookie_verify is for signed cookies only
app.cookie_verify will return true if the cookie is valid


/**
 *  app.cookie_verify(name, obj)
 *  @param {string} name // cookie name to verify
 *  @param {object} settings // cookies object
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){
  // verify cookie with name=name
  console.log(
    app.cookie_verify('name', headers.get('cookie'))
  )
  // true/false

})

app.blacklist()

refer to blacklist

app.blacklist can be used add ip addresses to your blacklist

this action controlled by sync
this action will trigger an update of the blacklist cache for all worker threads
no server restart is required.


/**
 *  app.blicklist(ip)
 *  @param {string|array} ip // ip address/addresses to add to blacklist
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  app.blacklist(stream.ip)

  // or add multiple in Array

  app.blacklist([stream.ip])

});

app.whitelist()

refer to whitelist

app.whitelist can be used add ip address to your whitelist

this action controlled by sync
this action will trigger an update of the whitelist cache for all worker threads
no server restart is required.


/**
 *  app.whitelist(ip)
 *  @param {string|array} ip // ip address or array of address to add to whitelist
 **/

router.get('/', function(stream, headers, flags){

  app.whitelist(stream.ip);

  //or multiple in array

  app.whitelist([stream.ip]);

});

app.gzip

refer to compression for a more detailed explanation.

gzip compression can be used anywhere via the app.gzip method:

/**
 *  @app.gzip(data, method, options, callback)
 *
 *  @param {Buffer/TypedArray/DataView/ArrayBuffer/string} data
 *  @param {boolean} method ~ true = compress | false = decompress
 *  @param {object} options ~ optional | fallback to config.compression.gzip.settings
 *  @param {function} callback ~ function(err,res) | optional | no callback for sync
 **/

let str = 'test'
//gzipSync
str = app.gzip(str, true);

//gunzipSync
str = app.gzip(str, false);

console.log(str.toString())
// test

//gzip
app.gzip(str, true, function(err,res){

  //gunzip
  app.gzip(res, false, function(err,str){
    console.log(str.toString())
    // test
  })
})

app.brotli

refer to compression for a more detailed explanation.

brotli compression can be used anywhere via the app.brotli method:


/**
 *  @app.brotli(data, method, options, callback)
 *
 *  @param {Buffer/TypedArray/DataView/ArrayBuffer/string} data
 *  @param {boolean} method ~ true = compress | false = decompress
 *  @param {object} options ~ optional | fallback to config.compression.brotli.settings
 *  @param {function} callback ~ function(err,res) | optional | no callback for sync
 **/

let str = 'test'
//brotliCompressSync
str = app.brotli(str, true);

//brotliDecompressSync
str = app.brotli(str, false);

console.log(str.toString())
// test

//brotliCompress
app.brotli(str, true, function(err,res){

  //brotliDecompress
  app.brotli(res, false, function(err,str){
    console.log(str.toString())
    // test
  })
})

app.deflate

refer to compression for a more detailed explanation.

deflate compression can be used anywhere via the app.deflate method:


/**
 *  @app.deflate(data, method, options, callback)
 *
 *  @param {Buffer/TypedArray/DataView/ArrayBuffer/string} data
 *  @param {boolean} method ~ true = compress | false = decompress
 *  @param {object} options ~ optional | fallback to config.compression.deflate.settings
 *  @param {function} callback ~ function(err,res) | optional | no callback for sync
 **/

let str = 'test'
//deflateSync
str = app.deflate(str, true);

//inflateSync
str = app.deflate(str, false);

console.log(str.toString())
// test

//deflate
app.deflate(str, true, function(err,res){

  //inflate
  app.deflate(res, false, function(err,str){
    console.log(str.toString())
    // test
  })
})

app.engine.add()

refer to template engines

extra template engines can be added using app.engine.add:

sicarii/lib/adapters will contain your new engine template.
config.template_engine will automatically be updated with your settings


/**
 *  app.engine.add(title, obj, callback)
 *  @param {string} title // template engine title in snake_case
 *  @param {object} obj // data new engine
 *  @param {function} callback function(err)
 **/

app.engine.add('test', {
  "enabled": false, // must have enabled
  "settings": {
    "use_globals": false,
    "globals":{}
  }
}, function(err){
  if(err){return console.error(err)}
})

app.engine.del()

refer to template engines

extra engines can be deleted using app.engine.del:

sicarii/lib/adapters will have the adapter removed
config.template_engine will automatically remove the engine/s
this action should be called for production to minimize sicarii's size
this action cannot be undone.


/**
 *  app.engine.del(items, callback)
 *  @param {array} items // template engine items to remove
 *  @param {function} callback function(err)
 **/

app.engine.del(['pug','twig', 'nunjucks', 'ejs'], function(err){
  if(err){return console.error(err)}
})

app.qs()

app.qs will return a serialized query string from valid json object


/**
 *  app.qs(items, sep, eq)
 *  @param {object} items // query string object
 *  @param {string} sep // query string separetor ~ defalts to &
 *  @param {string} eq // query string equals ~ defalts to =
 **/

 var data = {
   test: '%^&*$#hsdacsddf',
   test2: 2345
 }

 console.log(app.qs(data))
 // test=%25%5E%26*%24%23hsdacsddf&test2=2345

app.path()

app.path returns a json object containing the parsed path data


/**
 *  app.path(path)
 *  @param {string} path // path string
 **/

 let somepath = app.path('sicarii/lib/utils.js');

 console.log(somepath)
 // {root: '',dir: 'sicarii/lib',base: 'utils.js',ext: '.js', name: 'utils'}

 console.log(somepath.base)
 // utils.js

app.url()

app.url returns a json object containing the parsed url data


/**
 *  app.url(path)
 *  @param {string} path // path string
 **/

 let someurl = app.url('https://user:pass@sub.example.com:8080/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash');

 console.log(someurl)

 /*
   {
     protocol: 'https:',
     slashes: true,
     auth: 'user:pass',
     host: 'sub.example.com:8080',
     port: '8080',
     hostname: 'sub.example.com',
     hash: '#hash',
     search: '?query=string',
     query: { query: 'string' },
     pathname: '/p/a/t/h',
     path: '/p/a/t/h?query=string',
     href: 'https://user:pass@sub.example.com:8080/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash'
   }

 */

app.dns.get()

perform dns lookup
returns json object containing results

/**
 *  app.dns.reverse(path, cnf, callback)
 *  @param {string} path // path string
 *  @param {object} cnf // optional nodejs dns.lookup.options
 *  @param {function} callback // function(err,res)
 **/

 app.dns.get('example.org', function(err, data){
   if(err){return console.log(err)}
   //{address: 'someaddress', family: 'somefamily'}
 });

app.dns.getService()

perform dns lookupService
returns json object containing results

/**
 *  app.dns.getService(path,port,callback)
 *  @param {string} path // path string
 *  @param {number} port // port
 *  @param {function} callback // function(err,res)
 **/

 app.dns.getService('127.0.0.1', 80, function(err, data){
   if(err){return console.log(err)}
   console.log(data)
   //{ hostn

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Installation

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Initialization

Build

Server

server.log_ip()

server.log_history()

server.log_error()

server.pre_cache()

server.push_handler()

Sync

sync.init()

sync.respawn()

sync.listen()

sync.kill()

sync.kill_all()

Router

methods

Configuration

Stream

stream.doc(src, content-type)

stream.render(src, data)

stream.pushStatic(path, ctype)

stream.download(file, content-type)

stream.upload(object, callbabk)

stream.json(data)

stream.redirect(dest)

stream.ip

stream.headers

stream.addHeader()

stream.addHeaders()

stream.cors()

stream.ctype()

stream.lang()

stream.tk()

stream.csp()

stream.feature()

stream.status()

stream.query

stream.qs

stream.body.text

stream.body.buffer

stream.body.json

stream.cookies

stream.cookie()

push handler

Headers

headers.all()

headers.get()

headers.is()

headers.has()

headers.cookies()

headers.ctype()

headers.agent()

headers.bot()

headers.encoding()

headers.lang()

headers.accept()

headers.size()

headers.count()

App

app.config

app.set()

app.env()

app.uuid

app.bot()

app.fetch()

app.etag()

app.digest()

app.cookie_encode()

app.cookie_sign()

app.cookie_decode()

app.cookie_verify()

app.blacklist()

app.whitelist()