/express-gateway

A microservices API Gateway built on top of ExpressJS

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A Microservices API Gateway Built Using ExpressJS and Express Middleware


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Express-Gateway

Express Gateway is an API Gateway that sits at the heart of any microservices architecture, regardless of what language or platform you're using. Express Gateway secures your microservices and exposes them through APIs using Node.js, ExpressJS and Express middleware. Developing microservices, orchestrating and managing them now can be done insanely fast all on one seamless platform without having to introduce additional infrastructure.



Main Features

  • Built Entirely on Express and Express Middleware
  • Dynamic Centralized Config
  • API Consumer and Credentials Management
  • Plugins and Plugin Framework
  • Distributed Data Store
  • CLI
  • REST API

Installation

If you have Node.js already installed:

# install Express Gateway
$ npm install -g express-gateway

Creating a Gateway

# create a new gateway using the CLI
$ eg gateway create

Support

Need help or have a question?

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Community

Express has a large vibrant community that we hope to extend further with Express Gateway's API gateway use case for Express and its middleware.

Roadmap

Express Gateway publishes and updates its roadmap in real time as a [public task board][eg-taskbaord] on Waffle.io. and as a roadmap wiki page at the epic level.

Contribution

All contributions welcome! Please see the contributor's guide

Sponsors

Express Gateway is proudly sponsored by...

  • LunchBadger : Microservices and API Empowerment
  • Joyent Triton : The Next Generation of Cloud - Modern, Hybrid and Open

License

Apache-2.0 License

Copyright © LunchBadger, Inc. and Express Gateway Contributors