Expressjs Snippets

A collection of snippets for Express.js for VSCode. To initiate, you can either use shorthand methods or type an express method and rest will be autocomplete.

Supports es6 syntax
Applicable upto Expressjs 4.x.x version

Install

Press F1 and select Extensions: Install Extensions. Search for and select expressjs.

Snippets

Express API

app.all
app.delete
app.disable
app.disabled
app.enable
app.enabled
app.get
app.post
app.put
app.listen template
app.patch
listen app.listen(${1:port});
app.route
app.set
app.use
res.json
res.jsonp
res.redirect
res.render
res.send
res.status
rss res.status().send();
router express.Router()
router.get
router.apost
router.put
router.all
router.delete

Initializing app variable

app const app = express ;

Requiring Express

express const express = require('express');

Requiring Express-Session

session const session = require('express-session');

Commonly used Middleware

bodyParser.json app.use(bodyParser.json );
bodyParser.url app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true})); - methodoverride app.use(methodOverride('method'));
staticfile app.use(express.static('public'));
compress app.use(compression({level:zlib.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION}));
helmet app.use(helmet );
logger app.use(logger );

Contribute

Pull requests for more snippets or any other issue(s) are welcome.

License

This software is released under the terms of the MIT license.