tomyan/jsgi-node

JSGI Adapter for Node.js

JSGI 0.3 Adapter for Node

JSGI-Node provides an interface for running middleware JSGI on Node. JSGI is an asynchronous middleware interface based on solid mature middleware design principles, and the asynchronous design fits perfectly with Node. JSGI uses idiomatic JavaScript, leveraging closures for simple and fast middleware connectivity. There is substantial set of middleware components that can be found on the Node modules page.

To use, provide a JSGI application (can be application stack) to the start function:

require("jsgi-node").start(function(request){
  return request.body.join().then(function(requestBody){
    return {
      status:200,
      headers:{},
      body:["echo: " + requestBody]
    };
  });
});

This adapter should conform to the JSGI 0.3 (with promises) for full asynchronous support. For example:

var fs = require("promised-io/fs");
require("jsgi-node").start(function(request){
  return fs.readFile("jsgi-node.js").then(function(body){
    return {
      status: 200,
      headers: {},
      body: [body]
    };
  });
});

File objects returned from promised-io's fs can be directly provided as body for automated streaming of data to the client from the filesystem:

var fs = require("promised-io/fs");
require("jsgi-node").start(function(request){
  return {
    status: 200,
    headers: {},
    body: fs.open("some-file.txt","r")
  };
});

This package also includes an adapter for running Node HTTP apps on top of JSGI middleware:

var fs = require("promised-io/fs"),
    Node = require("jsgi/node").Node;
require("jsgi-node").start(
  SomeJSGIMiddleWare(
    OtherJSGIMiddleWare(
      Node(function(request, response){
       // request and response conform to Node's HTTP API
      })
    )
  )
);

WebSocket with JSGI

JSGI middleware can be used to handle incoming WebSocket messages. While JSGI is designed for HTTP, WebSocket includes HTTP elements and JSGI's streaming capabilities are well-suited for socket communication. JSGI delegation can be achieved by using the "ws-jsgi" module in conjunction with the node-websocket-server package. This "ws-jsgi" module exports a function that can be called with a socket server and a JSGI handler. For example:

	var http = require("http").createServer(
			require("jsgi-node").Listener(jsgiApp)
		);
	http.listen(80);
	require("jsgi-node/ws-jsgi")(ws.createServer({
		server: http
	}), jsgiApp);

JSGI-Node is licensed under the AFL or BSD license.

Authors include Kris Zyp and Jed Schmidt.