HTTP Server
Built-in HTTP server with zero configuration.
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Overview
import { Application } from '@restjs/core'
const app = new Application()
app.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
res.json({ message: 'Hello from REstJS' })
})
app.listen()Configuration
const app = new Application({
server: { port: 3000, host: '0.0.0.0' },
env: 'development',
logging: true
})Request object
app.get('/users', (req, res) => {
req.method // 'GET'
req.path // '/users'
req.query // { page: '1' }
req.params // { id: '42' }
req.headers // request headers
req.body // parsed body
req.ip // client IP
req.locals // middleware data
})Response object
res.json({ data: 'value' })
res.status(201).json({ created: true })
res.text('Hello')
res.html('<h1>Hello</h1>')
res.redirect('/other')
res.header('X-Custom', 'value').json({ ok: true })Graceful shutdown
await app.listen()
await app.close()Note
The server catches all unhandled errors and returns HTTP 500 without crashing.