ArcJS

ArcJS: A lightweight, educational web framework for Node.js built from scratch to demystify how servers work. This project features a 100% dependency-free architecture to provide a deep, hands-on understanding of the request-response lifecycle.

Documention

-nitesh

Demo Application

import Arc from "./src/index.mjs";

const app = Arc();

application.get(
  "/dashboard",
  (req, res, next) => {
    console.log("Auth Check...");
    next(); // Passes control to the next function
  },
  (req, res) => {
    res.end("Welcome to the secure dashboard!");
  },
);

app.listen(); // automatically listen on port 8080

Routes Function

• app.get() | Learn about GET Http Method

  ags1- path ags2- handler arg3- ...middlewares

  After passing path you can register multiple handlers and they run step by step if next is called by previous handler.

• app.post() | Learn about POST Http Method

• app.patch() | Learn about POST Http Method

• app.put() | Learn about POST Http Method

• app.delete() | Learn about POST Http Method

Listening to the server

• app.listen() listen to server by deafult runs on localhost port 8080

Methods

• send() provide a convinent way way to send message or any json data perfectly.
• json() sending JSON data with proper headers.
• status() using status method, you can set response code, this return the response object So, you can chain this with other methods.
• set() can set single or multiple headers

// use 'set()' method

// setting single header
res.set("Content-Type", "application/json");

// setting single header with multiple values
res.set("Set-Cookie", [
  "uid=7h4;secure;httpOnly",
  "username=testing;secure;httpOnly",
  "theme=dark",
]);

// setting multiple header
res.set({
  Location: "https://www.google.com",
  foo: "bar",
  "Content-Length": 899,
});

Properties

• req.path get the path name of the request.
• req.route get the route name that is registed in.

Built In Middlwares

• app.bodyParse This middlware handle the JSON data coming from body and shape it into json form then add into req.body property

  -nitesh