feat: Replace express with native http module

* refactor: replace express with native http module * fix: 404 when unhandled * chore: removed express dependency * chore: updated package-lock.json * docs: added documentation for BaseHttpServerFactory * chore: updated package-lock.json Co-authored-by: Arthur Joppart <arthur@digita.ai>
2024-10-03 14:55:10 +00:00 · 2021-02-11 10:15:40 +01:00 · 2021-02-11 10:15:40 +01:00 · ce1f4300ff
commit ce1f4300ff
parent 0ffd332828
9 changed files with 90 additions and 400 deletions
--- a/config/presets/http.json
+++ b/config/presets/http.json
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+      "dev": true
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+      "dev": true
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@ -7581,11 +7347,6 @@
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@ -7840,18 +7592,8 @@
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-        "http-errors": "1.7.2",
-        "iconv-lite": "0.4.24",
-        "unpipe": "1.0.0"
-      }
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+      "dev": true
    },
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@ -8597,7 +8339,8 @@
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+      "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==",
+      "dev": true
    },
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-        "destroy": "~1.0.4",
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
-        "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
-        "etag": "~1.8.1",
-        "fresh": "0.5.2",
-        "http-errors": "~1.7.2",
-        "mime": "1.6.0",
-        "ms": "2.1.1",
-        "on-finished": "~2.3.0",
-        "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
-        "statuses": "~1.5.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
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-          "integrity": "sha512-tgp+dl5cGk28utYktBsrFqA7HKgrhgPsg6Z/EfhWI4gl1Hwq8B/GmY/0oXZ6nF8hDVesS/FpnYaD/kOWhYQvyg=="
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "serve-static": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.14.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JMrvUwE54emCYWlTI+hGrGv5I8dEwmco/00EvkzIIsR7MqrHonbD9pO2MOfFnpFntl7ecpZs+3mW+XbQZu9QCg==",
-      "requires": {
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
-        "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
-        "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "send": "0.17.1"
-      }
-    },
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      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/set-blocking/-/set-blocking-2.0.0.tgz",
@ -8864,11 +8569,6 @@
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-    "setprototypeof": {
-      "version": "1.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/setprototypeof/-/setprototypeof-1.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JvdAWfbXeIGaZ9cILp38HntZSFSo3mWg6xGcJJsd+d4aRMOqauag1C63dJfDw7OaMYwEbHMOxEZ1lqVRYP2OAw=="
-    },
    "shebang-command": {
      "version": "2.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shebang-command/-/shebang-command-2.0.0.tgz",
@ -9352,11 +9052,6 @@
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      }
    },
-    "statuses": {
-      "version": "1.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/statuses/-/statuses-1.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-Fhx9rBd2Wf2YEfQ3cfqZOBR4Yow="
-    },
    "stealthy-require": {
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      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stealthy-require/-/stealthy-require-1.1.1.tgz",
@ -9830,11 +9525,6 @@
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      }
    },
-    "toidentifier": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yaOH/Pk/VEhBWWTlhI+qXxDFXlejDGcQipMlyxda9nthulaxLZUNcUqFxokp0vcYnvteJln5FNQDRrxj3YcbVw=="
-    },
    "touch": {
      "version": "3.1.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/touch/-/touch-3.1.0.tgz",
@ -9983,6 +9673,7 @@
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+      "dev": true,
      "requires": {
        "media-typer": "0.3.0",
        "mime-types": "~2.1.24"
@ -10070,11 +9761,6 @@
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      "dev": true
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-    "unpipe": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-sr9O6FFKrmFltIF4KdIbLvSZBOw="
-    },
    "unset-value": {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unset-value/-/unset-value-1.0.0.tgz",
@ -10183,11 +9869,6 @@
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha1-RQ1Nyfpw3nMnYvvS1KKJgUGaDM8="
    },
-    "utils-merge": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/-/utils-merge-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-n5VxD1CiZ5R7LMwSR0HBAoQn5xM="
-    },
    "uuid": {
      "version": "8.3.1",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.1.tgz",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
    "@types/async-lock": "^1.1.2",
    "@types/cors": "^2.8.9",
    "@types/end-of-stream": "^1.4.0",
-    "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
    "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.0",
    "@types/n3": "^1.4.4",
    "@types/node": "^14.10.2",
@ -97,7 +96,6 @@
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "end-of-stream": "^1.4.4",
    "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "fetch-sparql-endpoint": "^1.8.0",
    "handlebars": "^4.7.6",
    "mime-types": "^2.1.27",
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export * from './pods/PodManager';
 export * from './pods/PodManagerHttpHandler';

 // Server
-export * from './server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+export * from './server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 export * from './server/HttpHandler';
 export * from './server/HttpRequest';
 export * from './server/HttpResponse';
--- a/src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.ts
+++ b/src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.ts
@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import type { Server, IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
+import { createServer } from 'http';
+import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
+import { isNativeError } from '../util/errors/ErrorUtil';
+import { guardStream } from '../util/GuardedStream';
+import type { HttpHandler } from './HttpHandler';
+import type { HttpServerFactory } from './HttpServerFactory';
+
+/**
+ * HttpServerFactory based on the native Node.js http module
+ */
+export class BaseHttpServerFactory implements HttpServerFactory {
+  protected readonly logger = getLoggerFor(this);
+
+  /** The main HttpHandler */
+  private readonly handler: HttpHandler;
+
+  public constructor(handler: HttpHandler) {
+    this.handler = handler;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates and starts an HTTP server
+   * @param port - Port on which the server listens
+   */
+  public startServer(port: number): Server {
+    this.logger.info(`Starting server at http://localhost:${port}/`);
+
+    const server = createServer(
+      async(request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse): Promise<void> => {
+        try {
+          this.logger.info(`Received request for ${request.url}`);
+          await this.handler.handleSafe({ request: guardStream(request), response });
+        } catch (error: unknown) {
+          const errMsg = isNativeError(error) ? `${error.name}: ${error.message}\n${error.stack}` : 'Unknown error.';
+          this.logger.error(errMsg);
+          if (response.headersSent) {
+            response.end();
+          } else {
+            response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8');
+            response.writeHead(500).end(errMsg);
+          }
+        } finally {
+          if (!response.headersSent) {
+            response.writeHead(404).end();
+          }
+        }
+      },
+    );
+
+    return server.listen(port);
+  }
+}
--- a/src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.ts
+++ b/src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.ts
@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import type { Server } from 'http';
-import type { Express } from 'express';
-import express from 'express';
-import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
-import { isNativeError } from '../util/errors/ErrorUtil';
-import { guardStream } from '../util/GuardedStream';
-import type { HttpHandler } from './HttpHandler';
-import type { HttpServerFactory } from './HttpServerFactory';
-
-export class ExpressHttpServerFactory implements HttpServerFactory {
-  protected readonly logger = getLoggerFor(this);
-
-  private readonly handler: HttpHandler;
-
-  public constructor(handler: HttpHandler) {
-    this.handler = handler;
-  }
-
-  public startServer(port: number): Server {
-    this.logger.info(`Starting server at http://localhost:${port}/`);
-    return this.createApp().listen(port);
-  }
-
-  protected createApp(): Express {
-    return express().use(async(request, response, done): Promise<void> => {
-      try {
-        this.logger.info(`Received request for ${request.url}`);
-        await this.handler.handleSafe({ request: guardStream(request), response });
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
-        const errMsg = isNativeError(error) ? `${error.name}: ${error.message}\n${error.stack}` : 'Unknown error.';
-        this.logger.error(errMsg);
-        if (response.headersSent) {
-          response.end();
-        } else {
-          response.status(500).contentType('text/plain').send(errMsg);
-        }
-      } finally {
-        done();
-      }
-    });
-  }
-}
--- a/test/integration/Middleware.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/Middleware.test.ts
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Server } from 'http';
 import request from 'supertest';
-import type { ExpressHttpServerFactory } from '../../src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+import type { BaseHttpServerFactory } from '../../src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 import type { HttpHandlerInput } from '../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import { HttpHandler } from '../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import { StaticAsyncHandler } from '../util/StaticAsyncHandler';
@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ class SimpleHttpHandler extends HttpHandler {
  }
 }

-describe('An Express server with middleware', (): void => {
+describe('An http server with middleware', (): void => {
  let server: Server;

  beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
    const factory = await instantiateFromConfig(
-      'urn:solid-server:default:ExpressHttpServerFactory', 'server-middleware.json', {
+      'urn:solid-server:default:HttpServerFactory', 'server-middleware.json', {
        'urn:solid-server:default:PodManagerHandler': new StaticAsyncHandler(false, null),
        'urn:solid-server:default:LdpHandler': new SimpleHttpHandler(),
        'urn:solid-server:default:variable:port': port,
        'urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl': 'https://example.pod/',
      },
-    ) as ExpressHttpServerFactory;
+    ) as BaseHttpServerFactory;
    server = factory.startServer(port);
  });

--- a/test/unit/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.test.ts
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Server } from 'http';
 import request from 'supertest';
-import { ExpressHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+import { BaseHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 import type { HttpHandler } from '../../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import type { HttpResponse } from '../../../src/server/HttpResponse';

@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ const handler: jest.Mocked<HttpHandler> = {
  }),
 } as any;

-describe('ExpressHttpServerFactory', (): void => {
+describe('BaseHttpServerFactory', (): void => {
  let server: Server;

  beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const factory = new ExpressHttpServerFactory(handler);
+    const factory = new BaseHttpServerFactory(handler);
    server = factory.startServer(5555);
  });

--- a/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Server } from 'http';
 import request from 'supertest';
 import WebSocket from 'ws';
-import { ExpressHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+import { BaseHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 import type { HttpHandlerInput } from '../../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import { HttpHandler } from '../../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import type { HttpRequest } from '../../../src/server/HttpRequest';
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('SimpleWebSocketHandler', (): void => {
  beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
    const httpHandler = new SimpleHttpHandler();
    webSocketHandler = new SimpleWebSocketHandler();
-    const httpServerFactory = new ExpressHttpServerFactory(httpHandler);
+    const httpServerFactory = new BaseHttpServerFactory(httpHandler);
    const webSocketServerFactory = new WebSocketServerFactory(httpServerFactory, webSocketHandler);
    server = webSocketServerFactory.startServer(5556);
  });