ShellyJS

API server via HTTP, WebSockets, and TCP

var shelly = require('shellyjs');

shelly.start({}, function (err, data) {
});

For more documentation see shellyjs.com.

Installation

$ npm install shellyjs

or if you want the tip

$ npm install git+ssh://git@github.com:skool51/shellyjs.git

Quick Start

The quickest way to get started with Shelly is to run the example app that comes with it.

Install Shelly: (see above)

Start the example server:

$ node node_modules/shellyjs/example/app.js

Explore:

Login/Game examples - http://localhost:5102
Admin - http://localhost:5100 (default admin user: "shelly", password: "shelly")

Create an API

Follow Quick Start

Create an API:

$ cp -r node_modules/shellyjs/example/* .
$ node app.js

Modify the API:

vim apis/example/example.js

var sh = require(global.C.BASE_DIR + "/lib/shutil.js");

var example = exports;

example.desc = "example api";
example.functions = {
  echo: {desc: "one parameter api example", params: {param1: {dtype: "string"}}, security: []}
};

example.echo = function (req, res, cb) {
  res.add(sh.event("example.echo", req.body.param1));
  return cb(0);
};

APIs are defined by files placed in the "apis" directory and in a subdirectory with the same name "apis/example/example.js".
They are called via JSON post, WebSocket or TCP send:

{
  "session": "<acquired from reg.login call>",
  "cmd": "example.echo",
  "param1": "foo"
}

"res.add()" is then used to send back JSON.stringified data. All Shelly built in APIs use the utility functions "sh.event()" and "sh.error()" to wrap the returned data in the following envelope.

{
  "event": "example.echo",
  "ts": 1377384505451,
  "data": "foo"
}

If called via http the response is an array of JSON.stringified data, while the WebSocket and TCP send each data object via an onmessage event.

Test in admin:

http://localhost:5100/core.html?api=api.app

By default the API files are loaded once on first use. During development set MODULE_CACHE=false and the API files will be reloaded each call. The example/app.js has this set to false already.

Features

Drop in support for API functions
Functions run over HTTP, WebSockets, and TCP
Multi-server clustering
Ready built APIs (registration, users, storage...)
Web based API testing
User online/offline detection
Push events
Parameter validation
Role based per function API security
Async job queues (email, push notifications)
Object presistence, caching, and locking
Plugable data storage
Server side statistics
Logging

Built-in APIs

reg.js - login, anonymous registration
channel.js - sync and async messaging
game.js - turn based game control
match.js - matches users and creates games
challenge.js - allows users to send/accept challenges from other users
suggest.js - suggests users that may want to play a game
object.js - generic object CRUD
stats.js - access to internal server statistics
api.js - access to installed API definitions
cluster.js - cluster information and control
system.js - system information
user.js - user control
counter.js - user counter access and notification

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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