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https://github.com/gajus/http-terminator
Gracefully terminates HTTP(S) server.
https://github.com/gajus/http-terminator
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Gracefully terminates HTTP(S) server.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/gajus/http-terminator
- Owner: gajus
- License: other
- Created: 2020-01-19T22:56:47.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-08-10T07:41:20.000Z (11 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-01-06T17:03:06.743Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: http
- Language: TypeScript
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- Size: 73.2 KB
- Stars: 306
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 24
- Open Issues: 12
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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Gracefully terminates HTTP(S) server.
* [http-terminator 🦾](#http-terminator)
* [Behaviour](#http-terminator-behaviour)
* [API](#http-terminator-api)
* [Usage](#http-terminator-usage)
* [Usage with Express](#http-terminator-usage-usage-with-express)
* [Usage with Fastify](#http-terminator-usage-usage-with-fastify)
* [Usage with Koa](#http-terminator-usage-usage-with-koa)
* [Usage with other HTTP frameworks](#http-terminator-usage-usage-with-other-http-frameworks)
* [Alternative libraries](#http-terminator-alternative-libraries)
* [FAQ](#http-terminator-faq)
* [What is the use case for http-terminator?](#http-terminator-faq-what-is-the-use-case-for-http-terminator)
When you call [`server.close()`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_server_close_callback), it stops the server from accepting new connections, but it keeps the existing connections open indefinitely. This can result in your server hanging indefinitely due to keep-alive connections or because of the ongoing requests that do not produce a response. Therefore, in order to close the server, you must track creation of all connections and terminate them yourself.
http-terminator implements the logic for tracking all connections and their termination upon a timeout. http-terminator also ensures graceful communication of the server intention to shutdown to any clients that are currently receiving response from this server.
```js
import {
createHttpTerminator,
} from 'http-terminator';
/**
* @property gracefulTerminationTimeout Number of milliseconds to allow for the active sockets to complete serving the response (default: 5000).
* @property server Instance of http.Server.
*/
type HttpTerminatorConfigurationInputType = {|
+gracefulTerminationTimeout?: number,
+server: Server,
|};
/**
* @property terminate Terminates HTTP server.
*/
type HttpTerminatorType = {|
+terminate: () => Promise,
|};
const httpTerminator: HttpTerminatorType = createHttpTerminator(
configuration: HttpTerminatorConfigurationInputType
);
```
Use `createHttpTerminator` to create an instance of http-terminator and instead of using `server.close()`, use `httpTerminator.terminate()`, e.g.
```js
import http from 'http';
import {
createHttpTerminator,
} from 'http-terminator';
const server = http.createServer();
const httpTerminator = createHttpTerminator({
server,
});
await httpTerminator.terminate();
```
Usage with [Express](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express) example:
```js
import express from 'express';
import {
createHttpTerminator,
} from 'http-terminator';
const app = express();
const server = app.listen();
const httpTerminator = createHttpTerminator({
server,
});
await httpTerminator.terminate();
```
Usage with [Fastify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fastify) example:
```js
import fastify from 'fastify';
import {
createHttpTerminator,
} from 'http-terminator';
const app = fastify();
void app.listen(0);
const httpTerminator = createHttpTerminator({
server: app.server,
});
await httpTerminator.terminate();
```
Usage with [Koa](https://www.npmjs.com/package/koa) example:
```js
import Koa from 'koa';
import {
createHttpTerminator,
} from 'http-terminator';
const app = new Koa();
const server = app.listen();
const httpTerminator = createHttpTerminator({
server,
});
await httpTerminator.terminate();
```
### Usage with other HTTP frameworks
As it should be clear from the usage examples for Node.js HTTP server, Express and Koa, http-terminator works by accessing an instance of a Node.js [`http.Server`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_server). To understand how to use http-terminator with your framework, identify how to access an instance of `http.Server` and use it to create a http-terminator instance.
There are several alternative libraries that implement comparable functionality, e.g.
* https://github.com/hunterloftis/stoppable
* https://github.com/thedillonb/http-shutdown
* https://github.com/tellnes/http-close
* https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/http-graceful-shutdown
The main benefit of http-terminator is that:
* it does not monkey-patch Node.js API
* it immediately destroys all sockets without an attached HTTP request
* it allows graceful timeout to sockets with ongoing HTTP requests
* it properly handles HTTPS connections
* it informs connections using keep-alive that server is shutting down by setting a `connection: close` header
* it does not terminate the Node.js process
### What is the use case for http-terminator?
To gracefully terminate a HTTP server.
We say that a service is gracefully terminated when service stops accepting new clients, but allows time to complete the existing requests.
There are several reasons to terminate services gracefully:
* Terminating a service gracefully ensures that the client experience is not affected (assuming the service is load-balanced).
* If your application is stateful, then when services are not terminated gracefully, you are risking data corruption.
* Forcing termination of the service with a timeout ensures timely termination of the service (otherwise the service can remain hanging indefinitely).