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A library for creating a simple server with little effort.
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# simple-server-setup

A library for creating a simple server with little effort.

Bootstrap an `express` app in just a few lines. Useful for testing scripts that use a HTTP client e.g. [go-fetch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/go-fetch) or [browserbot](https://www.npmjs.com/package/browserbot).

## Installation

npm install --save-dev simple-server-setup

## Usage

A simple HTTP server:

```javascript

const server = require('simple-server-setup');

server.create(app => {

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.send('http - simple-server-setup');
});

})
.then(server => console.log(`Listening at ${server.url}`))
;

```

A simple HTTPS server:

```javascript

const server = require('simple-server-setup');

const options = {
secure: true,
key: __dirname + '/server.key',
cert: __dirname + '/server.cert'
};

server.create(options, app => {

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.send('https - simple-server-setup');
});

})
.then(server => console.log(`Listening at ${server.url}`))
;

```

A unit test to check the HTTP client has sent the Content-Type header:

```javascript

const assert = require('assert');
const client = require('go-fetch');
const server = require('simple-server-setup');

it('should set the Content-Type', function (done) {

server.create(app => {
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
try {
assert.equal(req.headers['content-type'], 'text/x-foo');
} catch (err) {
done(err);
}
res.send('test - simple-server-setup');
});
})
.then(server => {
client().get(server.url, {'Content-Type': 'text/x-foo'}, (err, res) => {
if (err) throw err;
res.getBody().on('data', () => {/* do nothing */
});
res.getBody().on('end', () => server.close(done));
});

})
.catch(err => console.log(err))
;

});

```

## API

### Methods

#### .create([options], callback) : Promise

Create a new server with the specified options.

Options:

@param {Object} [options] The server options
@param {Boolean} [options.host] The server host - localhost
@param {Boolean} [options.port] The server port - 3000
@param {Boolean} [options.keepAlive] Whether the server should keep connections alive (turning this on will take longer for the server to shutdown between tests - false
@param {Boolean} [options.secure] Whether the server should serve requests on HTTPS - false
@param {Boolean} [options.key] The path to the server key - server.key
@param {Boolean} [options.cert] The path to the server certificate - server.cert
@param {Function} callback A function to configure the express instance

### Events

## Miscellaneous

### Generating a self-signed key and certificate for a HTTPS server

openssl req -nodes -new -x509 -keyout server.key -out server.cert

## Change log

### 0.2.0

- break: return a promise instead of an event emitter

## License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 James Newell