Connect is a middleware framework for Node.js. It processes or decorates HTTP requests and responses to provide features such as session handling, authentication, asset management or compression.
Questions tagged [node.js-connect]
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nodejs connect error: "has no method 'static'"
A newbie with NodeJs. I am trying to follow AngularJS pro and got stuck with setting up NodeJs server. According to book, I installed nodejs and then installed connect package using
npm install connect.
Then downloaded angularjs in folder next to…
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How can I easily get access to form data in Express js?
I have a POST request with very simple and small amount of form data. How can I most easily access it?
Many tutorials/posts etc talk about bodyParser, but this is no longer bundled with Express. Other places (blogs etc) recommend using urlencoded…
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Is it possible to set a base URL for NodeJS app?
I want to be able to host multiple NodeJS apps under the same domain, without using sub-domains (like google.com/reader instead of images.google.com). The problem is that I'm always typing the first part of the url e.g. "/reader" in…
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How to get rid of Connect 3.0 deprecation alert?
I'm a node.js developer who creates web apps using express.js.
By now, my problem is:
Whenever I create an app on my computer, npm install its stuff and run it (with node app.js and nodemon) I get this message in the console:
connect.multipart()…
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Node.js EMFILE error with increasing traffic
I have very recently received a lot of traffic to my site that runs Node.js. With the increasing traffic it has started to crash a lot, which has not happened before. I get the following error in my log:
{ [Error: connect EMFILE] code: 'EMFILE',…
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How to disable Express BodyParser for file uploads (Node.js)
I'm using Node.js + Express to build a web application, and I find the connect BodyParser that express exposes to be very useful in most cases. However, I would like to have more granular access to multipart form-data POSTS as they come - I need to…
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"Cannot GET /" with Connect on Node.js
I'm trying to start serving some static web pages using connect like this:
var connect = require("connect");
var nowjs = require("now");
var io = require("socket.io");
var app = connect.createServer(
connect.static(__dirname +…
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Node.js connect only works on localhost
I have written a small Node.js app, using connect, that serves up a web page, then sends it regular updates. It also accepts and logs user observations to a disk file.
It works fine as long as I am on localhost, but I can't get other computers on…
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What is the difference between 'session' and 'cookieSession' middleware in Connect/Express?
There are two session-related middleware packages bundled with Connect/Express.
What is the difference? How do I choose?
I'm assuming that session middleware is the same as cookieSession middleware - but with an extra store mechanism.
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How to force parse request body as plain text instead of json in Express?
I am using nodejs + Express (v3) like this:
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.route('/some/route', function(req, res) {
var text = req.body; // I expect text to be a string but it is a JSON
});
I checked the request headers and the content-type…
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What properties does Node.js express's Error object expose?
I would like to know what are the functions that the Error object of nodejs express exposes for use in error handling?
A console.log of an error call new Error('NotFound') is showing only [Error: NotFound].
Is this because the .toString() method is…
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node.js Error: connect ECONNREFUSED; response from server
I have a problem with this little program:
var http = require("http");
var request = http.request({
hostname: "localhost",
port: 8000,
path: "/",
method: "GET"
}, function(response) {
var statusCode = response.statusCode;
var…
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Node.js : How to do something on all HTTP requests in Express?
I would like to do something like:
app.On_All_Incoming_Request(function(req, res){
console.log('request received from a client.');
});
The current app.all() requires a path, and if I give for example this / then it only works when I'm on the…
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How do I output Connect/Express's logger output to Winston?
I'm making a Node.js app and I am using Winston for most of my logging purposes. I also aware of the Connect/Express logger function and know it has a stream option... Is it at all possible to output the stuff from Connect/Express's logger function…
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Connect or Express middleware to modify the response.body
I would like to have a middleware function which modifies the response body.
This is for an express server.
Something like:
function modify(req, res, next){
res.on('send', function(){
res.body = res.body + "modified"
});
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