Connect

Connect is an extensible HTTP server framework for node using "plugins" known as middleware.

var connect = require('connect')
var http = require('http')

var app = connect()

// gzip/deflate outgoing responses
var compression = require('compression')
app.use(compression())

// store session state in browser cookie
var cookieSession = require('cookie-session')
app.use(cookieSession({
    keys: ['secret1', 'secret2']
}))

// parse urlencoded request bodies into req.body
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded())

// respond to all requests
app.use(function(req, res){
  res.end('Hello from Connect!\n');
})

//create node.js http server and listen on port
http.createServer(app).listen(3000)

Connect 3.0

Connect 3.0 is in progress in the master branch. The main changes in Connect are:

• Middleware will be moved to their own repositories in the expressjs organization
• All node patches will be removed - all middleware should work without Connect and with similar frameworks like restify
• Node 0.8 is no longer supported
• The website documentation has been removed - view the markdown readmes instead

If you would like to help maintain these middleware, please contact a member of the expressjs team.

Middleware

These middleware and libraries are officially supported by the Connect/Express team:

• body-parser - previous bodyParser, json, and urlencoded. You may also be interested in:
  • body
  • co-body
  • raw-body
• compression - previously compress
• connect-timeout - previously timeout
• cookie-parser - previously cookieParser
• cookie-session - previously cookieSession
• csurf - previousy csrf
• errorhandler - previously error-handler
• express-session - previously session
• method-override - previously method-override
• morgan - previously logger
• response-time - previously response-time
• serve-favicon - previously favicon
• serve-index - previousy directory
• serve-static - previously static
• vhost - previously vhost

Most of these are exact ports of their Connect 2.x equivalents. The primary exception is cookie-session.

Some middleware previously included with Connect are no longer supported by the Connect/Express team, are replaced by an alternative module, or should be superseded by a better module. Use one of these alternatives instead:

• cookieParser
  • cookies and keygrip
• limit
  • raw-body
• multipart
  • connect-multiparty
  • connect-busboy
• query
  • qs
• staticCache
  • st
  • connect-static

Checkout http-framework for many other compatible middleware!

Running Tests

npm install
npm test

Contributors

https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/graphs/contributors

Node Compatibility

• Connect < 1.x - node 0.2
• Connect 1.x - node 0.4
• Connect < 2.8 - node 0.6
• Connect >= 2.8 < 3 - node 0.8
• Connect >= 3 - node 0.10

License

View the LICENSE file.