express-catchall-jumpoff.js

process.stdout.write('\u001B[2J\u001B[0;0f'); // clear the screen
const signale = require('signale');
signale.time('upstart');
const upstart = new Date();
signale.pending('Catchall API starting...');
signale.info('Setting local timezone to "America/Toronto"');
process.env.TZ = 'America/Toronto';

const { parse } = require('querystring');
const express = require('express');
var request = require('request');
var url = require('url');
const app = express();

const localIP = "10.25.25.114";
const nginx = "consumer.example.ca"; // The domain name, if any, of the route nginx listens to. [false if none]
const port = 34211;

function displayInfo(req, body) {
	var ip = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress;
	let current_datetime = new Date();
	let formatted_date = current_datetime.getFullYear() + "-" + (current_datetime.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + current_datetime.getDate() + " " + current_datetime.getHours() + ":" + current_datetime.getMinutes() + ":" + current_datetime.getSeconds() 

	body = JSON.stringify(body, null, 4);
    signale.success(`${req.method} from ${ip} to ${req.originalUrl}`);
    signale.info(`time: ${current_datetime}`);
	if( body != "{}" ) signale.log(`body: ${body}`);
};

app.all('*', (req, res) => {
    let body = '';
    req.on('data', chunk => {
        body += chunk.toString();
    });
    req.on('end', () => {
		displayInfo(req, parse(body));
		res.sendStatus(200);
    });
});

var server = app.listen(port, localIP,() => {
	var port = server.address().port;
	signale.watch("App listening at http://%s:%s", server.address().address, port);
	if(nginx) signale.watch("App secured at https://%s", nginx);
  	signale.timeEnd('upstart');
});

I often find myself needing a quick and dirty express api, .. maybe someone else might find this handy.//

/koad

You know, I've never used entire document directly but I constantly come back to it to reference. At this point it's just force of habit...