Sample node-restify server

server.js

var assert = require('assert');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var nopt = require('nopt');
var restify = require('restify');

// Custom libraries
// var foo = require('./lib/foo');

///--- Globals

var HttpCodes = restify.HttpCodes;
var RestCodes = restify.RestCodes;
var log = restify.log;
var newError = restify.newError;

var config = null;
var port = 443;
var server = null;

var opts = {
  'debug': Number,
  'file': String,
  'port': Number,
  'help': Boolean
};

var shortOpts = {
  'd': ['--debug'],
  'f': ['--file'],
  'p': ['--port'],
  'h': ['--help']
};


///--- Helpers

function usage(code) {
  var msg = 'usage: ' + path.basename(process.argv[1]) +
    ' [-hd] [-p port] [-f config_file]';

  if (code === 0) {
    console.log(msg);
  } else {
    console.error(msg);
  }

  process.exit(code);
}


function addProxies(req, res, next) {
  req.config = config;
  req.log = log;
  req.newError = restify.newError;
  return next();
}



function processConfig() {
  var parsed = nopt(opts, shortOpts, process.argv, 2);
  if (parsed.help)
    usage(0);

  // Load the config file first, and treat cmd-line switches as
  // overrides
  try {
    var file = parsed.file || './config/config.json';

    config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'));

    if (config.logLevel)
      log.level(config.logLevel);

    if (config.port)
      port = config.port;

  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Unable to parse config file: ' + e.message);
    process.exit(1);
  }

  if (parsed.port)
    port = parsed.port;

  if (parsed.debug) {
    if (parsed.debug > 1) {
      log.level(log.Level.Trace);
    } else {
      log.level(log.Level.Debug);
    }
  }

}


///--- Mainline

processConfig();

server = restify.createServer({
  serverName: 'MyApplication',
  accept: ['application/json', 'text/plain'],
  cert: config.cert ? fs.readFileSync(config.cert, 'ascii') : null,
  key: config.key ? fs.readFileSync(config.key, 'ascii') : null,
  contentWriters: {
    'text/plain': function(obj) {
      if (!obj)
        return '';
      if (typeof(obj) === 'string')
        return obj;
      return JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2);
    }
  }
});


////--- Routes

var before = [
  addProxies
];

if (config.throttle)
  before.splice(0, 0, restify.createThrottle(config.throttle));

var after = [
  log.w3c
];


server.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
  res.send(200, {
    message: 'Hello!'
  });
  return next();
}, after);


///--- Run it!

server.listen(port, function() {
  log.info('My Application listening on http port %d', port);
});