Feathers is a real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS that gives you control over your data via RESTful resources, sockets and flexible plug-ins.
You can build your first real-time API in just 4 commands:
$ npm install -g yo generator-feathers
$ mkdir my-new-app
$ cd my-new-app/
$ yo feathers
$ npm startTo learn more about Feathers visit the website at feathersjs.com or jump right into the Feathers docs.
Here is all the code you need to create a RESTful, real-time todo API that uses an in memory data store:
// app.js
var feathers = require('feathers');
var rest = require('feathers-rest');
var socketio = require('feathers-socketio');
var memory = require('feathers-memory');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
// A Feathers app is the same as an Express app
var app = feathers();
// Add REST API support
app.configure(rest());
// Configure Socket.io real-time APIs
app.configure(socketio());
// Parse HTTP JSON bodies
app.use(bodyParser.json());
// Parse URL-encoded params
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
// Register our memory "todos" service
app.use('/todos', memory());
// Start the server
app.listen(3000);Then run
npm install feathers feathers-rest feathers-socketio feathers-memory body-parser
node app
and go to http://localhost:3000/todos. That's it! There's a lot more you can do with Feathers including; using a real database, authentication, authorization, clustering and more! Head on over to the Feathers docs to see just how easy it is to build scalable real-time apps.