simple-updatable-website

Simple updatable website for Node.js with both client and server.

Allows a client to remotely update the static files served without restarting the server using a secret value established.

Usage

// Server 
var website = require('simple-updatable-website')
var http = require('http')
var express = require('express')
var path = require('path')
var fs = require('fs')

var app = express()
website.route(app, {
    public: 'path to public folder',
    secret: 'secret'
})

var httpServer = http.createServer(app)
httpServer.listen()

// Client
website.upload([
    'path to file 1',
    'path to file 2'
]), 'hostname', 'secret', function () {
    console.log('done')
})

website.route(app, [opts])

Add the (opts.secret)/upload route to app for uploading files.

app is an express app

opts are options with the following default values:

  {
    public: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
    secret: 'uSCmsUmzC2sJx1jWqZ8yy6zQ1vA8NXNKAJqPWcqw' 
  }

opts.secret should be changed to another alphanumeric value for security.

website.upload(files, hostname, secret, [protocol], cb)

Upload files on the server.

files is an array of file paths

hostname is the hostname of the server or 'ip-address:port'

secret is the secret used by the server

protocol is optional, defaults to 'http://'

cb(err) is called when the upload is complete