zeit/micro
Micro
Micro is a minimalist Node.js web framework designed for creating lightweight, asynchronous HTTP services and JSON APIs. It serves as a low-footprint library for deploying asynchronous handlers focused on high request volumes and minimal overhead.
The framework utilizes a functional request and response model, routing traffic to a single exported asynchronous function as the primary entry point. It specializes in processing incoming JSON requests and returning formatted responses with automated error handling.
Core capabilities include request body parsing for JSON, plain text, and binary buffers, as well as automatic JSON response serialization. The system also provides mechanisms for intercepting exceptions and mapping them to standardized HTTP status codes.
Features
- Microservices Frameworks - Serves as a lightweight framework for building and scaling asynchronous microservices.
- Asynchronous HTTP Servers - Provides a high-performance asynchronous server for processing HTTP requests without blocking the execution thread.
- Microservice Frameworks - Designed as a framework for building minimal, asynchronous microservices with a small operational footprint.
- Asynchronous Request Handlers - Processes incoming HTTP traffic using asynchronous functions to allow high concurrency without blocking the event loop.
- Node.js Server Frameworks - Provides a minimal architectural framework for building asynchronous web services using the Node.js runtime.
- HTTP Server Implementations - Implements the core logic for handling HTTP request-response cycles to create JSON and binary APIs.
- JSON API Frameworks - Provides a specialized framework for processing JSON requests and returning formatted JSON responses.
- Error Handling Middleware - Provides middleware that intercepts thrown exceptions and maps them to standardized HTTP responses.
- HTTP Error Handling - Implements mechanisms to catch exceptions and automatically return appropriate HTTP status codes.
- Request Body Parsing - Includes utilities to parse incoming request bodies as JSON, plain text, or binary buffers.
- JSON Response Formatters - Automatically converts JavaScript objects into JSON strings and sets the corresponding content-type headers.
- Serverless Functions - Enables the development of minimal functional request handlers suitable for deployment as independent serverless functions.
- Minimalist Server Libraries - Provides a low-footprint library for deploying asynchronous HTTP handlers with built-in parsing.
- Functional Route Handlers - Routes all incoming traffic to a single exported asynchronous function as the primary entry point.
- HTTP Response Handlers - Provides capabilities for constructing and transmitting HTTP responses with automatic content-type header management.
- Web Frameworks - Minimalist framework for asynchronous microservices.
