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.
Getting started
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 start
To learn more about Feathers visit the website at feathersjs.com or jump right into the Feathers docs.
See it in action
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@^2.0.0-pre.4 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.