A minimalist real-time framework for tomorrow's apps.
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 startTo 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 message 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'); var handler = require('feathers-errors/handler'); // 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 "messages" service app.use('/messages', memory()); // Register a nicer error handler than the default Express one app.use(handler()); // Start the server app.listen(3000);
Then run
npm install feathers feathers-rest feathers-socketio feathers-errors feathers-memory body-parser
node app
and go to http://localhost:3000/messages. 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.
Documentation
The Feathers docs are loaded with awesome stuff and tell you every thing you need to know about using and configuring Feathers.
Examples
Each plugin has it's own minimal example in the repo. To see some more complex examples go to feathersjs/feathers-demos.