Expressjs Snippets

A collection of snippets for Express.js for VSCode. To initiate, you can either use shorthand methods or type an express method and rest will be autocomplete.

• Supports es6 syntax
• Applicable upto Expressjs 4.x.x version

Install

Press F1 and select Extensions: Install Extensions. Search for and select expressjs.

Snippets

Express API

• app.all
• app.delete
• app.disable
• app.disabled
• app.enable
• app.enabled
• app.get
• app.post
• app.put
• app.listen template
• app.patch
• listen app.listen(${1:port});
• app.route
• app.set
• app.use
• res.json
• res.jsonp
• res.redirect
• res.render
• res.send
• res.status
• rss res.status().send();
• router express.Router()
• router.get
• router.apost
• router.put
• router.all
• router.delete

Initializing app variable

• app const app = express ;

Requiring Express

• express const express = require('express');

Requiring Express-Session

• session const session = require('express-session');

Commonly used Middleware

• bodyParser.json app.use(bodyParser.json );
• bodyParser.url app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true})); - methodoverride app.use(methodOverride('method'));
• staticfile app.use(express.static('public'));
• compress app.use(compression({level:zlib.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION}));
• helmet app.use(helmet );
• logger app.use(logger );

Contribute

Pull requests for more snippets or any other issue(s) are welcome.

License

This software is released under the terms of the MIT license.