🚀 IOServer

A powerful, production-ready framework for building real-time applications with HTTP and WebSocket support.

IOServer combines the speed of Fastify with the real-time capabilities of Socket.IO, providing a unified architecture for modern web applications. Built with TypeScript and designed for scalability, it offers a clean separation of concerns through services, controllers, managers, and watchers.

✨ Features

• 🚄 High Performance - Built on Fastify for maximum HTTP throughput
• ⚡ Real-time Communication - Integrated Socket.IO for WebSocket connections
• 🏗️ Modular Architecture - Clean separation with Services, Controllers, Managers, and Watchers
• 🔒 Security First - Built-in CORS, error handling, and validation
• 📝 TypeScript Native - Full type safety and IntelliSense support
• 🧪 Fully Tested - Comprehensive test suite with 95%+ coverage
• 🔧 Configuration Driven - JSON-based routing and flexible configuration
• 📦 Production Ready - Memory leak detection, performance monitoring, and error handling

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

npm install ioserver
# or
yarn add ioserver

Basic Usage

import { IOServer, BaseService, BaseController } from 'ioserver';

// Create a service for real-time functionality
class ChatService extends BaseService {
  async sendMessage(socket: any, data: any, callback?: Function) {
    // Handle real-time messaging
    socket.broadcast.emit('new_message', data);
    if (callback) callback({ status: 'success' });
  }
}

// Create a controller for HTTP endpoints
class ApiController extends BaseController {
  async getStatus(request: any, reply: any) {
    reply.send({ status: 'OK', timestamp: Date.now() });
  }
}

// Initialize and configure server
const server = new IOServer({
  host: 'localhost',
  port: 3000,
  cors: {
    origin: ['http://localhost:3000'],
    methods: ['GET', 'POST'],
  },
});

// Register components
server.addService({ name: 'chat', service: ChatService });
server.addController({ name: 'api', controller: ApiController });

// Start server
await server.start();
console.log('🚀 Server running at http://localhost:3000');

🏗️ Architecture

IOServer provides four core component types for building scalable applications:

📡 Services - Real-time Logic

Handle WebSocket connections and real-time events.

class NotificationService extends BaseService {
  async notify(socket: any, data: any, callback?: Function) {
    // Real-time notification logic
    socket.emit('notification', { message: data.message });
    if (callback) callback({ delivered: true });
  }
}

🌐 Controllers - HTTP Endpoints

Handle HTTP requests with automatic route mapping from JSON configuration.

class UserController extends BaseController {
  async getUser(request: any, reply: any) {
    const userId = request.params.id;
    reply.send({ id: userId, name: 'John Doe' });
  }
}

🔧 Managers - Shared Logic

Provide shared functionality across services and controllers.

class DatabaseManager extends BaseManager {
  async query(sql: string, params: any[]) {
    // Database operations
    return await this.db.query(sql, params);
  }
}

👀 Watchers - Background Tasks

Handle background processes, monitoring, and scheduled tasks.

class HealthWatcher extends BaseWatcher {
  async watch() {
    setInterval(() => {
      // Monitor system health
      this.checkSystemHealth();
    }, 30000);
  }
}

📋 Configuration

Server Options

const server = new IOServer({
  host: 'localhost', // Server host
  port: 3000, // Server port
  verbose: 'INFO', // Log level
  routes: './routes', // Route definitions directory
  cors: {
    // CORS configuration
    origin: ['http://localhost:3000'],
    methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'],
    credentials: true,
  },
  mode: ['websocket', 'polling'], // Socket.IO transport modes
});

Route Configuration

Define HTTP routes in JSON files (e.g., routes/api.json):

[
  {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "/users/:id",
    "handler": "getUser"
  },
  {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "/users",
    "handler": "createUser"
  }
]

🧪 Testing

IOServer includes comprehensive testing utilities and examples:

# Run all tests
npm test

# Test categories
npm run test:unit        # Unit tests
npm run test:integration # Integration tests
npm run test:e2e        # End-to-end tests
npm run test:performance # Performance tests

# Coverage report
npm run test:coverage

📚 Examples

Real-time Chat Application

A complete chat application example is included in the examples/ directory, showcasing:

• User authentication and management
• Real-time messaging
• Room-based conversations
• Typing indicators
• Connection management
• API endpoints for statistics

cd examples/chat-app
npm install
npm start

Visit http://localhost:8080 to see the chat application in action.

🔧 API Reference

Core Classes

• IOServer - Main server class
• BaseService - Base class for WebSocket services
• BaseController - Base class for HTTP controllers
• BaseManager - Base class for shared logic managers
• BaseWatcher - Base class for background watchers

Key Methods

// Server management
server.addService(options: ServiceOptions)
server.addController(options: ControllerOptions)
server.addManager(options: ManagerOptions)
server.addWatcher(options: WatcherOptions)
server.start(): Promise<void>
server.stop(): Promise<void>

// Real-time messaging
server.sendTo(options: SendToOptions): boolean

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Fastify for high-performance HTTP
• Powered by Socket.IO for real-time communication
• Inspired by modern microservice architectures

📞 Support

• 📚 Documentation
• 🐛 Issue Tracker
• 💬 Discussions

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