KintoHub Express Example

Overview

Express is one of the widely used web frameworks in Node.js. It can be built easily for microservice on KintoHub!

Live Example

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Deployment

1. Apply this template to your Github
2. Create a Microservice Block on KintoHub
3. Connect your GithubApp to KintoHub and select the Repository you just generated on your account.
4. Set the name of your kinto block
5. Choose Node.js as the language and 11.7.0 as the version
6. Set the Build Command as npm install
7. Set the Start Command as npm start
8. Set the Port as 80

You're now good to go! Click Create Microservice. Now click Build Latest Commit

Once complete, Click Add to Project

Follow the instruction to create a new project. Once created, you should be able to access your API endpoints.

Installation & Local Run

Ensure you have node 10 or higher.

1. npm install
2. npm start

Usage

Optional Environment Variables

Default value = Hello, please refer to the .env-example file

GREETING=Hi

API Call

Local:

curl -X GET http://localhost/hello/world

On KintoHub:

curl -X GET http://<EnvironmentHostName>/<KintoBlockName>/hello/world

Please refer to Accessing API Endpoints for the setup instruction

Try this Live Example !

Response

{
  "message": "Hello world"
}

What's Next?

You can do a lot with KintoHub and your deployed application. Some helpful links for next steps that you may consider with this project.

• Creating multiple environments