1[![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/senchalabs/connect.png)](http://travis-ci.org/senchalabs/connect)
  2# Connect
  3
  4  Connect is an extensible HTTP server framework for [node](http://nodejs.org), providing high performance "plugins" known as _middleware_.
  5
  6 Connect is bundled with over _20_ commonly used middleware, including
  7 a logger, session support, cookie parser, and [more](http://senchalabs.github.com/connect). Be sure to view the 2.x [documentation](http://senchalabs.github.com/connect/).
  8
  9```js
 10var connect = require('connect')
 11  , http = require('http');
 12
 13var app = connect()
 14  .use(connect.favicon())
 15  .use(connect.logger('dev'))
 16  .use(connect.static('public'))
 17  .use(connect.directory('public'))
 18  .use(connect.cookieParser())
 19  .use(connect.session({ secret: 'my secret here' }))
 20  .use(function(req, res){
 21    res.end('Hello from Connect!\n');
 22  });
 23
 24http.createServer(app).listen(3000);
 25```
 26
 27## Middleware
 28
 29  - [csrf](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/csrf.html)
 30  - [basicAuth](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/basicAuth.html)
 31  - [bodyParser](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/bodyParser.html)
 32  - [json](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/json.html)
 33  - [multipart](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/multipart.html)
 34  - [urlencoded](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/urlencoded.html)
 35  - [cookieParser](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/cookieParser.html)
 36  - [directory](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/directory.html)
 37  - [compress](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/compress.html)
 38  - [errorHandler](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/errorHandler.html)
 39  - [favicon](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/favicon.html)
 40  - [limit](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/limit.html)
 41  - [logger](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/logger.html)
 42  - [methodOverride](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/methodOverride.html)
 43  - [query](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/query.html)
 44  - [responseTime](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/responseTime.html)
 45  - [session](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/session.html)
 46  - [static](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/static.html)
 47  - [staticCache](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/staticCache.html)
 48  - [vhost](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/vhost.html)
 49  - [subdomains](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/subdomains.html)
 50  - [cookieSession](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/cookieSession.html)
 51
 52## Running Tests
 53
 54first:
 55
 56    $ npm install -d
 57
 58then:
 59
 60    $ make test
 61
 62## Authors
 63
 64 Below is the output from [git-summary](http://github.com/visionmedia/git-extras).
 65
 66
 67     project: connect
 68     commits: 2033
 69     active : 301 days
 70     files  : 171
 71     authors: 
 72      1414	Tj Holowaychuk          69.6%
 73       298	visionmedia             14.7%
 74       191	Tim Caswell             9.4%
 75        51	TJ Holowaychuk          2.5%
 76        10	Ryan Olds               0.5%
 77         8	Astro                   0.4%
 78         5	Nathan Rajlich          0.2%
 79         5	Jakub Nešetřil          0.2%
 80         3	Daniel Dickison         0.1%
 81         3	David Rio Deiros        0.1%
 82         3	Alexander Simmerl       0.1%
 83         3	Andreas Lind Petersen   0.1%
 84         2	Aaron Heckmann          0.1%
 85         2	Jacques Crocker         0.1%
 86         2	Fabian Jakobs           0.1%
 87         2	Brian J Brennan         0.1%
 88         2	Adam Malcontenti-Wilson 0.1%
 89         2	Glen Mailer             0.1%
 90         2	James Campos            0.1%
 91         1	Trent Mick              0.0%
 92         1	Troy Kruthoff           0.0%
 93         1	Wei Zhu                 0.0%
 94         1	comerc                  0.0%
 95         1	darobin                 0.0%
 96         1	nateps                  0.0%
 97         1	Marco Sanson            0.0%
 98         1	Arthur Taylor           0.0%
 99         1	Aseem Kishore           0.0%
100         1	Bart Teeuwisse          0.0%
101         1	Cameron Howey           0.0%
102         1	Chad Weider             0.0%
103         1	Craig Barnes            0.0%
104         1	Eran Hammer-Lahav       0.0%
105         1	Gregory McWhirter       0.0%
106         1	Guillermo Rauch         0.0%
107         1	Jae Kwon                0.0%
108         1	Jakub Nesetril          0.0%
109         1	Joshua Peek             0.0%
110         1	Jxck                    0.0%
111         1	AJ ONeal                0.0%
112         1	Michael Hemesath        0.0%
113         1	Morten Siebuhr          0.0%
114         1	Samori Gorse            0.0%
115         1	Tom Jensen              0.0%
116
117## Node Compatibility
118
119  Connect `< 1.x` is compatible with node 0.2.x
120
121
122  Connect `1.x` is compatible with node 0.4.x
123
124
125  Connect (_master_) `2.x` is compatible with node 0.6.x
126
127## CLA
128
129 [http://sencha.com/cla](http://sencha.com/cla)
130
131## License
132
133View the [LICENSE](https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/blob/master/LICENSE) file. The [Silk](http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/) icons used by the `directory` middleware created by/copyright of [FAMFAMFAM](http://www.famfamfam.com/).