Oooh, I like the middleware option, good call! -warner
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:51 AM, Zlatko <[email protected]> wrote: > Like Warner has said, take a database. Something like redis, in this case. > Or even a free hosted offering, if it is not mission critical. Or get a > firebase client. In any case, some external persistent way of storing and > retreiving this. > > As an aside, it would probably be better to make checking and manipulating > this a middleware. Extract your actual "business logic" to a separate file, > and put your MY_TOGGLE check in a middleware. It enables you to easier > test, or e.g. later change the mechanism, or where you store the toggle or > similar. > > Something like this: > > const app = express(); > const { getToggleState, flipToggleState } from './toggle-manager'; > app.use('/requests', async function (req, res, next) { > const isToggleOn = await getToggleState(); > if (isToggleOn) { > next(); > } else { > res.status(403).end('Forbidden'); > } > }); > > app.use('/requests', yourRegularHandler); > > app.post('/stop', (req, res) => { > flipToggleState(); > res.end('Ok'); > }); > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file- > moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List- > Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/nodejs/fc55e8b8-6992-430e-99f6-eb9f5e8b6f12%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/fc55e8b8-6992-430e-99f6-eb9f5e8b6f12%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAJNTuMBoBApQOR0XsKK5DbP-JTus9uFMiLC-6Dnexzwn4avEGg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
