2nd March 2015 11:03 pm
Extending Our Node.js and Redis Chat Server
In this tutorial, we’re going to extend the chat system we built in the first tutorial to include the following functionality:
- Persisting the data
- Prompting users to sign in and storing their details in a Redis-backed session
In the process, we’ll pick up a bit more about using Redis.
Persistence
Our first task is to make our messages persist when the session ends. Now, in order to do this, we’re going to use a list. A list in Redis can be thought of as equivalent to an array or list in most programming languages, and can be retrieved by passing the key in a similar fashion to how you would retrieve a string.
As usual, we will write our test first. Open up test/test.js and replace the test for sending a message with this:
// Test sending a message describe('Test sending a message', function () { it("should return 'Message received'", function (done) { // Connect to server var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:5000', { 'reconnection delay' : 0, 'reopen delay' : 0, 'force new connection' : true }); // Handle the message being received socket.on('message', function (data) { expect(data).to.include('Message received'); client.lrange('chat:messages', 0, -1, function (err, messages) { // Check message has been persisted var message_list = []; messages.forEach(function (message, i) { message_list.push(message); }); expect(message_list[0]).to.include('Message received'); // Finish up socket.disconnect(); done(); }); }); // Send the message socket.emit('send', { message: 'Message received' }); }); });
The main difference here is that we use our Redis client to get the list chat:messages, and check to see if our message appears in it. Now, let’s run our test to ensure it fails:
$ npm test > babblr@1.0.0 test /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr > grunt test --verbose Initializing Command-line options: --verbose Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK Registering Gruntfile tasks. Initializing config...OK Registering "grunt-contrib-jshint" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Loading "jshint.js" tasks...OK + jshint Registering "grunt-coveralls" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Loading "coverallsTask.js" tasks...OK + coveralls Registering "grunt-mocha-istanbul" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Loading "index.js" tasks...OK + istanbul_check_coverage, mocha_istanbul Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK + test Running tasks: test Running "test" task Running "jshint" task Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task Verifying property jshint.all exists in config...OK Files: test/test.js, index.js -> all Options: force=false, reporterOutput=null OK >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task Verifying property mocha_istanbul.coverage exists in config...OK Files: test Options: require=[], ui=false, globals=[], reporter=false, timeout=false, coverage=false, slow=false, grep=false, dryRun=false, quiet=false, recursive=false, mask="*.js", root=false, print=false, noColors=false, harmony=false, coverageFolder="coverage", reportFormats=["cobertura","html","lcovonly"], check={"statements":false,"lines":false,"functions":false,"branches":false}, excludes=false, mochaOptions=false, istanbulOptions=false >> Will execute: node /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover --dir=/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage --report=cobertura --report=html --report=lcovonly /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- test/*.js Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (484ms) Test sending a message 1) should return 'Message received' Stopping the server 1 passing (552ms) 1 failing 1) server Test sending a message should return 'Message received': Uncaught AssertionError: expected undefined to include 'Message received' at /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/test/test.js:62:48 at try_callback (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/redis/index.js:592:9) at RedisClient.return_reply (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/redis/index.js:685:13) at HiredisReplyParser.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/redis/index.js:321:14) at HiredisReplyParser.emit (events.js:95:17) at HiredisReplyParser.execute (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/redis/lib/parser/hiredis.js:43:18) at RedisClient.on_data (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/redis/index.js:547:27) at Socket.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/redis/index.js:102:14) at Socket.emit (events.js:95:17) at Socket.<anonymous> (_stream_readable.js:765:14) at Socket.emit (events.js:92:17) at emitReadable_ (_stream_readable.js:427:10) at emitReadable (_stream_readable.js:423:5) at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:166:9) at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:128:10) at TCP.onread (net.js:529:21) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 96.97% ( 32/33 ), 5 ignored Branches : 100% ( 6/6 ), 1 ignored Functions : 80% ( 4/5 ) Lines : 96.97% ( 32/33 ) ================================================================================ >> Warning: Task "mocha_istanbul:coverage" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings. npm ERR! Test failed. See above for more details. npm ERR! not ok code 0
Our test fails, so now we can start work on implementing the functionality we need. First of all, when a new message is sent, we need to push it to the list. Amend the new message handler in index.js to look like this:
// Handle new messages io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) { // Subscribe to the Redis channel subscribe.subscribe('ChatChannel'); // Handle incoming messages socket.on('send', function (data) { // Publish it client.publish('ChatChannel', data.message); // Persist it to a Redis list client.rpush('chat:messages', 'Anonymous Coward : ' + data.message); }); // Handle receiving messages var callback = function (channel, data) { socket.emit('message', data); }; subscribe.on('message', callback); // Handle disconnect socket.on('disconnect', function () { subscribe.removeListener('message', callback); }); });
The only significant change is the Persist it to a Redis list section. Here we call the RPUSH command to push the current message to chat:messages. RPUSH pushes a message to the end of the list. There’s a similar command, LPUSH, which pushes an item to the beginning of the list, as well as LPOP and RPOP, which remove and return an item from the beginning and end of the list respectively.
Next we need to handle displaying the list when the main route loads. Replace the index route in index.js with this:
// Define index route app.get('/', function (req, res) { // Get messages client.lrange('chat:messages', 0, -1, function (err, messages) { /* istanbul ignore if */ if (err) { console.log(err); } else { // Get messages var message_list = []; messages.forEach(function (message, i) { /* istanbul ignore next */ message_list.push(message); }); // Render page res.render('index', { messages: message_list}); } }); });
Here we use the client to return all messages in the list by using the LRANGE command and defining the slice as being from the start to the end of the list. We then loop through the messages and push each to a list, before passing that list to the view.
Speaking of which, we also need to update views/index.hbs:
{{> header }} <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <div class="conversation"> {{#each messages}} <p>{{this}}</p> {{/each}} </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <form> <div class="form-group"> <label for="message">Message</label> <textarea class="form-control" id="message" rows="20"></textarea> <a id="submitbutton" class="btn btn-primary form-control">Submit</a> <div> </form> </div> </div> </div> {{> footer }}
This just loops through the messages and prints each one in turn. Now let’s run our tests and make sure they pass:
$ npm test > babblr@1.0.0 test /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr > grunt test --verbose Initializing Command-line options: --verbose Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK Registering Gruntfile tasks. Initializing config...OK Registering "grunt-contrib-jshint" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Loading "jshint.js" tasks...OK + jshint Registering "grunt-coveralls" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Loading "coverallsTask.js" tasks...OK + coveralls Registering "grunt-mocha-istanbul" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Loading "index.js" tasks...OK + istanbul_check_coverage, mocha_istanbul Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK + test Running tasks: test Running "test" task Running "jshint" task Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task Verifying property jshint.all exists in config...OK Files: test/test.js, index.js -> all Options: force=false, reporterOutput=null OK >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task Verifying property mocha_istanbul.coverage exists in config...OK Files: test Options: require=[], ui=false, globals=[], reporter=false, timeout=false, coverage=false, slow=false, grep=false, dryRun=false, quiet=false, recursive=false, mask="*.js", root=false, print=false, noColors=false, harmony=false, coverageFolder="coverage", reportFormats=["cobertura","html","lcovonly"], check={"statements":false,"lines":false,"functions":false,"branches":false}, excludes=false, mochaOptions=false, istanbulOptions=false >> Will execute: node /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover --dir=/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage --report=cobertura --report=html --report=lcovonly /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- test/*.js Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (1262ms) Test sending a message ✓ should return 'Message received' (48ms) Stopping the server 2 passing (2s) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 100% ( 40/40 ), 7 ignored Branches : 100% ( 8/8 ), 2 ignored Functions : 85.71% ( 6/7 ) Lines : 100% ( 40/40 ) ================================================================================ >> Done. Check coverage folder. Running "coveralls" task Running "coveralls:app" (coveralls) task Verifying property coveralls.app exists in config...OK Files: coverage/lcov.info Options: src="coverage/lcov.info", force=false Submitting file to coveralls.io: coverage/lcov.info >> Failed to submit 'coverage/lcov.info' to coveralls: Bad response: 422 {"message":"Couldn't find a repository matching this job.","error":true} >> Failed to submit coverage results to coveralls Warning: Task "coveralls:app" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings. npm ERR! Test failed. See above for more details. npm ERR! not ok code 0
As before, don’t worry about Coveralls not working - it’s only an issue when it runs on Travis CI. If everything else is fine, our chat server should now persist our changes.
Sessions and user login
At present, it’s hard to carry on a conversation with someone using this site because you can’t see who is responding to you. We need to implement a mechanism to obtain a username for each user, store it in a session, and then use it to identify all of a user’s messages. In this case, we’re going to just prompt the user to enter a username of their choice, but if you wish, you can use something like Passport.js to allow authentication using third-party services - I’ll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Now, Express doesn’t include any support for sessions out of the box, so we have to install some additional libraries:
$ npm install connect-redis express-session body-parser --saveThe express-session library is middleware for Express that allows for storing and retrieving session variables, while connect-redis allows it to use Redis to store this data. We used body-parser for the URL shortener to process POST data, so we will use it again here. Now, we need to set it up. Replace the part of index.js before we set up the templating with this:
/*jslint node: true */ 'use strict'; // Declare variables used var app, base_url, client, express, hbs, io, port, RedisStore, rtg, session, subscribe; // Define values express = require('express'); app = express(); port = process.env.PORT || 5000; base_url = process.env.BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:5000'; hbs = require('hbs'); session = require('express-session'); RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(session); // Set up connection to Redis /* istanbul ignore if */ if (process.env.REDISTOGO_URL) { rtg = require('url').parse(process.env.REDISTOGO_URL); client = require('redis').createClient(rtg.port, rtg.hostname); subscribe = require('redis').createClient(rtg.port, rtg.hostname); client.auth(rtg.auth.split(':')[1]); subscribe.auth(rtg.auth.split(':')[1]); } else { client = require('redis').createClient(); subscribe = require('redis').createClient(); } // Set up session app.use(session({ store: new RedisStore({ client: client }), secret: 'blibble' }));
This just sets up the session and configures it to use Redis as the back end. Don’t forget to change the value of secret.
Now, let’s plan out how our username system is going to work. If a user visits the site and there is no session set, then they should be redirected to a new route, /login. Here they will be prompted to enter a username. Once a satisfactory username (eg one or more characters) has been submitted via the form, it should be stored in the session and the user redirected to the index. There should also be a /logout route to destroy the session and redirect the user back to the login form.
First, let’s implement a test for fetching the login form in test/test.js:
// Test submitting to the login route describe('Test submitting to the login route', function () { it('should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index', function (done) { request.post({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/login', form:{username: 'bobsmith'}, followRedirect: false}, function (error, response, body) { expect(response.headers.location).to.equal('/'); expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(302); done(); }); }); });
This test sends a POST request containing the field username with the value bobsmith. We expect to be redirected to the index route.
Let’s run the test to make sure it fails:
$ npm test > babblr@1.0.0 test /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr > grunt test --verbose Initializing Command-line options: --verbose Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK Registering Gruntfile tasks. Initializing config...OK Registering "grunt-contrib-jshint" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Loading "jshint.js" tasks...OK + jshint Registering "grunt-coveralls" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Loading "coverallsTask.js" tasks...OK + coveralls Registering "grunt-mocha-istanbul" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Loading "index.js" tasks...OK + istanbul_check_coverage, mocha_istanbul Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK + test Running tasks: test Running "test" task Running "jshint" task Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task Verifying property jshint.all exists in config...OK Files: test/test.js, index.js -> all Options: force=false, reporterOutput=null OK >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task Verifying property mocha_istanbul.coverage exists in config...OK Files: test Options: require=[], ui=false, globals=[], reporter=false, timeout=false, coverage=false, slow=false, grep=false, dryRun=false, quiet=false, recursive=false, mask="*.js", root=false, print=false, noColors=false, harmony=false, coverageFolder="coverage", reportFormats=["cobertura","html","lcovonly"], check={"statements":false,"lines":false,"functions":false,"branches":false}, excludes=false, mochaOptions=false, istanbulOptions=false >> Will execute: node /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover --dir=/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage --report=cobertura --report=html --report=lcovonly /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- test/*.js express-session deprecated undefined resave option; provide resave option index.js:9:1585 express-session deprecated undefined saveUninitialized option; provide saveUninitialized option index.js:9:1585 Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (45ms) Test the login route ✓ should return a page with the text Please enter a handle Test submitting to the login route 1) should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index Test sending a message ✓ should return 'Message received' (42ms) Stopping the server 3 passing (122ms) 1 failing 1) server Test submitting to the login route should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index: Uncaught AssertionError: expected undefined to equal '/' at Request._callback (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/test/test.js:61:58) at Request.self.callback (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:373:22) at Request.emit (events.js:98:17) at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:1318:14) at Request.emit (events.js:117:20) at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:1266:12) at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:117:20) at _stream_readable.js:944:16 at process._tickCallback (node.js:442:13) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 100% ( 45/45 ), 7 ignored Branches : 100% ( 8/8 ), 2 ignored Functions : 87.5% ( 7/8 ) Lines : 100% ( 45/45 ) ================================================================================ >> Warning: Task "mocha_istanbul:coverage" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings. npm ERR! Test failed. See above for more details. npm ERR! not ok code 0
Now, all we need to do to make this test pass is create a view containing the form and define a route to display it. First, we’ll define our new route in index.js:
// Define login route app.get('/login', function (req, res) { // Render view res.render('login'); });
Next, we’ll create our new template at views/login.hbs:
{{> header }} <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <form action="/login" method="POST"> <div class="form-group"> <label for="Username">Please enter a handle</label> <input type="text" class="form-control" size="20" required id="username" name="username"></input> <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary form-control"></input> <div> </form> </div> </div> </div> {{> footer }}
Let’s run our tests and make sure they pass:
$ npm test > babblr@1.0.0 test /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr > grunt test --verbose Initializing Command-line options: --verbose Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK Registering Gruntfile tasks. Initializing config...OK Registering "grunt-contrib-jshint" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Loading "jshint.js" tasks...OK + jshint Registering "grunt-coveralls" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Loading "coverallsTask.js" tasks...OK + coveralls Registering "grunt-mocha-istanbul" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Loading "index.js" tasks...OK + istanbul_check_coverage, mocha_istanbul Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK + test Running tasks: test Running "test" task Running "jshint" task Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task Verifying property jshint.all exists in config...OK Files: test/test.js, index.js -> all Options: force=false, reporterOutput=null OK >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task Verifying property mocha_istanbul.coverage exists in config...OK Files: test Options: require=[], ui=false, globals=[], reporter=false, timeout=false, coverage=false, slow=false, grep=false, dryRun=false, quiet=false, recursive=false, mask="*.js", root=false, print=false, noColors=false, harmony=false, coverageFolder="coverage", reportFormats=["cobertura","html","lcovonly"], check={"statements":false,"lines":false,"functions":false,"branches":false}, excludes=false, mochaOptions=false, istanbulOptions=false >> Will execute: node /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover --dir=/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage --report=cobertura --report=html --report=lcovonly /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- test/*.js express-session deprecated undefined resave option; provide resave option index.js:9:1585 express-session deprecated undefined saveUninitialized option; provide saveUninitialized option index.js:9:1585 Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (64ms) Test the login route ✓ should return a page with the text Please enter a handle Test sending a message ✓ should return 'Message received' (78ms) Stopping the server 3 passing (179ms) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 100% ( 45/45 ), 7 ignored Branches : 100% ( 8/8 ), 2 ignored Functions : 87.5% ( 7/8 ) Lines : 100% ( 45/45 ) ================================================================================ >> Done. Check coverage folder. Running "coveralls" task Running "coveralls:app" (coveralls) task Verifying property coveralls.app exists in config...OK Files: coverage/lcov.info Options: src="coverage/lcov.info", force=false Submitting file to coveralls.io: coverage/lcov.info >> Failed to submit 'coverage/lcov.info' to coveralls: Bad response: 422 {"message":"Couldn't find a repository matching this job.","error":true} >> Failed to submit coverage results to coveralls Warning: Task "coveralls:app" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings. npm ERR! Test failed. See above for more details. npm ERR! not ok code 0
Next, we need to process the submitted form, set the session, and redirect the user back to the index. First, let’s add another test:
// Test submitting to the login route describe('Test submitting to the login route', function () { it('should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index', function (done) { request.post({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/login', form:{username: 'bobsmith'}, followRedirect: false}, function (error, response, body) { expect(response.headers.location).to.equal('http://localhost:5000'); expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(301); done(); }); }); });
This test submits the username, and makes sure that the response received is a 301 redirect to the index route. Let’s check to make sure it fails:
$ npm test > babblr@1.0.0 test /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr > grunt test --verbose Initializing Command-line options: --verbose Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK Registering Gruntfile tasks. Initializing config...OK Registering "grunt-contrib-jshint" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Loading "jshint.js" tasks...OK + jshint Registering "grunt-coveralls" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Loading "coverallsTask.js" tasks...OK + coveralls Registering "grunt-mocha-istanbul" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Loading "index.js" tasks...OK + istanbul_check_coverage, mocha_istanbul Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK + test Running tasks: test Running "test" task Running "jshint" task Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task Verifying property jshint.all exists in config...OK Files: test/test.js, index.js -> all Options: force=false, reporterOutput=null OK >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task Verifying property mocha_istanbul.coverage exists in config...OK Files: test Options: require=[], ui=false, globals=[], reporter=false, timeout=false, coverage=false, slow=false, grep=false, dryRun=false, quiet=false, recursive=false, mask="*.js", root=false, print=false, noColors=false, harmony=false, coverageFolder="coverage", reportFormats=["cobertura","html","lcovonly"], check={"statements":false,"lines":false,"functions":false,"branches":false}, excludes=false, mochaOptions=false, istanbulOptions=false >> Will execute: node /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover --dir=/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage --report=cobertura --report=html --report=lcovonly /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- test/*.js express-session deprecated undefined resave option; provide resave option index.js:9:1585 express-session deprecated undefined saveUninitialized option; provide saveUninitialized option index.js:9:1585 Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (476ms) Test the login route ✓ should return a page with the text Please enter a handle Test submitting to the login route 1) should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index Test sending a message ✓ should return 'Message received' (42ms) Stopping the server 3 passing (557ms) 1 failing 1) server Test submitting to the login route should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index: Uncaught AssertionError: expected undefined to equal 'http://localhost:5000' at Request._callback (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/test/test.js:61:58) at Request.self.callback (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:373:22) at Request.emit (events.js:98:17) at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:1318:14) at Request.emit (events.js:117:20) at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:1266:12) at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:117:20) at _stream_readable.js:944:16 at process._tickCallback (node.js:442:13) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 100% ( 45/45 ), 7 ignored Branches : 100% ( 8/8 ), 2 ignored Functions : 87.5% ( 7/8 ) Lines : 100% ( 45/45 ) ================================================================================ >> Warning: Task "mocha_istanbul:coverage" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings. npm ERR! Test failed. See above for more details. npm ERR! not ok code 0
Now, in order to process POST data we’ll need to use body-parser. Amend the top of index.js to look like this::
/*jslint node: true */ 'use strict'; // Declare variables used var app, base_url, bodyParser, client, express, hbs, io, port, RedisStore, rtg, session, subscribe; // Define values express = require('express'); app = express(); bodyParser = require('body-parser'); port = process.env.PORT || 5000; base_url = process.env.BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:5000'; hbs = require('hbs'); session = require('express-session'); RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(session); // Set up connection to Redis /* istanbul ignore if */ if (process.env.REDISTOGO_URL) { rtg = require('url').parse(process.env.REDISTOGO_URL); client = require('redis').createClient(rtg.port, rtg.hostname); subscribe = require('redis').createClient(rtg.port, rtg.hostname); client.auth(rtg.auth.split(':')[1]); subscribe.auth(rtg.auth.split(':')[1]); } else { client = require('redis').createClient(); subscribe = require('redis').createClient(); } // Set up session app.use(session({ store: new RedisStore({ client: client }), secret: 'blibble' })); // Set up templating app.set('views', __dirname + '/views'); app.set('view engine', "hbs"); app.engine('hbs', require('hbs').__express); // Register partials hbs.registerPartials(__dirname + '/views/partials'); // Set URL app.set('base_url', base_url); // Handle POST data app.use(bodyParser.json()); app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
Next, we define a POST route to handle the username input:
// Process login app.post('/login', function (req, res) { // Get username var username = req.body.username; // If username length is zero, reload the page if (username.length === 0) { res.render('login'); } else { // Store username in session and redirect to index req.session.username = username; res.redirect('/'); } });
This should be fairly straightforward. This route accepts a username parameter. If this parameter is not present, the user will see the login form again. Otherwise, they are redirected back to the index.
Now, if you check coverage/index.html after running the tests again, you’ll notice that there’s a gap in our coverage for the scenario when a user submits an empty username. Let’s fix that - add the following test to test/test.js:
// Test empty login describe('Test empty login', function () { it('should show the login form', function (done) { request.post({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/login', form:{username: ''}, followRedirect: false}, function (error, response, body) { expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200); expect(body).to.include('Please enter a handle'); done(); }); }); });
Let’s run our tests again:
$ npm test > babblr@1.0.0 test /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr > grunt test --verbose Initializing Command-line options: --verbose Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK Registering Gruntfile tasks. Initializing config...OK Registering "grunt-contrib-jshint" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK Loading "jshint.js" tasks...OK + jshint Registering "grunt-coveralls" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-coveralls/package.json...OK Loading "coverallsTask.js" tasks...OK + coveralls Registering "grunt-mocha-istanbul" local Npm module tasks. Reading /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Parsing /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/grunt-mocha-istanbul/package.json...OK Loading "index.js" tasks...OK + istanbul_check_coverage, mocha_istanbul Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK + test Running tasks: test Running "test" task Running "jshint" task Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task Verifying property jshint.all exists in config...OK Files: test/test.js, index.js -> all Options: force=false, reporterOutput=null OK >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task Verifying property mocha_istanbul.coverage exists in config...OK Files: test Options: require=[], ui=false, globals=[], reporter=false, timeout=false, coverage=false, slow=false, grep=false, dryRun=false, quiet=false, recursive=false, mask="*.js", root=false, print=false, noColors=false, harmony=false, coverageFolder="coverage", reportFormats=["cobertura","html","lcovonly"], check={"statements":false,"lines":false,"functions":false,"branches":false}, excludes=false, mochaOptions=false, istanbulOptions=false >> Will execute: node /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover --dir=/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage --report=cobertura --report=html --report=lcovonly /Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- test/*.js express-session deprecated undefined resave option; provide resave option index.js:9:1669 express-session deprecated undefined saveUninitialized option; provide saveUninitialized option index.js:9:1669 Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (44ms) Test the login route ✓ should return a page with the text Please enter a handle Test submitting to the login route ✓ should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index Test empty login ✓ should show the login form Test sending a message ✓ should return 'Message received' (41ms) Stopping the server 5 passing (145ms) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 100% ( 54/54 ), 7 ignored Branches : 100% ( 10/10 ), 2 ignored Functions : 88.89% ( 8/9 ) Lines : 100% ( 54/54 ) ================================================================================ >> Done. Check coverage folder. Running "coveralls" task Running "coveralls:app" (coveralls) task Verifying property coveralls.app exists in config...OK Files: coverage/lcov.info Options: src="coverage/lcov.info", force=false Submitting file to coveralls.io: coverage/lcov.info >> Failed to submit 'coverage/lcov.info' to coveralls: Bad response: 422 {"message":"Couldn't find a repository matching this job.","error":true} >> Failed to submit coverage results to coveralls Warning: Task "coveralls:app" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings. npm ERR! Test failed. See above for more details. npm ERR! not ok code 0
Our test now passes (bar, of course, Coveralls failing). Our next step is to actually do something with the session. Now, the request module we use in our test requires a third-party module called tough-cookie to work with cookies, so we need to install that:
$ npm install tough-cookie --save-devNext, amend the login test as follows:
// Test submitting to the login route describe('Test submitting to the login route', function () { it('should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index', function (done) { request.post({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/login', form:{username: 'bobsmith'}, jar: true, followRedirect: false}, function (error, response, body) { expect(response.headers.location).to.equal('/'); expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(302); // Check the username request.get({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/', jar: true }, function (error, response, body) { expect(body).to.include('bobsmith'); done(); }); }); }); });
Here we’re using a new parameter, namely jar - this tells request to store the cookies. We POST the username to the login form, and then we get the index route and verify that the username is shown in the request. Check the test fails, then amend the index route in index.js as follows:
// Define index route app.get('/', function (req, res) { // Get messages client.lrange('chat:messages', 0, -1, function (err, messages) { /* istanbul ignore if */ if (err) { console.log(err); } else { // Get username var username = req.session.username; // Get messages var message_list = []; messages.forEach(function (message, i) { /* istanbul ignore next */ message_list.push(message); }); // Render page res.render('index', { messages: message_list, username: username }); } }); });
Note we get the username and pass it through to the view. We need to adapt the header view to display the username. Amend views/partials/header.hbs to look like this:
<!DOCTYPE html> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9"> <![endif]--> <!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]--> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>Babblr</title> <meta name="description" content=""> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <!-- Place favicon.ico and apple-touch-icon.png in the root directory --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css"> </head> <body> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <p class="browsehappy">You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. Please <a href="http://browsehappy.com/">upgrade your browser</a> to improve your experience.</p> <![endif]--> <nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-static-top" role="navigation"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="navbar-header"> <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#header-nav"> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <a class="navbar-brand" href="/">Babblr</a> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse navbar-right" id="header-nav"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav"> {{#if username}} <li><a href="/logout">Logged in as {{ username }}</a></li> {{else}} <li><a href="/login">Log in</a></li> {{/if}} </ul> </div> </div> </div> </nav>
Note the addition of a logout link, which we will implement later. Let’s check our tests pass:
$ grunt test Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task express-session deprecated undefined resave option; provide resave option index.js:9:1669 express-session deprecated undefined saveUninitialized option; provide saveUninitialized option index.js:9:1669 Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (44ms) Test the login route ✓ should return a page with the text Please enter a handle Test submitting to the login route ✓ should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index Test empty login ✓ should show the login form Test sending a message ✓ should return 'Message received' (45ms) Stopping the server 5 passing (156ms) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 100% ( 55/55 ), 7 ignored Branches : 100% ( 10/10 ), 2 ignored Functions : 88.89% ( 8/9 ) Lines : 100% ( 55/55 ) ================================================================================ >> Done. Check coverage folder. Running "coveralls:app" (coveralls) task >> Failed to submit 'coverage/lcov.info' to coveralls: Bad response: 422 {"message":"Couldn't find a repository matching this job.","error":true} >> Failed to submit coverage results to coveralls Warning: Task "coveralls:app" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings.
Excellent! Next, let’s implement the test for our logout route:
// Test logout describe('Test logout', function () { it('should log the user out', function (done) { request.post({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/login', form:{username: 'bobsmith'}, jar: true, followRedirect: false}, function (error, response, body) { expect(response.headers.location).to.equal('/'); expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(302); // Check the username request.get({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/', jar: true }, function (error, response, body) { expect(body).to.include('bobsmith'); // Log the user out request.get({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/logout', jar: true }, function (error, response, body) { expect(body).to.include('Log in'); done(); }); }); }); }); });
This is largely the same as the previous test, but adds some additional content at the end to test logging out afterwards. Let’s run the test:
$ grunt test Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task >> 2 files lint free. Running "mocha_istanbul:coverage" (mocha_istanbul) task express-session deprecated undefined resave option; provide resave option index.js:9:1669 express-session deprecated undefined saveUninitialized option; provide saveUninitialized option index.js:9:1669 Listening on port 5000 server Starting the server Test the index route ✓ should return a page with the title Babblr (536ms) Test the login route ✓ should return a page with the text Please enter a handle Test submitting to the login route ✓ should store the username in the session and redirect the user to the index Test empty login ✓ should show the login form Test logout 1) should log the user out Test sending a message ✓ should return 'Message received' (49ms) Stopping the server 5 passing (682ms) 1 failing 1) server Test logout should log the user out: Uncaught AssertionError: expected 'Cannot GET /logout\n' to include 'Log in' at Request._callback (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/test/test.js:105:45) at Request.self.callback (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:373:22) at Request.emit (events.js:98:17) at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:1318:14) at Request.emit (events.js:117:20) at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/node_modules/request/request.js:1266:12) at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:117:20) at _stream_readable.js:944:16 at process._tickCallback (node.js:442:13) ============================================================================= Writing coverage object [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage/coverage.json] Writing coverage reports at [/Users/matthewdaly/Projects/babblr/coverage] ============================================================================= =============================== Coverage summary =============================== Statements : 100% ( 55/55 ), 7 ignored Branches : 100% ( 10/10 ), 2 ignored Functions : 88.89% ( 8/9 ) Lines : 100% ( 55/55 ) ================================================================================ >> Warning: Task "mocha_istanbul:coverage" failed. Use --force to continue. Aborted due to warnings.
Now we have a failing test, let’s implement our logout route. Add the following route to index.js:
// Process logout app.get('/logout', function (req, res) { // Delete username from session req.session.username = null; // Redirect user res.redirect('/'); });
If you run your tests again, they should now pass.
Now that we have the user’s name stored in the session, we can make use of it. First, let’s amend static/js/main.js so that it no longer adds a default username:
$(document).ready(function () { 'use strict'; // Set up the connection var field, socket, output; socket = io.connect(window.location.href); // Get a reference to the input field = $('textarea#message'); // Get a reference to the output output = $('div.conversation'); // Handle message submit $('a#submitbutton').on('click', function () { // Create the message var msg; msg = field.val(); socket.emit('send', { message: msg }); field.val(''); }); // Handle incoming messages socket.on('message', function (data) { // Insert the message output.append('<p>' + data + '</p>'); }); });
Then, in index.js, we need to declare a variable for our session middleware, which will be shared between Socket.IO and Express:
// Declare variables used var app, base_url, bodyParser, client, express, hbs, io, port, RedisStore, rtg, session, sessionMiddleware, subscribe;
Then we amend the session setup to make it easier to reuse for Socket.IO:
// Set up session sessionMiddleware = session({ store: new RedisStore({ client: client }), secret: 'blibble' }); app.use(sessionMiddleware);
Towards the end of the file, before we set up our handlers for Socket.IO, we integrate our sessions:
// Integrate sessions io.use(function(socket, next) { sessionMiddleware(socket.request, socket.request.res, next); });
Finally, we rewrite our session handlers to use the username from the session:
// Handle new messages io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) { // Subscribe to the Redis channel subscribe.subscribe('ChatChannel'); // Handle incoming messages socket.on('send', function (data) { // Define variables var username, message; // Get username username = socket.request.session.username; if (!username) { username = 'Anonymous Coward'; } message = username + ': ' + data.message; // Publish it client.publish('ChatChannel', message); // Persist it to a Redis list client.rpush('chat:messages', message); }); // Handle receiving messages var callback = function (channel, data) { socket.emit('message', data); }; subscribe.on('message', callback); // Handle disconnect socket.on('disconnect', function () { subscribe.removeListener('message', callback); }); });
Note here that when a message is sent, we get the username from the session, and if it’s empty, set it to Anonymous Coward. We then prepend it to the message, publish it, and persist it.
One final thing…
One last job remains. At present, users can pass JavaScript through in messages, which is not terribly secure! We need to fix it. Amend the send handler as follows:
// Handle incoming messages socket.on('send', function (data) { // Define variables var username, message; // Strip tags from message message = data.message.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ''); // Get username username = socket.request.session.username; if (!username) { username = 'Anonymous Coward'; } message = username + ': ' + message; // Publish it client.publish('ChatChannel', message); // Persist it to a Redis list client.rpush('chat:messages', message); });
Here we use a regex to strip out any HTML tags from the message - this will prevent anyone injecting JavaScript into our chat client.
And that’s all, folks! If you want to check out the source for this lesson it’s in the repository on GitHub, tagged lesson-2. If you want to carry on working on this on your own, there’s still plenty you can do, such as:
- Adding support for multiple rooms
- Using Passport.js to allow logging in using third-party services such as Twitter or Facebook
- Adding formatting for messages, either by using something like Markdown, or a client-side rich text editor
As you can see, it’s surprising how much you can accomplish using only Redis, and under certain circumstances it offers a lot of advantages over a relational database. It’s always worth thinking about whether Redis can be used for your project.