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[Docs] expand middleware example
https://github.com/stubailo/meteor-rest/tree/devel/packages/json-routes#adding-middleware
If I wanted compression, in connect I would do:
var app = connect()
// gzip/deflate outgoing responses
var compression = require('compression')
app.use(compression())
It would be helpful if the README said:
- how to do the above using the
JsonRoutes.Middleware.usesyntax - how to get https://www.npmjs.com/package/compression included in my Meteor app
I will post a quick answer here and maybe someone can submit it as a nicely formatted docs PR.
In Meteor 1.3 (beta is available), you would just require/import the compression package directly, same as a node app. In current Meteor, you would need a small wrapper package in /packages that does Npm.depends({compression: '1.6.0'}) in the package.js file, has a single server code file with compression = Npm.require('compression'), and then exports the compression global var.
Then:
JsonRoutes.Middleware.use(compression());
// OR
JsonRoutes.Middleware.use('/one_route', compression());