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express-status-monitor

GitHub describes it as 🚀 Realtime Monitoring solution for Node.js/Express.js apps, inspired by status.github.com, sponsored by https://dynobase.dev. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the MIT license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

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RafalWilinski/express-status-monitor: express-status-monitor

GitHub describes it as 🚀 Realtime Monitoring solution for Node.js/Express.js apps, inspired by status.github.com, sponsored by https://dynobase.dev. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the MIT license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

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Repository scope

GitHub describes it as 🚀 Realtime Monitoring solution for Node.js/Express.js apps, inspired by status.github.com, sponsored by https://dynobase.dev. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the MIT license. The README describes the project this way: Simple, self-hosted module based on Socket.io and Chart.js to report realtime server metrics for Express-based node servers.

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Installation & setup

The README section "Installation & setup" states: 1. Run npm install express-status-monitor --save 2. Before any other middleware or router add following line: app.use(require('express-status-monitor')()); 3. Run server and go to /status

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Health Checks

The README section "Health Checks" states: You can add a series of health checks to the configuration that will appear below the other stats. The health check will be considered successful if the endpoint returns a 200 status code.

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Securing endpoint

The README section "Securing endpoint" states: The HTML page handler is exposed as a pageRoute property on the main middleware function. So the middleware is mounted to intercept all requests while the HTML page handler will be authenticated.

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Editorial conclusion

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

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Official sources

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