Module ngx_http_js_module

The ngx_http_js_module module is used to implement location and variable handlers in nginScript — a subset of the JavaScript language.

This module is not built by default, it should be compiled with the nginScript module using the --add_module configuration parameter:

./configure --add-module=path-to-njs/nginx

The repository with the nginScript module can be cloned with the following command (requires Mercurial client):

hg clone http://hg.nginx.org/njs

This module can also be built as dynamic:

./configure --add-dynamic_module=path-to-njs/nginx

The module is experimental, caveat emptor applies.

js_include http.js;

js_set $foo     foo;
js_set $summary summary;

server {
    listen 8000;

    location / {
        add_header X-Foo $foo;
        js_content baz;
    }

    location /summary {
        return 200 $summary;
    }
}

The http.js file:

function foo(req, res) {
    req.log("hello from foo() handler");
    return "foo";
}

function summary(req, res) {
    var a, s, h;

    s = "JS summary\n\n";

    s += "Method: " + req.method + "\n";
    s += "HTTP version: " + req.httpVersion + "\n";
    s += "Host: " + req.headers.host + "\n";
    s += "Remote Address: " + req.remoteAddress + "\n";
    s += "URI: " + req.uri + "\n";

    s += "Headers:\n";
    for (h in req.headers) {
        s += "  header '" + h + "' is '" + req.headers[h] + "'\n";
    }

    s += "Args:\n";
    for (a in req.args) {
        s += "  arg '" + a + "' is '" + req.args[a] + "'\n";
    }

    return s;
}

function baz(req, res) {
    res.headers.foo = 1234;
    res.status = 200;
    res.contentType = "text/plain; charset=utf-8";
    res.contentLength = 15;
    res.sendHeader();
    res.send("nginx");
    res.send("java");
    res.send("script");

    res.finish();
}

Specifies a file that implements location and variable handlers in nginScript.

Sets an nginScript function as a location content handler.

Sets an nginScript function for the specified variable.

Each HTTP nginScript handler receives two arguments, request and response.

The request object has the following properties:

uri

current URI in a request, read-only

method

request method, read-only

httpVersion

HTTP version, read-only

remoteAddress

client address, read-only

headers{}

request headers object, read-only.

For example, the Header-Name header can be accessed with the syntax headers['Header-Name'] or headers.Header_name

args{}

request arguments object, read-only

variables{}

nginx variables object, read-only

log(string)

writes a string to the error log

The response object has the following properties:

status

response status, writable

headers{}

response headers object

contentType

the response “Content-Type” header field value, writable

contentLength

the response “Content-Length” header field value, writable

The response object has the following methods:

sendHeader()

sends the HTTP header to the client

send(string)

sends a part of the response body to the client

finish()

finishes sending a response to the client