@signmax/remix-base

Production-ready server and shared utilities for React Router 7 apps.

@signmax/remix-base bundles an opinionated Express 5 setup, middleware suite, instrumentation, and utilities so you can ship React Router (Remix) projects without re-writing the same server glue.

Quick Start

npm install @signmax/remix-base

import { serveApp } from "@signmax/remix-base/server"
import type { ServerBuild } from "react-router"

const build = () => import("./build/server/index.js") as Promise<ServerBuild>

await serveApp({ build })

What You Get

• Express 5 server with sensible defaults and CloudFront-aware proxy trust
• Middleware bundle (Helmet, CSP, no-index, trailing slash guard, Sentry IP) plus optional device-key helper
• Structured logging via Pino and Prometheus metrics endpoint
• GraphQL helpers with cookie pass-through and shared-secret auth
• Load context utilities, GrowthBook integration, and AWS Secrets Manager helper
• TypeScript-first API with comprehensive tests

Server Setup

Switch to the options object when you need control over middleware, dev servers, or context creation:

import { serveApp, type ServeAppOptions } from "@signmax/remix-base/server"
import { getLoadContext } from "@signmax/remix-base/load_context"
import { deviceKeyMiddleware, requestMiddleware } from "@signmax/remix-base/middleware"

const build = async () => import("../build/server/index.js")

const options: ServeAppOptions = {
  build,
  middleware: [requestMiddleware, deviceKeyMiddleware],
  getLoadContext: (req, res) => getLoadContext(req, res, { deviceKeyCookieName: "device_id" }),
  enableCloudFrontIpUpdater: true,
}

await serveApp(options)

In development, pass a Vite dev server (devServer: viteServer.middlewares) and call startMetrics() when you want a Prometheus endpoint.

Middleware & Utilities

import {
  cspMiddleware,
  deviceKeyMiddleware,
  endingSlashMiddleware,
  helmetMiddleware,
  noIndexMiddleware,
  requestMiddleware,
  sentryIPMiddleware,
} from "@signmax/remix-base/middleware"

import {
  BrowserDetection,
  pipeHeaders,
  getConservativeCacheControl,
  makeTimings,
  time,
  getRevision,
} from "@signmax/remix-base/util"

• CSP middleware ships with nonce support; call createCspMiddleware for custom policies.
• requestMiddleware attaches a GraphQL request helper to req.request.
• Utility exports cover HTTP headers, server timing, revision lookup, and user-agent parsing helpers.

Logging & Metrics

import logger from "@signmax/remix-base/logger"
import { startMetrics } from "@signmax/remix-base/metrics"

logger.info("Application started")

const metrics = await startMetrics({ port: 9394 })

startMetrics spins up a dedicated Express app exposing /metrics and returns a handle so you can stop the server during shutdown.

GraphQL Client

import { createClient, createRequest, createResponseMiddleware } from "@signmax/remix-base/client"

const gqlClient = createClient({
  endpoint: "https://api.example.com/graphql",
  sharedSecret: process.env.SHARED_SECRET,
})

const requestFn = createRequest(req, res, createResponseMiddleware(req, res), {
  passthroughHeaders: ["x-tenant-id"],
})

Set includeDefaultPassthroughHeaders to false when you want complete control over forwarded headers.

AWS Secrets Manager

import { loadSecrets } from "@signmax/remix-base/secrets"

const secrets = await loadSecrets<{ apiKey: string }>({
  secretName: "my-app/production",
  region: "us-east-1",
})

Defaults read AWS_SECRET_NAME, AWS_REGION, and fall back to app/env/${APP_ENV} in eu-central-1.

Optional Integrations

• Sentry – call init when SENTRY_DSN is set.

  import { init } from "@signmax/remix-base/instrumentation"
  
  if (process.env.SENTRY_DSN) {
    init({ denyUrls: [/\/health/, /\/metrics/], tracesSampleRate: 0.1 })
  }

• GrowthBook – install @growthbook/growthbook + eventsource and pass the instance via getLoadContext.

  import { createGrowthBook } from "@signmax/remix-base/growthbook"
  import { getLoadContext } from "@signmax/remix-base/load_context"
  
  const growthbook = await createGrowthBook({ apiHost: "https://cdn.growthbook.io", clientKey: "key" })
  
  const getContext = (req, res) => getLoadContext(req, res, { growthbook })

Environment Variables

• NODE_ENV – sets development/production mode
• APP_ENV – logical environment label for telemetry and secrets (defaults to NODE_ENV)
• PORT – HTTP port (4000 by default)
• BUILD_DIR – static asset root (build/client by default)
• ASSETS_DIR – fingerprinted assets directory (defaults to ${BUILD_DIR}/assets)
• PROMETHEUS_EXPORTER_PORT – metrics server port (9394 by default)
• SENTRY_DSN – enables Sentry instrumentation when defined
• AWS_SECRET_NAME – Secrets Manager name (defaults to app/env/${APP_ENV})
• AWS_REGION – Secrets Manager region (eu-central-1 by default)
• GIT_REV – optional release/commit override for logging and Sentry

Testing Helpers

import { gqlOpHandler } from "@signmax/remix-base/test/helpers"

MSW helpers simplify GraphQL mocking and reuse the package defaults.

Publishing

Releases are driven by GitHub Releases:

1. Update the version in package.json and refresh CHANGELOG.md.
2. Commit, push, and tag (vX.Y.Z).
3. Create a GitHub Release; CI publishes to npm.

License

MIT