ldnode

Linked Data Platform server based on rdflib.js and node.js. This is all you need to run distributed linked data apps on top of the file system.

Features

• GET, PUT and PATCH support
• Proxy for cross-site data access
• Access control using RDF ACLs
• WebID Authentication
• Real-time live updates (using websokets)
• Mount as express' router

Install

npm install

Usage

Library

Simple

var ldnode = require('ldnode')

var ldp = ldnode.createServer({
  uri: "http://example.com/test/",
  base: __dirname + '/test/'
})
ldp.listen(1234, function() {
  // Started Linked Data Platform
})

Advanced

You can integrate it with your existing express app

var ldnode = require('ldnode')
var app = require('express')()
app.use('/test', ldnode(opts))
...

Logging

If you are running your own app

$ DEBUG="ldnode:*" node app.js

or simply

$ ldnode -v

Command line tool

npm install -g ldnode

The command line tool has the following options

Usage: ldnode [options]

Options:
   -v, --verbose           Print the logs to console
   --version               Print current ldnode version
   -u, --uri               Default address of the server (e.g. http[s]://host:port/path)
   -b, --base              Base location to serve resources
   -p, --port              Port to use
   -c, --cache             Set cache time (in seconds), 0 for no cache
   -K, --key               Path to the ssl key
   -C, --cert              Path to the ssl cert
   --webid                 Enable WebID+TLS authentication
   -s, --secret            HTTP Session secret key (e.g. "your secret phrase")
   --no-live           Disable live support through WebSockets
   -sA, --suffix-acl       Suffix for acl files (default: '.acl')
   -sC, --suffix-changes   Suffix for acl files (default: '.changes')
   -sE, --suffix-sse       Suffix for SSE files (default: '.events')

Tests

The tests assume that there is a running ldnode.

$ npm test
# running the tests with logs
$ DEBUG="ldnode:*" npm test

License

MIT