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express-http-context

Get and set request-scoped context anywhere

2.0.1

306

MIT

JavaScript

7.05 kB

4.9

Installations

npm install express-http-context

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

Yes

Module System

CommonJS, UMD

Min. Node Version

>=14.8.0

Node Version

22.14.0

NPM Version

10.9.2 Score

99.7

Supply Chain

88.9

Quality

81.8

Maintenance

100

Vulnerability

100

License

Pull Requests

Open

1

Total

46

Closed

10

Merged

35

Issues

Open

6

Total

39

Closed

33

Releases

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Languages

JavaScript

JavaScript (100%)

Developer

skonves

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GitHub Statistics

MIT License

306 Stars

119 Commits

27 Forks

10 Watchers

19 Branches

10 Contributors

Updated on Jul 03, 2025

Sponsor this package

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Maintainers

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Package Meta Information

Latest Version

2.0.1

Package Id

express-http-context@2.0.1

Unpacked Size

7.05 kB

Size

2.98 kB

File Count

NPM Version

10.9.2

Node Version

22.14.0

Published on

Apr 19, 2025

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Dev Dependencies

@oliverlockwood/express-http-context-intermediate-library express jest supertest

Express HTTP Context

Get and set request-scoped context anywhere. This package is an unopinionated, zero-dependency, Express-idiomatic implementation of Node AsyncLocalStorage. It's a great place to store user state, claims from a JWT, request/correlation IDs, and any other request-scoped data.

How to use it

Install: npm i express-http-context

Use the context middleware before the first middleware or handler that needs to have access to the context.

1import express from 'express';
2import * as httpContext from 'express-http-context';
3
4const app = express();
5app.use(httpContext.middleware);
6// All code from here on has access to the same context for each request

Set values based on the incoming request:

1// Example authentication middleware
2app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
3	try {
4		// Get user from data on request
5		const bearer = req.get('Authorization');
6		const user = await userService.getUser(bearer);
7
8		// Add user to the request-scoped context
9		httpContext.set('user', user);
10
11		return next();
12	} catch (err) {
13		return next(err);
14	}
15});

Get them from code that doesn't have access to the express req object:

1import * as httpContext from 'express-http-context';
2
3// Somewhere deep in the Todo Service
4async function createTodoItem(title, content) {
5	// Get the user from the request-scoped context
6	const user = httpContext.get('user');
7
8	await db.insert({ title, content, userId: user.id });
9}

Legacy versions

For Node <7: npm install --save express-http-context@0
For Node >=8 <12: npm install --save express-http-context@1

Contributors

Steve Konves (@skonves)
Amiram Korach (@amiram)
Yoni Rabinovitch (@yonirab)
DontRelaX (@dontrelax)
William Durand (@willdurand)
Kristopher Morris (@beeduck)

Interesting in contributing? Take a look at the Contributing Guidlines

SAST

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Score

4.9

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-07-07

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