cjk-readings/src/app.ts

Web service that generates readings for chinese characters.

import express from 'express'
import nocache from 'nocache'

import { generatePinyin } from './generatePinyin'

export function createApp({ debug = false } = {}): express.Application {
  const app = express()

  app.use(nocache())
  app.use((req, res, next) => {
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
    res.header(
      'Access-Control-Allow-Headers',
      'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept',
    )
    next()
  })

  app.get('/pinyin', (req, res) => {
    if (debug) {
      console.log('generating pinyin for:', req.query.text)
    }
    res.json(generatePinyin(req.query.text))
  })

  return app
}