fastify/docs/Server-Methods.md

Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

<h1 align="center">Fastify</h1>

## Server Methods

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#### server
`fastify.server`: The Node core [server](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_server) object

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#### ready
Function called when all the plugins has been loaded.  
It takes an error parameter if something went wrong.
```js
fastify.ready(err => {
  if (err) throw err
})
```

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#### listen
Starts the server on the given port after all the plugins are loaded, internally waits for the `.ready()` event. The callback is the same as the Node core.
```js
fastify.listen(3000, err => {
  if (err) throw err
})
```

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#### route
Method to add routes to the server, it also have shorthands functions, check [here](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Routes.md).

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#### routes iterator
The Fastify instance is an Iterable object with all the registered routes.  
The route properties are the same the developer has declared [here](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Routes.md).
```js
fastify.get('/route', opts, handler)

for (var route of fastify) {
  console.log(route)
  /* will output:
  {
    '/route': {
      get: {
        method: String,
        ulr: String,
        schema: Object,
        handler: Function,
        Request: Function,
        Reply: Function
      }
    }
  }
  */
}
```

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#### close
`fastify.close(callback)`: call this function to close the server instance and run the [`'onClose'`](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Hooks.md#on-close) hook.

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#### decorate*
Function useful if you need to decorate the fastify instance, Reply or Request, check [here](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Decorators.md).

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#### register
Fastify allows the user to extend its functionalities with plugins.
A plugin can be a set of routes, a server decorator or whatever, check [here](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Plugins.md).

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#### use
Function to add middlewares to Fastify, check  [here](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Middlewares.md).

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#### addHook
Function to add a specific hook in the lifecycle of Fastify, check  [here](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/master/docs/Hooks.md).