Actionhero
The reusable, scalable, and quick node.js API server for stateless and stateful applications
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Who is the Actionhero?
Actionhero is a multi-transport API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks. The goal of actionhero is to create an easy-to-use toolkit for making reusable & scalable APIs for HTTP, WebSockets, and more. Clients connected to an actionhero server can consume the api, consume static content, and communicate with each other. Actionhero is cluster-ready, with built in support for background tasks, 0-downtime deploys, and more. Actionhero provides a simple Async/Await API for managing every type of connection and background task.
Currently actionhero supports the following out of the box…
- Web Clients: HTTP, HTTPS
- Web Socket Clients: HTTP, HTTPS
… and you can also make your own servers and transports.
Quick Start
Generate a new Project npx actionhero generate npm install npm run build npm run dev # ← I automatically notice changes and restart, as well as compiling .ts files # Use the actionhero CLI (npx) actionhero generate action --name my_action (npx) actionhero generate task --name my_task --queue default --frequency 0 # Test npm test # To deploy your app npm run build npm run start
Your new project will come with example actions, tests, and more.
Or deploy a free API server now:
Learn More 
- Getting Started @ www.actionherojs.com
- Actionhero’s website can be found @ https://github.com/actionhero/www.actionherojs.com/. If you want to contribute to this site, visit the related project
- —> Start with the Tutorials <—
- Read the typedoc documentation @ docs.actionherojs.com
- Starting with Actionhero version 18, the documentation for each version is included in this repository (and the NPM package) in the
/docsfolder. The current version of this documentation is also automatically deployed to https://docs.actionherojs.com.
- Starting with Actionhero version 18, the documentation for each version is included in this repository (and the NPM package) in the
- Find community-based resources
- Interact with the Community & View the Release History
- Server Client
In-depth Tutorials 
Core Components
- Actions
- Tasks
- Middleware
- Initializers
- CLI Commands
- Configuration
- Cluster
- Chat & Realtime Communication
- File Server
- Logging
- Plugins
- Servers
- Localization & Translation
Server Types
Testing, Deployment, and Operations
Sample Projects
License
Dedication
Technology is a powerful force in our society. Data, software, and communication can be used for bad: to entrench unfair power structures, to undermine human rights, and to protect vested interests. But they can also be used for good: to make underrepresented people’s voices heard, to create opportunities for everyone, and to avert disasters. This project is dedicated to everyone working toward the good.
Inspired by Martin Kleppmann
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