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⚠️ ARCHIVE NOTICE (2025)

This repository contains Node.js code examples from 2016-2018 and is now archived.

Important Security Warnings:

• ⚠️ Many examples use outdated dependencies with known security vulnerabilities
• ⚠️ Code patterns may not follow modern best practices (callbacks vs async/await, old package versions)
• ⚠️ Examples are for educational reference only - NOT production-ready code
• ⚠️ Always use current package versions and refer to official documentation for production code

Before Using Any Code:

1. Update all dependencies to their latest versions
2. Review security advisories for packages used
3. Use environment variables (see .env.example) - never hardcode credentials
4. Follow modern async patterns (async/await instead of callbacks where applicable)
5. Validate all user inputs and implement proper error handling

Recommended Modern Alternatives:

• Official Node.js Documentation
• 30 Seconds of Code
• Package-specific official documentation (Express, AWS SDK, Stripe, etc.)
• AI assistants (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, etc.) for current best practices

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:cloud: AWS

• CRUD s3 buckets
• Direct upload to s3 without saving on local disk [Updated at March 27, 2018] (ES6 | ES5)
• Upload to s3 using multer-s3 [Updated at Dec 1, 2016]
• S3 Direct Upload From Client/Browser (To Be Done)
• Upload from base64 data
• New – AWS Step Functions (To Be Done)

WebRTC

• Simple Video Chat
• Tokbox Video Chat
• PubNub (ES5 | ES6)
• Vidyo.io (ES6)

:speech_balloon: Chat

• Socket.io one to one chat app
• Socket.io simple chat server only

:moneybag: Payment Gateway

• Stripe (Immediate Charge, Customer Charge, Create Customer, Add Card, Delete Card, Authorize & Capture Split)
• Stripe Create Token out of Credit Card Info
• PayPal (To Be Done)
• Authorize.net (To Be Done :credit_card:)

💭Push Notification

• Pushwoosh (To Be Done)
• GCM (To Be Done)
• APNS (To Be Done)
• OneSignal (To Be Done)

:seedling:Express

• API methods in node.js using express
• Restart node.js app with args forever

:page_facing_up: Files

• Read file line by line using module tail
• Read file line by line using module fs and async
• fs module to read multiple files using async
• read-multiple-files module
• Download File to browser using Express and fs
• Download File to browser using http

:evergreen_tree: GridFS

• direct upload to GridFS without saving on local disk

PDF

• PDF file in browser

:heart: Random But Really Useful

• Reads publicly published google doc spreadsheet and returns twitter usernames/handles as json
• Find gender using first_name and last_name
• :couple: Find gender using first_name
• :currency_exchange: Find exchange rates i.e. USD to GBP etc...
• :bird: Search tweets
• Simple express server (ES5 | ES6)
• i18n (internationalization) (To Be Done)
• Xero Payruns
• Using passport to authenticate twitter and facebook, trying to retrieve following data for both: id, first_name, last_name, age, age_range, gender, location
• Generate hmac signature
• Generate Coupon, Voucher, Promo Codes
• List node.js core modules
• Read google_spreadsheet and parse it (ES6 | ES5)
• Get long url of shortend (ES6 | ES5)
• Capture screenshots of websites (ES6 | ES5)
• Get image size without full download (ES6 | ES6)
• Identify language of text (ES6 | ES5)
• Download YouTube Videos (ES6)
• List YouTube Videos (ES6 | ES5)
• Cron Jobs (ES6 | ES5)
• Restify File Upload (ES6 - To Be Done | ES5 - To Be Done)
• Uppy.io and tus.io to upload files (ES6 - To Be Done | ES5 - To Be Done)
• Resize image without any external dependency (ES6 - To Be Done | ES5 - To Be Done)
• Uninstall packages globally (Link)
• Uninstall packages listed in package.json (Link)

:heart: Random But Awsome One Liners

• awsome

String

• Tansliteration (ES6 | ES5)

Emails

• SendGrid (ES6 | ES5 | Module)
• Email Templates (ES6)

Sms

• Twilio (ES6)

Fax

• Phaxio API (ES6 - To Be Done | ES5 - To Be Done)