Misc fixes of the server

Author: birdofpreyru

docs/server.md

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ props:
   it is not async in NodeJS.
 - **`beforeRender`** — *Function* — Optional. The hook to be
   executed right before the generation of HTML template of the page. If given,
+  it will receive the HTTP request as its only argument, and
   it should return a promise that resolves to an object with the following
   fields (all are optional):
   - **`config`** — *Object* — Config object to inject into the
@@ -66,5 +67,6 @@ props:
   - **`store`** — *Object* — Redux store which state will be
     injected into HTML template as the initial state of the app.
 - **`onExpressJsSetup`** — *Function* — Custom setup of ExpressJS
-  server.
+  server. Express server instance will be passed in as the only argument to this
+  function.
 - **`port`** — *Number|String* — The port to be used by the server.

package-lock.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "react-helmet": "^5.2.0",
     "react-redux": "^5.0.6",
     "react-router-dom": "^4.2.2",
+    "redux": "^3.7.2",
     "request-ip": "^2.0.2",
     "serialize-javascript": "^1.4.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.4.5",
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@
     "url": "git+https://github.com/topcoder-platform/topcoder-react-utils.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "npm run clean && ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --env=production --colors --display-optimization-bailout --profile --progress && BABEL_END=production babel src/server --out-dir dist/server",
-    "build:dev": "npm run clean && ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --env=development --bail --colors --display-optimization-bailout --profile --progress --watch && BABEL_ENV=development babel src/server --out-dir dist/server --watch",
+    "build": "npm run clean && ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --env=production --colors --display-optimization-bailout --profile --progress && BABEL_END=production babel src --out-dir dist/server-side",
+    "build:dev": "npm run clean && (./node_modules/.bin/webpack --env=development --bail --colors --display-optimization-bailout --profile --progress --watch | BABEL_ENV=development babel src --out-dir dist/server-side --watch)",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist",
     "jest": "jest --no-cache --maxWorkers=4 --config config/jest/default.js",
     "lint": "npm run lint:js && npm run lint:scss",

package.json

@@ -25,22 +25,22 @@ export default async function factory(webpackConfig, options) {
     server.use(favicon(options.favicon));
   }
 
-  server.use(bodyParser.json());
+  server.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: '300kb' }));
   server.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
   server.use(cookieParser());
   server.use(requestIp.mw());
 
   loggerMiddleware.token('ip', req => req.clientIp);
   const FORMAT = ':ip > :status :method :url :response-time ms :res[content-length] :referrer :user-agent';
-  server.use(loggerMiddleware(FORMAT), {
+  server.use(loggerMiddleware(FORMAT, {
     stream: new stream.Writable({
       decodeStrings: false,
       write: (chunk, encoding, cb) => {
         options.logger.log(chunk);
         cb();
       },
     }),
-  });
+  }));
 
   /* Setup of Hot Module Reloading for development environment.
    * These dependencies are not used, nor installed for production use,