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Integrate ZON into your Express app to instantly handle high-performance binary payloads.

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The “Magic” Middleware

Instead of manually parsing buffers, simply attach this middleware. It detects application/x-zon requests and automatically efficiently wraps the body.
zon-middleware.js
const { ZonReader } = require('@zon-lib/zon');

const zonMiddleware = (req, res, next) => {
  if (req.headers['content-type'] === 'application/x-zon') {
    const chunks = [];
    req.on('data', chunk => chunks.push(chunk));
    req.on('end', () => {
      const buffer = Buffer.concat(chunks);
      // Zero-Copy wrap
      req.zon = new ZonReader(buffer);
      next();
    });
  } else {
    next();
  }
};

module.exports = zonMiddleware;

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Usage

app.js
const express = require('express');
const zonMiddleware = require('./zon-middleware');

const app = express();

// 1. Use the middleware
app.use(zonMiddleware);

app.post('/api/telemetry', (req, res) => {
  // 2. Access req.zon directly
  // No JSON.parse(), no overhead.
  if (req.zon) {
    const root = req.zon.rootOffset;
    const eventName = req.zon.readString(root);
    
    console.log(`Received Event: ${eventName}`);
    res.send({ status: 'ok' });
  }
});

app.listen(3000);