Merge pull request #143 from Kibibit/feature-add-helmet-for-extra-security

[FEATURE] Add helmet for extra security

Author: thatkookooguy

package.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "colors": "~1.1.2",
     "directory-tree": "~0.1.1",
     "express": "~4.13.3",
+    "helmet": "^2.1.1",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.11",
     "scribe-js": "~2.0.4",
     "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0",

server.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 // CALL THE PACKAGES --------------------
 var express = require('express'), // call express
+    helmet = require('helmet'),
     config = require('./config'),
     path = require('path'),
     favicon = require('serve-favicon'), // set favicon
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ var app = express(); // define our app using express
 var scribe = require('scribe-js')(); // used for logs
 var console = process.console;
 
+// hook helmet to our express app. This adds some protection to each communication with the server
+// read more at https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet
+app.use(helmet());
+
 colors.enabled = true; //enable colors even through piping.
 
 // create application/json parser