Introduction

Pode is a Cross-Platform PowerShell framework that allows you to host REST APIs, Web Pages and SMTP/TCP servers. It also allows you to render dynamic files using .pode files, which is effectively embedded PowerShell, or other Third-Party template engines. Pode also has support for middleware, sessions, and authentication; as well as access and rate limiting features.

Features

• Can run on Unix environments using PowerShell Core

• Host REST APIs and Web Pages

• Host TCP and SMTP server - great for tests and mocking

• Multiple threads can be used to response to incoming requests

• Use the full power of PowerShell, want a REST API for NUnit? Go for it!

• Ability to write dynamic files in PowerShell using Pode, or other third-party template engines

• Can use yarn package manager to install bootstrap, or other frontend libraries

• Setup async timers to be used as one off tasks, or for housekeeping services

• Ability to schedule async tasks using cron expressions

• Supports logging to CLI, Files, and custom loggers to other services like LogStash, etc.

• Cross-state runspace variable access for timers, routes and loggers

• Optional file monitoring to trigger internal server restart on file changes

• Ability to allow/deny requests from certain IP addresses and subnets

• Basic rate limiting for IP addresses and subnets

• Support for generating/binding self-signed certificates, and binding signed certificates

• Support for middleware on web servers

• Session middleware support on web requests

• Can use authentication on requests, which can either be sessionless or session persistant