@backstage/backend-defaults/dist/rootHttpRouter.d.ts

Backend defaults used by Backstage backend apps

import * as _backstage_backend_plugin_api from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
import { RootHttpRouterService, RootHealthService, RootConfigService, LoggerService, LifecycleService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
import * as express from 'express';
import { Handler, RequestHandler, ErrorRequestHandler, Express } from 'express';
import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
import * as http from 'http';
import { RequestListener } from 'http';
import { CorsOptions } from 'cors';
import { HelmetOptions } from 'helmet';
import { Server } from 'node:http';

/**
 * Options for the {@link DefaultRootHttpRouter} class.
 *
 * @public
 */
interface DefaultRootHttpRouterOptions {
    /**
     * The path to forward all unmatched requests to. Defaults to '/api/app' if
     * not given. Disables index path behavior if false is given.
     */
    indexPath?: string | false;
}
/**
 * The default implementation of the {@link @backstage/backend-plugin-api#RootHttpRouterService} interface for
 * {@link @backstage/backend-plugin-api#coreServices.rootHttpRouter}.
 *
 * @public
 */
declare class DefaultRootHttpRouter implements RootHttpRouterService {
    #private;
    static create(options?: DefaultRootHttpRouterOptions): DefaultRootHttpRouter;
    private constructor();
    use(path: string, handler: Handler): void;
    handler(): Handler;
}

/**
 * @public
 */
declare function createHealthRouter(options: {
    health: RootHealthService;
    config: RootConfigService;
}): express.Router;

/**
 * An HTTP server extended with utility methods.
 *
 * @public
 */
interface ExtendedHttpServer extends http.Server {
    start(): Promise<void>;
    stop(): Promise<void>;
    port(): number;
}
/**
 * Options for starting up an HTTP server.
 *
 * @public
 */
type HttpServerOptions = {
    listen: {
        port: number;
        host: string;
    };
    https?: {
        certificate: HttpServerCertificateOptions;
    };
};
/**
 * Options for configuring HTTPS for an HTTP server.
 *
 * @public
 */
type HttpServerCertificateOptions = {
    type: 'pem';
    key: string;
    cert: string;
} | {
    type: 'generated';
    hostname: string;
};

/**
 * Reads {@link HttpServerOptions} from a {@link @backstage/config#Config} object.
 *
 * @public
 * @remarks
 *
 * The provided configuration object should contain the `listen` and
 * additional keys directly.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * const opts = readHttpServerOptions(config.getConfig('backend'));
 * ```
 */
declare function readHttpServerOptions(config?: Config): HttpServerOptions;

/**
 * Creates a Node.js HTTP or HTTPS server instance.
 *
 * @public
 */
declare function createHttpServer(listener: RequestListener, options: HttpServerOptions, deps: {
    logger: LoggerService;
}): Promise<ExtendedHttpServer>;

/**
 * Options used to create a {@link MiddlewareFactory}.
 *
 * @public
 */
interface MiddlewareFactoryOptions {
    config: RootConfigService;
    logger: LoggerService;
}
/**
 * Options passed to the {@link MiddlewareFactory.error} middleware.
 *
 * @public
 */
interface MiddlewareFactoryErrorOptions {
    /**
     * Whether error response bodies should show error stack traces or not.
     *
     * If not specified, by default shows stack traces only in development mode.
     */
    showStackTraces?: boolean;
    /**
     * Whether any 4xx errors should be logged or not.
     *
     * If not specified, default to only logging 5xx errors.
     */
    logAllErrors?: boolean;
}
/**
 * A utility to configure common middleware.
 *
 * @public
 */
declare class MiddlewareFactory {
    #private;
    /**
     * Creates a new {@link MiddlewareFactory}.
     */
    static create(options: MiddlewareFactoryOptions): MiddlewareFactory;
    private constructor();
    /**
     * Returns a middleware that unconditionally produces a 404 error response.
     *
     * @remarks
     *
     * Typically you want to place this middleware at the end of the chain, such
     * that it's the last one attempted after no other routes matched.
     *
     * @returns An Express request handler
     */
    notFound(): RequestHandler;
    /**
     * Returns the compression middleware.
     *
     * @remarks
     *
     * The middleware will attempt to compress response bodies for all requests
     * that traverse through the middleware.
     */
    compression(): RequestHandler;
    /**
     * Returns a request logging middleware.
     *
     * @remarks
     *
     * Typically you want to place this middleware at the start of the chain, such
     * that it always logs requests whether they are "caught" by handlers farther
     * down or not.
     *
     * @returns An Express request handler
     */
    logging(): RequestHandler;
    /**
     * Returns a middleware that implements the helmet library.
     *
     * @remarks
     *
     * This middleware applies security policies to incoming requests and outgoing
     * responses. It is configured using config keys such as `backend.csp`.
     *
     * @see {@link https://helmetjs.github.io/}
     *
     * @returns An Express request handler
     */
    helmet(): RequestHandler;
    /**
     * Returns a middleware that implements the cors library.
     *
     * @remarks
     *
     * This middleware handles CORS. It is configured using the config key
     * `backend.cors`.
     *
     * @see {@link https://github.com/expressjs/cors}
     *
     * @returns An Express request handler
     */
    cors(): RequestHandler;
    /**
     * Returns a middleware that implements rate limiting.
     *
     * @remarks
     *
     * Rate limiting is a common technique to prevent abuse of APIs. This middleware is
     * configured using the config key `backend.rateLimit`.
     *
     * @returns An Express request handler
     */
    rateLimit(): RequestHandler;
    /**
     * Express middleware to handle errors during request processing.
     *
     * @remarks
     *
     * This is commonly the very last middleware in the chain.
     *
     * Its primary purpose is not to do translation of business logic exceptions,
     * but rather to be a global catch-all for uncaught "fatal" errors that are
     * expected to result in a 500 error. However, it also does handle some common
     * error types (such as http-error exceptions, and the well-known error types
     * in the `@backstage/errors` package) and returns the enclosed status code
     * accordingly.
     *
     * It will also produce a response body with a serialized form of the error,
     * unless a previous handler already did send a body. See
     * {@link @backstage/errors#ErrorResponseBody} for the response shape used.
     *
     * @returns An Express error request handler
     */
    error(options?: MiddlewareFactoryErrorOptions): ErrorRequestHandler;
}

/**
 * Attempts to read a CORS options object from the backend configuration object.
 *
 * @public
 * @param config - The backend configuration object.
 * @returns A CORS options object, or undefined if no cors configuration is present.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * const corsOptions = readCorsOptions(config.getConfig('backend'));
 * ```
 */
declare function readCorsOptions(config?: Config): CorsOptions;

/**
 * Attempts to read Helmet options from the backend configuration object.
 *
 * @public
 * @param config - The backend configuration object.
 * @returns A Helmet options object, or undefined if no Helmet configuration is present.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * const helmetOptions = readHelmetOptions(config.getConfig('backend'));
 * ```
 */
declare function readHelmetOptions(config?: Config): HelmetOptions;

/**
 * @public
 */
interface RootHttpRouterConfigureContext {
    app: Express;
    server: Server;
    middleware: MiddlewareFactory;
    routes: RequestHandler;
    config: RootConfigService;
    logger: LoggerService;
    lifecycle: LifecycleService;
    healthRouter: RequestHandler;
    applyDefaults: () => void;
}
/**
 * HTTP route registration for root services.
 *
 * See {@link @backstage/code-plugin-api#RootHttpRouterService}
 * and {@link https://backstage.io/docs/backend-system/core-services/root-http-router | the service docs}
 * for more information.
 *
 * @public
 */
type RootHttpRouterFactoryOptions = {
    /**
     * The path to forward all unmatched requests to. Defaults to '/api/app' if
     * not given. Disables index path behavior if false is given.
     */
    indexPath?: string | false;
    configure?(context: RootHttpRouterConfigureContext): void;
};
/** @public */
declare const rootHttpRouterServiceFactory: ((options?: RootHttpRouterFactoryOptions) => _backstage_backend_plugin_api.ServiceFactory<_backstage_backend_plugin_api.RootHttpRouterService, "root", "singleton">) & _backstage_backend_plugin_api.ServiceFactory<_backstage_backend_plugin_api.RootHttpRouterService, "root", "singleton">;

export { DefaultRootHttpRouter, type DefaultRootHttpRouterOptions, type ExtendedHttpServer, type HttpServerCertificateOptions, type HttpServerOptions, MiddlewareFactory, type MiddlewareFactoryErrorOptions, type MiddlewareFactoryOptions, type RootHttpRouterConfigureContext, type RootHttpRouterFactoryOptions, createHealthRouter, createHttpServer, readCorsOptions, readHelmetOptions, readHttpServerOptions, rootHttpRouterServiceFactory };