@antelopejs/interface-api

The AntelopeJS interface for HTTP and WebSocket APIs. You declare controllers and routes with decorators, and the module that implements the interface serves them.

Part of AntelopeJS. Used by AntelopeJS DMS, the open-source back office for your PostgreSQL, MongoDB or RethinkDB database.

What it offers

• Controller and PartialController group routes under a base path, with nesting through extend.
• @Get, @Post, @Put, @Delete, and @Route map methods to endpoints. @Prefix, @Postfix, and @Monitor run before or after them.
• @Parameter, @MultiParameter, @JSONBody, @RawBody, @BodyStream, @Context, @Result, and @WriteStream inject request data into handler arguments. @Transform changes a value before the handler receives it.
• HTTPResult sets the status, headers, and body of a response. The body is an HTTPBody, which is a string or a value that JSON.stringify writes as JSON.
• @WebsocketHandler and @Connection handle WebSocket connections on the same controllers.

Implementations

Install

Add the interface to the module that declares routes:

pnpm add @antelopejs/interface-api

Then add an implementation to the project:

ajs project modules add @antelopejs/api

Quick start

import {
  Controller,
  Get,
  HTTPResult,
  JSONBody,
  Parameter,
  Post,
} from "@antelopejs/interface-api";

export class BookController extends Controller("/books") {
  @Get(":id")
  async getBook(@Parameter("id") id: string) {
    return new HTTPResult(200, { id });
  }

  @Post("")
  async createBook(@JSONBody() body: { title: string }) {
    return new HTTPResult(201, body);
  }
}

The decorators register the routes when JavaScript defines the class. @antelopejs/api serves GET /books/:id and POST /books.

Documentation

• Introduction
• Controllers and route registration
• HTTP handling and CORS
• Parameters

Compatibility

The module declares this peer dependency:

Contributing

Read CONTRIBUTING.md before you open a pull request. The local checks are:

pnpm install
pnpm run checks

License

Apache-2.0