@atomist/automation-client

Node module @atomist/automation-client for creating Atomist development automations. Development automations take the following forms:

• Bot commands - create bot commands using command handlers
• Respond to events - use event handlers to automatically take action when events, like someone commenting on an issue, happen
• Ingestors - define your own, custom events that you can then take action on

The automation-client provide the ability to run a client that connects to the Atomist API so it can receive and act on commands and events.

See atomist.com and docs.atomist.com for more detailed information.

Concepts

Atomist is a service and API that enables development automation. The Atomist service builds and maintains a model of the things that matter to your development team. You can then use out of the box automations or build your own automations acting on this model.

For more information, please read Concepts.

Getting Started

Please install Node.js. To verify that the right versions are installed, please run:

$ node -v
v8.4.0
$ npm -v
5.4.1

Using the automation-client module from your project

To start using this module in your Node.js application, you have to add a dependency to it to your package.json by running the following command:

$ npm install @atomist/automation-client --save

You can find reference documentation at https://atomist.github.io/automation-client-ts/ .

Starting from a Sample

We also provide a working project with some basic automations that you can use to get started quickly. The repository is at atomist/automation-seed-ts.

To get started run the following commands:

$ git clone [email protected]:atomist/automation-seed-ts.git
$ cd automation-seed-ts
$ npm install

See the automation-seed-ts README for further instructions.

Implementing Automations

Command Handlers

Commands are automations that can be invoked via a Chat bot, curl or web interface.

To create a command take a look at the following example:

import { CommandHandler, Parameter} from "@atomist/automation-client/decorators";
import { HandleCommand, HandlerContext, HandlerResult } from "@atomist/automation-client/Handlers";

@CommandHandler("Sends a hello back to the client", "hello world")
//                                                   ^ -- defines the command to trigger
//                      "                                 this handler from the bot
export class HelloWorld implements HandleCommand {
//                                 ^ -- a command handler implements the HandleCommand
//                                      interface

    @Parameter({ pattern: /^.*$/, required: true })
//  ^            ^                ^ -- parameters can be marked required or optional
//  ^            ^ -- the parameter can be validated against a RegExp pattern
//  ^ -- this defines a user-provided parameter named 'name'
    public name: string;


    public handle(ctx: HandlerContext): Promise<HandlerResult> {
//  ^             ^ -- HandlerContext provides access to a 'MessageClient' for sending
//  ^                  messages to the bot as well as a 'GraphClient' to query your
//  ^                  data using GraphQL
//  ^ -- this method is the body of the handler and where the actual code goes
        return ctx.messageClient.respond(`Hello ${this.name}`)
//                               ^ -- Calling 'respond' on the 'MessageClient' will
//                                    send a message back to wherever that command
//                                    is invoked from (eg. a DM with @atomist in Slack)
            .then(() => {
                return Promise.resolve({ code: 0 });
//                                     ^ -- Command handlers are expected to return a
//                                          'Promise' of type 'HandlerResult' which
//                                          just defines a return code. Nonzero
//                                          return codes indicate errors.
            });
    }
}

The above declares a simple bot command that can be invoked via @atomist hello world. The command takes one parameter called name. The handler will respond with a simple greeting message.

For more information, please see Command Handlers.

Event Handlers

Event handlers are automations that allow handling of events based on registered GraphQL subscriptions.

To create a event handler take a look at the following example:

import { EventFired, EventHandler, HandleEvent, HandlerContext, HandlerResult }
    from "@atomist/automation-client/Handlers";

@EventHandler("Notify channel on new issue", `subscription HelloIssue {
    Issue {
      number
      title
      repo {
        channels {
          name
        }
      }
     }
}`)
//                                            ^ -- This is GraphQL subscription you want
//                                                 to match to trigger your handler.
//                                                 Queries can also be externalized.
export class HelloIssue implements HandleEvent<any> {
//                                 ^ -- an event handler implements the 'HandleEvent'
//                                      interface

    public handle(e: EventFired<any>, ctx: HandlerContext): Promise<HandlerResult> {
//                ^                   ^ -- 'HandlerContext' gives access to
//                ^                        'MessageClient' and 'GraphClient'
//                ^ -- 'EventFired' gives you access to the data that matched the
//                     subscription. Since GraphQL queries return JSON it is very easy
//                     to work with the data in JavaScript/TypeScript

        return Promise.all(e.data.Issue.map(i =>
            ctx.messageClient.addressChannels(`Got a new issue \`${i.number}# ${i.title}\``,
//                            ^ -- besides responding, you can address users and
//                                 channels in Slack by using the respective methods
//                                 on 'MessageClient'

                i.repo.channels.map(c => c.name))))
//              ^ -- in our correlated data model, repositories can be mapped to
//                   channels in a chat team. This will effectively send a message
//                   into each mapped channel
            .then(() => {
                return Promise.resolve({ code: 0 });
//                                     ^ -- Event handlers are expected to return a
//                                          'HandlerResult'. Nonzero code indicate
//                                          error occurred
            });
    }
}

This event handler registers a GraphQL subscription on the Issue type. On Issue events the handler will send a simple message back to the associated slack team.

For more information, please see Event Handlers.

Register Handlers

In order to register your handlers with the automation-client, please create a file called atomist.config.ts and put the following contents into it:

import { Configuration } from "@atomist/automation-client/configuration";

import { HelloWorld } from "./commands/HelloWorld";
import { HelloIssue } from "./events/HelloIssue";

export const configuration: Configuration = {
//                          ^ -- 'Configuration' defines all configuration options

    name: "your_module_name",
//  ^ -- each automation-client should have a unique name

    version: "0.0.1",
//  ^ -- and a semver version

    teamIds: ["T29E48P34"],
//  ^ -- the ids of your chat teams which you can get by running '@atomist pwd'
//       leave empty to use your user defaults saved by atomist-config

    commands: [
//  ^ -- register all your command handlers
        () => new HelloWorld(),
    ],

    events: [
        () => new HelloIssue(),
    ],
//  ^ -- the same for event handlers

    token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN || "34563sdf......................wq455eze",
//  ^ -- configure a GitHub personal access token with read:org scope; this is used to
//       authenticate the automation-client with Atomist to make sure the client should
//       be granted access to the ingested data and chat team; leave null/undefined
//       to use your user default saved by atomist-config
};

This file allows you to register your handlers as well as to specify name and version for your automation-client.

Running the Automation-Client

There are several ways you can run your automation-client and have it connect to Atomist API.

Running Locally

To start up the client locally and have it listen to incoming events, just run:

$ atomist start

Pushing to Cloud Foundry

To prepare for your automation-client to run on any Cloud Foundry instance, please make sure that you have an account on an instance of Cloud Foundry and that you have the Cloud Foundry CLI installed, configured and logged in.

First you need to create a manifest.yml in the root of your node project. Put the following minimum content into the file:

applications:
- name: YOUR_APP_NAME
  command: $(npm bin)/atomist-client
  memory: 128M
  buildpack: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/nodejs-buildpack
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: <your GITHUB_TOKEN>
    SUPPRESS_NO_CONFIG_WARNING: true

There more recommended ways for getting your GITHUB_TOKEN into your automation-client instance. Take a look at cfenv for example

Next please add an "engines" top-level entry to your package.json like the following:

  "engines": {
    "node": "8.x.x",
    "npm": "5.x.x"
  }

Now you're ready to cf push your automation server to Cloud Foundry:

$ cf push

REST APIs

When starting up, the automation-client exposes a couple of endpoints that can be accessed via HTTP.

Authentication

The endpoints are protected by HTTP Basic Auth or token-based authentication. When starting the client, you'll see a log message of the following format:

2017-09-20T08:22:32.789Z - info	: Auto-generated credentials for web endpoints are user 'admin' and password '4d6390d1-de5c-6764-a078-7308503ddba5'

By default the automation-client auto-generates some credentials for you use. To configure your own credentials, change atomist.config.ts and put a following section in:

export const configuration: Configuration = {
    ...
    http: {
        enabled: true,
        auth: {
            basic: {
                enabled: true,
                username: "some user",
                password: "some password",
            },
        },
    },
};

Endpoints

GET Management Endpoints

As an example, here is an a command to get the current metrics:

$ curl -X GET \
     http://localhost:2866/metrics \
     -H 'authorization: Bearer 34563sdf......................wq455eze"' \
     -H 'content-type: application/json'

The above endpoints are all HTTP GET and take bearer and basic auth per default. See below for more details about authentication.

Invoking a command handler

Command handlers can be invoked via a HTTP POST with the following payload:

$ curl -X POST \
    http://localhost:2866/command \
    -H 'content-type: application/json' \
    -H 'authorization: Bearer 34563sdf......................wq455eze"'
    -d '{
          "parameters": [{
            "name": "name",
            "value": "cd"
          }],
          "mapped_parameters": [{
            "name": "sender",
            "value": "kipz"
          },{
            "name": "userName",
            "value": "cd"
          }],
          "secrets": [{
            "uri": "github://user_token?scopes=repo",
            "value":"4...d"
          }],
          "command": "HelloWorld",
          "correlation_id": "6cb72bf7-77b4-4939-b892-00000701fa53",
          "team": {
            "id": "T1L0VDKJP",
            "name": "Atomist QA"
          },
          "api_version": "1"
        }'

Support

General support questions should be discussed in the #support channel on our community Slack team at atomist-community.slack.com.

If you find a problem, please create an issue.

Development

You will need to install node to build and test this project.

To run tests, define a GITHUB_TOKEN to any valid token that has repo access. The tests will create and delete repositories.

Define GITHUB_VISIBILITY=public if you want these to be public; default is private. You'll get a 422 response from repo creation if you don't pay for private repos.

Build and Test

Release

To create a new release of the project, we push a button on the Atomist lifecycle message in the #automation-client-ts channel in Atomist Community Slack.

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