@nearform/trail-fastify-server

trail-fastify-server is a ready to use Fastify server with the trail-fastify-plugin registered.

It also provides a local instance of Swagger UI to easily check the REST API documentation.

Install

To install via npm:

npm install @nearform/trail-fastify-server

Usage

npx run trail-fastify-server

This will start a server on localhost:8080. Swagger UI documentation is accessible at http://localhost:8080/documentation/.

Configuration

The server looks for the following environment variables:

TRAIL_DB_HOST: The hostname for the trail database.
TRAIL_DB_PORT: The port number for the trail database.
TRAIL_DB_NAME: The name of the trail database.
TRAIL_DB_USERNAME: The username for the trail database.
TRAIL_DB_PASSWORD: The password for the trail database.
TRAIL_DB_POOL_SIZE: The size of the trail DB pool.
TRAIL_DB_TIMEOUT: The trail database idle timeout, in milliseconds.
TRAIL_HTTP_HOST: The hostname the HTTP server is bound to.
TRAIL_HTTP_PORT: The port the HTTP server is bound to.
TRAIL_CORS_ORIGIN: The value for Access-Control-Allow-Origin header as per fastify-cors plugin.
TRAIL_USE_REST_API: Flag indicating whether to mount the REST API.
TRAIL_USE_GRAPHQL: Flag indicating whether to mount the graphql endpoint.

These can also be defined using a .env file.

The server also takes the following command line options:

--dbHost <host>: The hostname for the trail database. Defaults to localhost.
--dbPort <port>: The port number for the trail database. Defaults to 5432.
--dbName <name>: The name of the trail database. Defaults to trails.
--dbUsername <user>: The username for the trail database. Defaults to postgres.
--dbPassword <password>: The password for the trail database. Defaults to postgres.
--dbPoolsize <size>: The size of the trail DB pool. Defaults to 10.
--dbTimeout <ms>: The trail database idle timeout, in milliseconds. Defaults to 30000.
--httpHost <host>: The hostname the HTTP server is bound to. Defaults to localhost.
--httpPort <port>: The port the HTTP server is bound to. Defaults to 8080.
--corsOrigin <origin>: set value for Access-Control-Allow-Origin header. Defaults to ``.
--useRESTAPI: Flag indicating whether to start with the Trail's REST API. Defaults to true.
--useGraphql: Flag indicating whether to start with the graphql query endpoint. Defaults to true.

Command line options take precedence over environment settings.