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Glimpse API ·

This is the backend API for Glimpse, the RPI TV website. For more information about the project, including features, check out the project wiki.

View the project in action at https://rpi.tv/.

Installing / Getting started

It's recommended to use Docker with Docker Compose for production deployments. To use the provided Docker Compose file, Docker Compose must be version 1.28.0 or higher.

Start by cloning this repository.

git clone https://github.com/rpitv/glimpse-api.git
cd glimpse-api

Then create your .env.docker file. You can use the .env.sample file as a template, and then modify it to match your environment.

cp .env.sample .env.docker

After that, you can start up the Docker containers.

docker compose --profile api-production up -d

This will pull the latest version of this repository's Docker image and start it up with the necessary dependencies. You can then use Prisma and the CLI to bootstrap your database. This requires the current LTS version of Node.js and NPM.

npx prisma migrate deploy # Create the database schema
npm run cli # Start the CLI

Alternatively, you can bootstrap the database manually. Read more on the Bootstrapping article.

When you are done, it's highly recommended to modify your docker-compose.yml so that only the API service has its port(s) exposed to the host machine. For more information or alternative options for deployment, check out the Deployment article.

Developing

Built With

This project is built on NestJS and written in TypeScript. Additional major dependencies include:

• Prisma
• CASL
• Passport

The project also depends on the following services:

• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• RabbitMQ

Prerequisites

To run the development environment for this project, you should have Node.js LTS installed, along with NPM. We recommend using NVM to manage your Node.js installation. If you are on Windows, you can use NVM for Windows.

While the API does not run in Docker for development, you should have Docker and Docker Compose installed for running the other services which the API depends on. This project has been tested on Docker Engine version 20.10. Docker Compose must be version 1.28.0 or higher.

Git must also be installed to clone the repository and manage your changes.

Setting up Dev

Start by cloning the repository. We recommend using SSH for this, as it is more secure, but you can use HTTPS if you prefer or are not able to use SSH.

git clone git@github.com:rpitv/glimpse-api.git
cd glimpse-api/
npm i

After that, you will need to create your .env file. You can use the .env.sample file as a template, and then modify it to match your environment.

cp .env.sample .env

Once you have your .env file, you will need to create a .env.docker file. Your .env.docker file should be the same as your .env file, except any references to localhost need to be replaced with their corresponding Docker service names. For example, if you have RABBITMQ_URL= RABBITMQ_URL=amqp://localhost:5672, you would change it to RABBITMQ_URL= RABBITMQ_URL=amqp://rabbitmq:5672.

Now you can start up the Docker containers which the API depends on.

docker compose up -d

Once the database is up and running, you can use Prisma and the CLI to bootstrap your database.

npx prisma migrate deploy # Create the database schema
npm run cli # Start the CLI

Once your database is initialized, you can start the API.

npm run start:dev

The API will be available at http://localhost:4000. A GraphQL playground will be available at http://localhost:4000/graphql.

Building

In order to build the project, you will need to complete all of the above steps in the Setting up Dev section. The project can then be built using the build command:

npm run build

The built files will be in the dist/ directory.

Deploying / Publishing

The built project can be run using the start:prod command:

npm run start:prod

Alternatively, run the JavaScript file directly:

node dist/src/main

Versioning

This project is still in early beta and proper versioning has not yet been set up. However, we will likely be implementing SemVer versioning at some point in the future.

Configuration

Currently, all configuration for this project is controlled via .env files. You can use the .env.sample file as a template, and then modify it to match your environment. .env.docker is used for Docker deployments, and should be the same as your .env file, except any references to localhost need to be replaced with their corresponding Docker service names.

Environment Variables

Name	Default/Required	Description
NODE_ENV	development	The environment in which this application is running. May be: production, development, staging, test
PORT	4000	The port to run the NestJS server on.
DATABASE_URL	Required	A PostgreSQL connection URI for your database.
REDIS_URL	Required	A Redis connection URI for your Redis database.
RABBITMQ_URL	Required	A RabbitMQ connection URI for your RabbitMQ server.
SESSION_SECRET	Required	A random string used to hash session IDs. Must be at least 64 characters long. Read more
SESSION_NAME	glimpse.sid	The name to use within session cookies and in the Redis session store.
LOGIN_REDIRECT_COOKIE_NAME	glimpse.redirect	The name of the cookie to store the login redirect URL in. This cookie is ephemeral, with a max life of 10 minutes.
OAUTH_SUCCESS_REDIRECT	/	The relative URI to redirect users to after a successful OAuth login. Should not include query parameters.
OAUTH_FAIL_REDIRECT	/login	The relative URI to redirect users to after a failed OAuth login. Should not include query parameters.
LOGIN_REDIRECT_HOSTS	Optional	A comma-separated list of hostnames that should be trusted in post-login user-provided redirects. Default is empty, which only allows relative redirects. E.g. rpi.tv,rpitv.org
DISCORD_CLIENT_ID	Required	The client ID for your Discord application, allowing for OAuth sign-in. Currently required.
DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET	Required	The secret corresponding to the above Discord client ID.
DISCORD_CALLBACK_URL	Required	The URL which users should be redirected to by Discord after they've approved the OAuth authentication request. Must be an absolute URL. Should be the /auth/discord endpoint, but through a reverse proxy.
TRUST_PROXY	Required	Option defining when to trust proxied requests. This application is designed to run behind a reverse proxy, but this can be set to false to disable trusting proxies completely. Set as restrictive as possible. Read more
HTTPS	true in production and staging	True/false value for whether the reverse proxy this application is running behind is HTTPS-only. This is used to mark cookies as Secure-only. You probably want this set to true.
LOG_LEVELS	log,warn,error in production	A comma-separated list of NestJS log levels that should be enabled. Valid values are: verbose, debug, log, warn, error.

Tests

The test suite is currently incomplete. You can run the tests using the test command:

npm run test

Style guide

This project generally follows the guidelines found here: https://github.com/elsewhencode/project-guidelines

Code style is enforced using ESLint and Prettier. When you set up your development environment, as long as you follow the provided instructions, a Git hook will be installed which will automatically format your code pre-commit. If you'd like to do this manually, you can pass the --ignore-scripts flag to npm i to skip the Git hook installation and run npm run format before committing your code.

An .editorconfig file is provided to help your editor automatically format your code to match the project's style.

API Reference

GraphQL

The API is primarily controlled via GraphQL, which has built-in documentation. Please introspect the API to view available documentation.

HTTP

GET /auth/discord

Query Parameters

All query parameters are optional.

• redirect - The URL to redirect to after authentication. Can be relative or absolute.
• code - The Discord OAuth2 code. This is automatically provided by Discord after a successful authentication.
• state - The state parameter for the OAuth2 request. This is automatically provided by Discord after a successful authentication.
• error - The error parameter for the OAuth2 request. This is automatically provided by Discord after a failed authentication.
• error_description - The error description parameter for the OAuth2 request. This is automatically provided by Discord after a failed authentication.

Response

The response will vary depending on whether the code or error query parameters are present.

• If neither code nor error are present, the user will be redirected to Discord to authenticate. If the redirect query parameter is present, it will be saved for when the user returns from Discord. None of the other query parameters have any effect in this state.
• If either code or error are present, there are three possible error states:
  • invalid_code - The code parameter was present, but Discord did not return a valid access token (e.g. the code was invalid or expired).
  • server_error - The error parameter was present, indicating that Discord encountered an error while attempting to authenticate the user.
  • no_user - The code parameter was present, but Discord returned a valid access token for an account that does not correspond to a user within the database.
• If any of the three above errors occur, the user will be redirected to <fail_redirect>?error=<error>. If the redirect query parameter was present when state was generated, the user will be redirected to <fail_redirect>?error=<error>&redirect=<redirect>.
• If none of the errors occurred, the user will be redirected to <success_redirect>, unless the redirect query parameter was present when the state was generated, in which case the user will be redirected to the URL that was specified. A new sessioncookie will also be provided in the response.

Note that this API is intended to be proxied in production, e.g. to /api. The URLs that the user can be redirected to should be implemented elsewhere (e.g. rpitv/glimpse-ui), and will return a 404 if the API is not being accessed through a proxy.

Database

This project uses PostgreSQL v14 within it's default Docker containers. If you wish to run your database outside of Docker, no other version has been tested.

Redis v7 is also used for state and session management.

Licensing

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.