Merge pull request #29058 from backstage/app-loader/resolve-features

Expose frontend feature discovery and resolution logic used in `createApp`
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Patrik Oldsberg
2025-03-11 00:46:13 +01:00
committed by GitHub
8 changed files with 251 additions and 56 deletions
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
---
'@backstage/frontend-defaults': patch
---
Feature discovery and resolution logic used in `createApp` is now exposed via the `discoverAvailableFeatures` and `resolveAsyncFeatures` functions respectively.
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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
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```ts
import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
import { ConfigApi } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
import { CreateAppRouteBinder } from '@backstage/frontend-app-api';
import { ExtensionFactoryMiddleware } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
@@ -45,4 +46,17 @@ export interface CreateAppOptions {
export function createPublicSignInApp(options?: CreateAppOptions): {
createRoot(): React_2.JSX.Element;
};
// @public (undocumented)
export function discoverAvailableFeatures(config: Config): {
features: FrontendFeature[];
};
// @public (undocumented)
export function resolveAsyncFeatures(options: {
config: Config;
features?: (FrontendFeature | CreateAppFeatureLoader)[];
}): Promise<{
features: FrontendFeature[];
}>;
```
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@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ import {
coreExtensionData,
ExtensionFactoryMiddleware,
} from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
import { stringifyError } from '@backstage/errors';
// eslint-disable-next-line @backstage/no-relative-monorepo-imports
import { defaultConfigLoaderSync } from '../../core-app-api/src/app/defaultConfigLoader';
// eslint-disable-next-line @backstage/no-relative-monorepo-imports
import { overrideBaseUrlConfigs } from '../../core-app-api/src/app/overrideBaseUrlConfigs';
import { getAvailableFeatures } from './discovery';
import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
import appPlugin from '@backstage/plugin-app';
import {
CreateAppRouteBinder,
FrontendFeature,
createSpecializedApp,
} from '@backstage/frontend-app-api';
import appPlugin from '@backstage/plugin-app';
import { discoverAvailableFeatures } from './discovery';
import { resolveAsyncFeatures } from './resolution';
/**
* A source of dynamically loaded frontend features.
@@ -94,25 +94,11 @@ export function createApp(options?: CreateAppOptions): {
overrideBaseUrlConfigs(defaultConfigLoaderSync()),
);
const discoveredFeatures = getAvailableFeatures(config);
const providedFeatures: FrontendFeature[] = [];
for (const entry of options?.features ?? []) {
if ('load' in entry) {
try {
const result = await entry.load({ config });
providedFeatures.push(...result.features);
} catch (e) {
throw new Error(
`Failed to read frontend features from loader '${entry.getLoaderName()}', ${stringifyError(
e,
)}`,
);
}
} else {
providedFeatures.push(entry);
}
}
const { features: discoveredFeatures } = discoverAvailableFeatures(config);
const { features: providedFeatures } = await resolveAsyncFeatures({
config,
features: options?.features,
});
const app = createSpecializedApp({
config,
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
*/
import { createFrontendPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
import { getAvailableFeatures } from './discovery';
import { discoverAvailableFeatures } from './discovery';
import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
const globalSpy = jest.fn();
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ const config = new ConfigReader({
app: { experimental: { packages: 'all' } },
});
describe('getAvailableFeatures', () => {
describe('discoverAvailableFeatures', () => {
afterEach(jest.resetAllMocks);
it('should discover nothing with undefined global', () => {
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
});
it('should discover nothing with empty global', () => {
globalSpy.mockReturnValue({
modules: [],
});
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
});
it('should discover a plugin', () => {
@@ -46,24 +46,26 @@ describe('getAvailableFeatures', () => {
globalSpy.mockReturnValue({
modules: [{ default: testPlugin }],
});
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([testPlugin]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({
features: [testPlugin],
});
});
it('should ignore garbage', () => {
globalSpy.mockReturnValueOnce({ modules: [{ default: null }] });
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
globalSpy.mockReturnValueOnce({ modules: [{ default: undefined }] });
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
globalSpy.mockReturnValueOnce({ modules: [{ default: Symbol() }] });
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
globalSpy.mockReturnValueOnce({ modules: [{ default: () => {} }] });
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
globalSpy.mockReturnValueOnce({ modules: [{ default: 0 }] });
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
globalSpy.mockReturnValueOnce({ modules: [{ default: false }] });
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
globalSpy.mockReturnValueOnce({ modules: [{ default: true }] });
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({ features: [] });
});
it('should discover multiple plugins', () => {
@@ -77,10 +79,8 @@ describe('getAvailableFeatures', () => {
{ default: test3Plugin },
],
});
expect(getAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual([
test1Plugin,
test2Plugin,
test3Plugin,
]);
expect(discoverAvailableFeatures(config)).toEqual({
features: [test1Plugin, test2Plugin, test3Plugin],
});
});
});
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@@ -53,32 +53,35 @@ function readPackageDetectionConfig(config: Config) {
}
/**
* @internal
* @public
*/
export function getAvailableFeatures(config: Config): FrontendFeature[] {
export function discoverAvailableFeatures(config: Config): {
features: FrontendFeature[];
} {
const discovered = (
window as { '__@backstage/discovered__'?: DiscoveryGlobal }
)['__@backstage/discovered__'];
const detection = readPackageDetectionConfig(config);
if (!detection) {
return [];
return { features: [] };
}
return (
discovered?.modules
.filter(({ name }) => {
if (detection.exclude?.includes(name)) {
return false;
}
if (detection.include && !detection.include.includes(name)) {
return false;
}
return true;
})
.map(m => m.default)
.filter(isBackstageFeature) ?? []
);
return {
features:
discovered?.modules
.filter(({ name }) => {
if (detection.exclude?.includes(name)) {
return false;
}
if (detection.include && !detection.include.includes(name)) {
return false;
}
return true;
})
.map(m => m.default)
.filter(isBackstageFeature) ?? [],
};
}
function isBackstageFeature(obj: unknown): obj is FrontendFeature {
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@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ export {
type CreateAppFeatureLoader,
} from './createApp';
export { createPublicSignInApp } from './createPublicSignInApp';
export { discoverAvailableFeatures } from './discovery';
export { resolveAsyncFeatures } from './resolution';
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
/*
* Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
import {
createFrontendPlugin,
PageBlueprint,
} from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
import { CreateAppFeatureLoader } from './createApp';
import { resolveAsyncFeatures } from './resolution';
import { mockApis } from '@backstage/test-utils';
describe('resolveAsyncFeatures', () => {
it('returns empty array when no features are provided', async () => {
const { features } = await resolveAsyncFeatures({
config: mockApis.config(),
});
expect(features).toEqual([]);
});
it('returns expected array when features are directly provided', async () => {
const { features } = await resolveAsyncFeatures({
config: mockApis.config(),
features: [
createFrontendPlugin({
id: 'test-feature',
extensions: [
PageBlueprint.make({
params: {
defaultPath: '/',
loader: () => new Promise(() => {}),
},
}),
],
}),
],
});
expect(features).toMatchObject([
{
$$type: '@backstage/FrontendPlugin',
id: 'test-feature',
version: 'v1',
extensions: [
{
$$type: '@backstage/Extension',
id: 'page:test-feature',
version: 'v2',
attachTo: {
id: 'app/routes',
input: 'routes',
},
},
],
},
]);
});
it('supports feature loaders', async () => {
const loader: CreateAppFeatureLoader = {
getLoaderName() {
return 'test-loader';
},
async load() {
return {
features: [
createFrontendPlugin({
id: 'test',
extensions: [
PageBlueprint.make({
params: {
defaultPath: '/',
loader: () => new Promise(() => {}),
},
}),
],
}),
],
};
},
};
const { features } = await resolveAsyncFeatures({
config: mockApis.config(),
features: [loader],
});
expect(features).toMatchObject([
{
$$type: '@backstage/FrontendPlugin',
id: 'test',
version: 'v1',
extensions: [
{
$$type: '@backstage/Extension',
id: 'page:test',
version: 'v2',
attachTo: {
id: 'app/routes',
input: 'routes',
},
},
],
},
]);
});
it('should propagate errors thrown by feature loaders', async () => {
const loader: CreateAppFeatureLoader = {
getLoaderName() {
return 'test-loader';
},
async load() {
throw new TypeError('boom');
},
};
await expect(() =>
resolveAsyncFeatures({
config: mockApis.config(),
features: [loader],
}),
).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
`"Failed to read frontend features from loader 'test-loader', TypeError: boom"`,
);
});
});
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
/*
* Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
import { stringifyError } from '@backstage/errors';
import { FrontendFeature } from '@backstage/frontend-app-api';
import { CreateAppFeatureLoader } from './createApp';
/** @public */
export async function resolveAsyncFeatures(options: {
config: Config;
features?: (FrontendFeature | CreateAppFeatureLoader)[];
}): Promise<{ features: FrontendFeature[] }> {
const features = [];
for (const entry of options.features ?? []) {
if ('load' in entry) {
try {
const result = await entry.load({ config: options.config });
features.push(...result.features);
} catch (e) {
throw new Error(
`Failed to read frontend features from loader '${entry.getLoaderName()}', ${stringifyError(
e,
)}`,
);
}
} else {
features.push(entry);
}
}
return { features };
}