chore: wiring up the catalog 📕

Co-authored-by: Fredrik Adelöw <freben@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Johan Haals <johan.haals@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: blam <ben@blam.sh>

packages/backend-plugin-api/package.json

@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@
     "@backstage/config": "^1.0.1",
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.14.0",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "^0.6.2",
-    "@backstage/backend-tasks": "^0.3.2"
+    "@backstage/backend-tasks": "^0.3.2",
+    "express": "^4.17.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backstage/cli": "^0.17.2-next.0"
+    "@backstage/cli": "^0.17.2-next.0",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.6"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",

packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/httpRouterServiceRef.ts

@@ -15,11 +15,30 @@
  */
 
 import { createServiceRef } from '../system/types';
+import { Handler } from 'express';
 
-export interface HttpRouterApi {
-  get(path: string): void;
+//   const apiRouter = Router();
+//  apiRouter.use('/catalog', await catalog(catalogEnv));
+// const service = createServiceBuilder(module)
+// .loadConfig(config)
+// .addRouter('', await healthcheck(healthcheckEnv))
+// .addRouter('', metricsHandler())
+// .addRouter('/api', apiRouter)
+// .addRouter('', await app(appEnv));
+
+// interface BackstageRequest extends Request {
+//   identity?: BackstageIdentity;
+//   context?: Context;
+// }
+
+// interface RequestIdentityService {
+//   getRequestIdentity(req: Request): BackstageIdentity | undefined;
+// }
+
+export interface HttpRouterService {
+  use(handler: Handler): void;
 }
 
-export const httpRouterServiceRef = createServiceRef<HttpRouterApi>({
+export const httpRouterServiceRef = createServiceRef<HttpRouterService>({
   id: 'core.httpRouter',
 });

packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 export { configServiceRef } from './configServiceRef';
 export { httpRouterServiceRef } from './httpRouterServiceRef';
-export type { HttpRouterApi } from './httpRouterServiceRef';
+export type { HttpRouterService } from './httpRouterServiceRef';
 export { loggerServiceRef } from './loggerServiceRef';
 export type { Logger } from './loggerServiceRef';
 export { urlReaderServiceRef } from './urlReaderServiceRef';