From d56bd5dfef0985f363027b157b36fb300f73ea47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 14:32:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] backend-app-api: add startHttpServer helper

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
---
 .../backend-app-api/src/lib/http/index.ts     |  9 ++-
 .../src/lib/http/startHttpServer.ts           | 62 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/startHttpServer.ts

diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/index.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/index.ts
index 0717194f75..94ab61f6c8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/index.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+export { createHttpServer } from './createHttpServer';
+export { startHttpServer } from './startHttpServer';
+export type { StartHttpServerOptions } from './startHttpServer';
 export { readHttpServerOptions } from './config';
-export type { HttpServerOptions, HttpServerCertificateOptions } from './types';
+export type {
+  HttpServerOptions,
+  HttpServerCertificateOptions,
+  ExtendedHttpServer,
+} from './types';
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/startHttpServer.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/startHttpServer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64d0be3f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/lib/http/startHttpServer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 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 {
+  ConfigService,
+  RootLifecycleService,
+  RootLoggerService,
+} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { RequestListener } from 'http';
+import { readHttpServerOptions } from './config';
+import { createHttpServer } from './createHttpServer';
+
+/**
+ * Options for {@link startHttpServer}.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface StartHttpServerOptions {
+  config: ConfigService;
+  logger: RootLoggerService;
+  lifecycle: RootLifecycleService;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Starts up an HTTP server, as well as registers a shutdown handler that stops the server.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export async function startHttpServer(
+  listener: RequestListener,
+  options: StartHttpServerOptions,
+) {
+  const { config, logger, lifecycle } = options;
+
+  const server = await createHttpServer(
+    listener,
+    readHttpServerOptions(config.getOptionalConfig('backend')),
+    { logger },
+  );
+
+  lifecycle.addShutdownHook({
+    async fn() {
+      await server.stop();
+    },
+    labels: { type: 'httpServer' },
+  });
+
+  await server.start();
+}