Managing Foxx services

database.listServices

async database.listServices([excludeSystem]): Array<Object>

Fetches a list of all installed service.

Arguments

• excludeSystem: boolean (Default: true)

  Whether system services should be excluded.

Examples

const services = await db.listServices();

// -- or --

const services = await db.listServices(false);

database.installService

async database.installService(mount, source, [options]): Object

Installs a new service.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• source: Buffer | Readable | File | string

  The service bundle to install.

• options: Object (optional)

  An object with any of the following properties:

  • configuration: Object (optional)

    An object mapping configuration option names to values.

  • dependencies: Object (optional)

    An object mapping dependency aliases to mount points.

  • development: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the service should be installed in development mode.

  • legacy: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the service should be installed in legacy compatibility mode.

    This overrides the engines option in the service manifest (if any).

  • setup: boolean (Default: true)

    Whether the setup script should be executed.

Examples

const source = fs.createReadStream("./my-foxx-service.zip");
const info = await db.installService("/hello", source);

// -- or --

const source = fs.readFileSync("./my-foxx-service.zip");
const info = await db.installService("/hello", source);

// -- or --

const element = document.getElementById("my-file-input");
const source = element.files[0];
const info = await db.installService("/hello", source);

database.replaceService

async database.replaceService(mount, source, [options]): Object

Replaces an existing service with a new service by completely removing the old service and installing a new service at the same mount point.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• source: Buffer | Readable | File | string

  The service bundle to replace the existing service with.

• options: Object (optional)

  An object with any of the following properties:

  • configuration: Object (optional)

    An object mapping configuration option names to values.

    This configuration will replace the existing configuration.

  • dependencies: Object (optional)

    An object mapping dependency aliases to mount points.

    These dependencies will replace the existing dependencies.

  • development: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the new service should be installed in development mode.

  • legacy: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the new service should be installed in legacy compatibility mode.

    This overrides the engines option in the service manifest (if any).

  • teardown: boolean (Default: true)

    Whether the teardown script of the old service should be executed.

  • setup: boolean (Default: true)

    Whether the setup script of the new service should be executed.

Examples

const source = fs.createReadStream("./my-foxx-service.zip");
const info = await db.replaceService("/hello", source);

// -- or --

const source = fs.readFileSync("./my-foxx-service.zip");
const info = await db.replaceService("/hello", source);

// -- or --

const element = document.getElementById("my-file-input");
const source = element.files[0];
const info = await db.replaceService("/hello", source);

database.upgradeService

async database.upgradeService(mount, source, [options]): Object

Replaces an existing service with a new service while retaining the old service’s configuration and dependencies.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• source: Buffer | Readable | File | string

  The service bundle to replace the existing service with.

• options: Object (optional)

  An object with any of the following properties:

  • configuration: Object (optional)

    An object mapping configuration option names to values.

    This configuration will be merged into the existing configuration.

  • dependencies: Object (optional)

    An object mapping dependency aliases to mount points.

    These dependencies will be merged into the existing dependencies.

  • development: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the new service should be installed in development mode.

  • legacy: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the new service should be installed in legacy compatibility mode.

    This overrides the engines option in the service manifest (if any).

  • teardown: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the teardown script of the old service should be executed.

  • setup: boolean (Default: true)

    Whether the setup script of the new service should be executed.

Examples

const source = fs.createReadStream("./my-foxx-service.zip");
const info = await db.upgradeService("/hello", source);

// -- or --

const source = fs.readFileSync("./my-foxx-service.zip");
const info = await db.upgradeService("/hello", source);

// -- or --

const element = document.getElementById("my-file-input");
const source = element.files[0];
const info = await db.upgradeService("/hello", source);

database.uninstallService

async database.uninstallService(mount, [options]): void

Completely removes a service from the database.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• options: Object (optional)

  An object with any of the following properties:

  • teardown: boolean (Default: true)

    Whether the teardown script should be executed.

Examples

await db.uninstallService("/my-service");
// service was uninstalled

database.getService

async database.getService(mount): Object

Retrieves information about a mounted service.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

Examples

const info = await db.getService("/my-service");
// info contains detailed information about the service

database.getServiceConfiguration

async database.getServiceConfiguration(mount, [minimal]): Object

Retrieves an object with information about the service’s configuration options and their current values.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• minimal: boolean (Default: false)

  Only return the current values.

Examples

const config = await db.getServiceConfiguration("/my-service");
// config contains information about the service's configuration

database.replaceServiceConfiguration

async database.replaceServiceConfiguration(mount, configuration, [minimal]): Object

Replaces the configuration of the given service.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• configuration: Object

  An object mapping configuration option names to values.

• minimal: boolean (Default: false)

  Only return the current values and warnings (if any).

  Note: when using ArangoDB 3.2.8 or older, enabling this option avoids triggering a second request to the database.

Examples

const config = { currency: "USD", locale: "en-US" };
const info = await db.replaceServiceConfiguration("/my-service", config);
// info.values contains information about the service's configuration
// info.warnings contains any validation errors for the configuration

database.updateServiceConfiguration

async database.updateServiceConfiguration(mount, configuration, [minimal]): Object

Updates the configuration of the given service my merging the new values into the existing ones.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• configuration: Object

  An object mapping configuration option names to values.

• minimal: boolean (Default: false)

  Only return the current values and warnings (if any).

  Note: when using ArangoDB 3.2.8 or older, enabling this option avoids triggering a second request to the database.

Examples

const config = { locale: "en-US" };
const info = await db.updateServiceConfiguration("/my-service", config);
// info.values contains information about the service's configuration
// info.warnings contains any validation errors for the configuration

database.getServiceDependencies

async database.getServiceDependencies(mount, [minimal]): Object

Retrieves an object with information about the service’s dependencies and their current mount points.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• minimal: boolean (Default: false)

  Only return the current values and warnings (if any).

Examples

const deps = await db.getServiceDependencies("/my-service");
// deps contains information about the service's dependencies

database.replaceServiceDependencies

async database.replaceServiceDependencies(mount, dependencies, [minimal]): Object

Replaces the dependencies for the given service.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• dependencies: Object

  An object mapping dependency aliases to mount points.

• minimal: boolean (Default: false)

  Only return the current values and warnings (if any).

  Note: when using ArangoDB 3.2.8 or older, enabling this option avoids triggering a second request to the database.

Examples

const deps = { mailer: "/mailer-api", auth: "/remote-auth" };
const info = await db.replaceServiceDependencies("/my-service", deps);
// info.values contains information about the service's dependencies
// info.warnings contains any validation errors for the dependencies

database.updateServiceDependencies

async database.updateServiceDependencies(mount, dependencies, [minimal]): Object

Updates the dependencies for the given service by merging the new values into the existing ones.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• dependencies: Object

  An object mapping dependency aliases to mount points.

• minimal: boolean (Default: false)

  Only return the current values and warnings (if any).

  Note: when using ArangoDB 3.2.8 or older, enabling this option avoids triggering a second request to the database.

Examples

const deps = { mailer: "/mailer-api" };
const info = await db.updateServiceDependencies("/my-service", deps);
// info.values contains information about the service's dependencies
// info.warnings contains any validation errors for the dependencies

database.enableServiceDevelopmentMode

async database.enableServiceDevelopmentMode(mount): Object

Enables development mode for the given service.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

Examples

const info = await db.enableServiceDevelopmentMode("/my-service");
// the service is now in development mode
// info contains detailed information about the service

database.disableServiceDevelopmentMode

async database.disableServiceDevelopmentMode(mount): Object

Disabled development mode for the given service and commits the service state to the database.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

Examples

const info = await db.disableServiceDevelopmentMode("/my-service");
// the service is now in production mode
// info contains detailed information about the service

database.listServiceScripts

async database.listServiceScripts(mount): Object

Retrieves a list of the service’s scripts.

Returns an object mapping each name to a more readable representation.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

Examples

const scripts = await db.listServiceScripts("/my-service");
// scripts is an object listing the service scripts

database.runServiceScript

async database.runServiceScript(mount, name, [scriptArg]): any

Runs a service script and returns the result.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

• name: string

  Name of the script to execute.

• scriptArg: any

  Value that will be passed as an argument to the script.

Examples

const result = await db.runServiceScript("/my-service", "setup");
// result contains the script's exports (if any)

database.runServiceTests

async database.runServiceTests(mount, [reporter]): any

Runs the tests of a given service and returns a formatted report.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database

• options: Object (optional)

  An object with any of the following properties:

  • reporter: string (Default: default)

    The reporter to use to process the test results.

    As of ArangoDB 3.2 the following reporters are supported:

    • stream: an array of event objects
    • suite: nested suite objects with test results
    • xunit: JSONML representation of an XUnit report
    • tap: an array of TAP event strings
    • default: an array of test results

  • idiomatic: boolean (Default: false)

    Whether the results should be converted to the apropriate string representation:

    • xunit reports will be formatted as XML documents
    • tap reports will be formatted as TAP streams
    • stream reports will be formatted as JSON-LD streams

Examples

const opts = { reporter: "xunit", idiomatic: true };
const result = await db.runServiceTests("/my-service", opts);
// result contains the XUnit report as a string

database.downloadService

async database.downloadService(mount): Buffer | Blob

Retrieves a zip bundle containing the service files.

Returns a Buffer in Node or Blob in the browser version.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

Examples

const bundle = await db.downloadService("/my-service");
// bundle is a Buffer/Blob of the service bundle

database.getServiceReadme

async database.getServiceReadme(mount): string?

Retrieves the text content of the service’s README or README.md file.

Returns undefined if no such file could be found.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

Examples

const readme = await db.getServiceReadme("/my-service");
// readme is a string containing the service README's
// text content, or undefined if no README exists

database.getServiceDocumentation

async database.getServiceDocumentation(mount): Object

Retrieves a Swagger API description object for the service installed at the given mount point.

Arguments

• mount: string

  The service’s mount point, relative to the database.

Examples

const spec = await db.getServiceDocumentation("/my-service");
// spec is a Swagger API description of the service

database.commitLocalServiceState

async database.commitLocalServiceState([replace]): void

Writes all locally available services to the database and updates any service bundles missing in the database.

Arguments

• replace: boolean (Default: false)

  Also commit outdated services.

  This can be used to solve some consistency problems when service bundles are missing in the database or were deleted manually.

Examples

await db.commitLocalServiceState();
// all services available on the coordinator have been written to the db

// -- or --

await db.commitLocalServiceState(true);
// all service conflicts have been resolved in favor of this coordinator