// # Ghost Data API // Provides access from anywhere to the Ghost data layer. // // Ghost's JSON API is integral to the workings of Ghost, regardless of whether you want to access data internally, // from a theme, an app, or from an external app, you'll use the Ghost JSON API to do so. var _ = require('lodash'), config = require('../config'), // Include Endpoints configuration = require('./configuration'), db = require('./db'), mail = require('./mail'), notifications = require('./notifications'), posts = require('./posts'), roles = require('./roles'), settings = require('./settings'), tags = require('./tags'), themes = require('./themes'), users = require('./users'), slugs = require('./slugs'), authentication = require('./authentication'), uploads = require('./upload'), dataExport = require('../data/export'), errors = require('../errors'), http, formatHttpErrors, addHeaders, cacheInvalidationHeader, locationHeader, contentDispositionHeader, init; /** * ### Init * Initialise the API - populate the settings cache * @return {Promise(Settings)} Resolves to Settings Collection */ init = function () { return settings.updateSettingsCache(); }; /** * ### Cache Invalidation Header * Calculate the header string for the X-Cache-Invalidate: header. * The resulting string instructs any cache in front of the blog that request has occurred which invalidates any cached * versions of the listed URIs. * * `/*` is used to mean the entire cache is invalid * * @private * @param {Express.request} req Original HTTP Request * @param {Object} result API method result * @return {String} Resolves to header string */ cacheInvalidationHeader = function (req, result) { var parsedUrl = req._parsedUrl.pathname.replace(/^\/|\/$/g, '').split('/'), method = req.method, endpoint = parsedUrl[0], cacheInvalidate, jsonResult = result.toJSON ? result.toJSON() : result, post, hasStatusChanged, wasDeleted, wasPublishedUpdated; if (method === 'POST' || method === 'PUT' || method === 'DELETE') { if (endpoint === 'settings' || endpoint === 'users' || endpoint === 'db' || endpoint === 'tags') { cacheInvalidate = '/*'; } else if (endpoint === 'posts') { post = jsonResult.posts[0]; hasStatusChanged = post.statusChanged; wasDeleted = method === 'DELETE'; // Invalidate cache when post was updated but not when post is draft wasPublishedUpdated = method === 'PUT' && post.status === 'published'; // Remove the statusChanged value from the response delete post.statusChanged; // Don't set x-cache-invalidate header for drafts if (hasStatusChanged || wasDeleted || wasPublishedUpdated) { cacheInvalidate = '/*'; } } } return cacheInvalidate; }; /** * ### Location Header * * If the API request results in the creation of a new object, construct a Location: header which points to the new * resource. * * @private * @param {Express.request} req Original HTTP Request * @param {Object} result API method result * @return {String} Resolves to header string */ locationHeader = function (req, result) { var apiRoot = config.urlFor('api'), location, newObject; if (req.method === 'POST') { if (result.hasOwnProperty('posts')) { newObject = result.posts[0]; location = apiRoot + '/posts/' + newObject.id + '/?status=' + newObject.status; } else if (result.hasOwnProperty('notifications')) { newObject = result.notifications[0]; location = apiRoot + '/notifications/' + newObject.id + '/'; } else if (result.hasOwnProperty('users')) { newObject = result.users[0]; location = apiRoot + '/users/' + newObject.id + '/'; } else if (result.hasOwnProperty('tags')) { newObject = result.tags[0]; location = apiRoot + '/tags/' + newObject.id + '/'; } } return location; }; /** * ### Content Disposition Header * create a header that invokes the 'Save As' dialog in the browser when exporting the database to file. The 'filename' * parameter is governed by [RFC6266](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6266#section-4.3). * * For encoding whitespace and non-ISO-8859-1 characters, you MUST use the "filename*=" attribute, NOT "filename=". * Ideally, both. Examples: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6266#section-5 * * We'll use ISO-8859-1 characters here to keep it simple. * * @private * @see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc598 * @return {string} */ contentDispositionHeader = function () { return dataExport.fileName().then(function (filename) { return 'Attachment; filename="' + filename + '"'; }); }; /** * ### Format HTTP Errors * Converts the error response from the API into a format which can be returned over HTTP * * @private * @param {Array} error * @return {{errors: Array, statusCode: number}} */ formatHttpErrors = function (error) { var statusCode = 500, errors = []; if (!_.isArray(error)) { error = [].concat(error); } _.each(error, function (errorItem) { var errorContent = {}; // TODO: add logic to set the correct status code statusCode = errorItem.code || 500; errorContent.message = _.isString(errorItem) ? errorItem : (_.isObject(errorItem) ? errorItem.message : 'Unknown API Error'); errorContent.type = errorItem.type || 'InternalServerError'; errors.push(errorContent); }); return {errors: errors, statusCode: statusCode}; }; addHeaders = function (apiMethod, req, res, result) { var cacheInvalidation, location, contentDisposition; cacheInvalidation = cacheInvalidationHeader(req, result); if (cacheInvalidation) { res.set({'X-Cache-Invalidate': cacheInvalidation}); } if (req.method === 'POST') { location = locationHeader(req, result); if (location) { res.set({Location: location}); // The location header indicates that a new object was created. // In this case the status code should be 201 Created res.status(201); } } if (apiMethod === db.exportContent) { contentDisposition = contentDispositionHeader() .then(function addContentDispositionHeader(header) { // Add Content-Disposition Header if (apiMethod === db.exportContent) { res.set({ 'Content-Disposition': header }); } }); } return contentDisposition; }; /** * ### HTTP * * Decorator for API functions which are called via an HTTP request. Takes the API method and wraps it so that it gets * data from the request and returns a sensible JSON response. * * @public * @param {Function} apiMethod API method to call * @return {Function} middleware format function to be called by the route when a matching request is made */ http = function (apiMethod) { return function (req, res) { // We define 2 properties for using as arguments in API calls: var object = req.body, options = _.extend({}, req.files, req.query, req.params, { context: { user: (req.user && req.user.id) ? req.user.id : null } }); // If this is a GET, or a DELETE, req.body should be null, so we only have options (route and query params) // If this is a PUT, POST, or PATCH, req.body is an object if (_.isEmpty(object)) { object = options; options = {}; } return apiMethod(object, options).tap(function onSuccess(response) { // Add X-Cache-Invalidate, Location, and Content-Disposition headers return addHeaders(apiMethod, req, res, response); }).then(function (response) { // Send a properly formatting HTTP response containing the data with correct headers res.json(response || {}); }).catch(function onError(error) { errors.logError(error); var httpErrors = formatHttpErrors(error); // Send a properly formatted HTTP response containing the errors res.status(httpErrors.statusCode).json({errors: httpErrors.errors}); }); }; }; /** * ## Public API */ module.exports = { // Extras init: init, http: http, // API Endpoints configuration: configuration, db: db, mail: mail, notifications: notifications, posts: posts, roles: roles, settings: settings, tags: tags, themes: themes, users: users, slugs: slugs, authentication: authentication, uploads: uploads }; /** * ## API Methods * * Most API methods follow the BREAD pattern, although not all BREAD methods are available for all resources. * Most API methods have a similar signature, they either take just `options`, or both `object` and `options`. * For RESTful resources `object` is always a model object of the correct type in the form `name: [{object}]` * `options` is an object with several named properties, the possibilities are listed for each method. * * Read / Edit / Destroy routes expect some sort of identifier (id / slug / key) for which object they are handling * * All API methods take a context object as one of the options: * * @typedef context * Context provides information for determining permissions. Usually a user, but sometimes an app, or the internal flag * @param {Number} user (optional) * @param {String} app (optional) * @param {Boolean} internal (optional) */