grncdr / sandbox

Architect dev server: run full Architect projects locally & offline in a sandbox

@architect/sandbox

Architect local development environment: run full Architect projects locally & offline in an in-memory sandbox

Install

npm i @architect/sandbox

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CLI

Start the sandbox

npx sandbox

Or if running Sandbox from within @architect/architect:

npx arc sandbox

CLI options

• -p, --port, port - Manually specify HTTP port
  • Defaults to 3333
• -v, --verbose, verbose - Enable verbose logging

Environment variables

• ARC_API_TYPE - Set the API Gateway API type
  • Can be one of http (aliased to httpv2), httpv1, rest
  • Defaults to http
• ARC_QUIET - If present, disable (most) logging
• PORT - Manually specify HTTP port
  • Defaults to 3333
• ARC_EVENTS_PORT- Manually specify event bus port
  • Defaults to 3334
• ARC_TABLES_PORT- Manually specify local DynamoDB port
  • Defaults to 3335
• ARC_LOCAL- If present and used in conjunction with NODE_ENV=staging|production, emulates live staging or production environment
  • Uses your local .arc-env file's @staging or @production environment variables
  • Connects Sandbox to live AWS events and DynamoDB infra
  • Requires valid AWS credentials with the same profile name as defined in your project manifest

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API

Sandbox is designed to be integrated into your application's test suite. In most cases you'll only need to make use of sandbox.start() and sandbox.end(). However, individual Sandbox services can also be individually started and stopped. (See below.)

All methods must be passed an options object that may containing the following parameters:

• port - String - Manually specify HTTP port
  • Defaults to 3333
• quiet - Boolean - Disables (most) logging

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Sandbox

Start and shut down the Sandbox; unless you have specific per-service needs, we generally advise most folks use this interface for testing

sandbox.start(options[, callback]) → [Promise]

Starts the Sandbox; first checks that ports are available to consume, prints a banner, loads Architect and userland environment variables, hydrates application dependencies, and starts various Sandbox services (including events, tables and http).

Invokes callback once everything is ready, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

sandbox.end([callback]) → [Promise]

Shuts down anything started by sandbox.start(). Invokes callback once shut down, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

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Individual Sandbox services

Useful for starting a subset of Sandbox's service functionality in your tests, either for increased isolation, or to enhance throughput

Events (@events, @queues)

sandbox.events.start(options[, callback]) → [Promise]

Starts up a local event bus, enabling interprocess communication for @queues and @events functions (if defined in your Architect project manifest).

Invokes callback once everything is ready, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

sandbox.events.end([callback]) → [Promise]

Shuts down anything started by sandbox.events.start(). Invokes callback once shut down, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

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HTTP (@http, @static, @ws)

sandbox.http.start(options[, callback]) → [Promise]

Starts up a local HTTP and WebSocket servers, enabling @http or [@websocket][websocket] functions (if defined in your Architect project manifest).

Invokes callback once everything is ready, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

sandbox.http.end([callback]) → [Promise]

Shuts down anything started by sandbox.http.start(). Invokes callback once shut down, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

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Tables (@tables, @indexes)

sandbox.tables.start(options[, callback]) → [Promise]

Starts up a local in-memory DynamoDB server, enabling @tables or [@indexes][indexes] functions (if defined in your Architect project manifest).

Invokes callback once everything is ready, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

sandbox.tables.end([callback]) → [Promise]

Shuts down anything started by sandbox.tables.start(). Invokes callback once shut down, or returns a promise if callback is falsy.

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Example

Tape

let sandbox = require('@architect/sandbox')
let test = require('tape)

test('Start the Sandbox', async t => {
  t.plan(1)
  let result = await sandbox.start()
  t.equal(result, 'Sandbox successfully started')
})

test('Tests go here', t => {
  // Make use of various Sandbox resources in your tests...
})

test('Shut down the Sandbox', async t => {
  t.plan(1)
  let result = await sandbox.end()
  t.equal(result, 'Sandbox successfully shut down')
})

Jest

let sandbox = require('@architect/sandbox')

beforeAll(async () => {
  let result = await sandbox.start()
  expect(result).toBe('Sandbox successfully started')
})

afterAll(async () => {
  let result = await sandbox.end()
  expect(result).toBe('Sandbox successfully shut down')
})

test('Tests go here', () => {
  // Make use of various Sandbox resources in your tests...
})