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@architect/sandbox

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

Install

npm i @architect/sandbox

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
• --disable-symlinks - Disable symlinking src/shared into all functions and use file copying instead

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

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.)

Methods may be passed an options object containing the following parameters:

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

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, @queues, @tables, @indexes, @http, @static and @ws).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...
})

Development

Requirements

The tests in this repository require that you have the deno runtime installed on your local machine. Install deno by visiting https://deno.land/#installation.

Running Tests

To work on sandbox, first make sure you have installed the dependencies:

npm install

To run all tests, including the linter:

npm test

To run just the linter:

npm run lint

To run just the unit tests (which are located under test/unit):

npm run test:unit

To get a code coverage report based on unit test execution:

npm run coverage

To run just the integration tests (which are located under `test/integration'):

npm run test:integration