Custom functions context
Hooks, cronjobs and message handlers have a similar context being injected to a customised function. If your project is targeting stack9 greather than 3.0, you can install stack9-sdk package and take advantage of the type definition available for each one of these methods.
Base Context
All customised function share this properties in the context:
@prop db - object - core repositories and database transaction;
@prop services - object - core services;
@prop logger - object - to write logs in splunk or seq;
@prop environmentType - string - local, Development, UAT, Pre Production, Production.
Extended contexts for each customisation method
Custom api
@prop user - object - user in context of the operation;
@prop url - string - request URL;
@prop body - json - body payload when received a PUT or POST method;
@prop query - json - querystring parameters serialised in json.
Custom function
@prop user - object - user in context of the operation;
@prop hookType - string - ValidateAndTransformInput or AfterChange;
@prop operation - string - defaults: create, update, delete workflow: proceedToStep, returnStep, approveWorkflow, takeOwnership, rejectWorkflow;
@prop entity - object - entity recevied;
@prop oldEntity - object - entity before save;
@prop workflowData - object - extra information about the workflow;
@prop entityName - string - entity name persisted.
Cron job
Document function
Message handler
Receives the base context but it also has the companion of message object described bellow:
@prop queue - string - queue name, must be the same configured in message-handler;
@prop userId - string - optional: id of the user executing the action;
@prop entityType - string - optional: entity name;
@prop entityId - number - optional: id of the entity being processed;
@prop action - string optional: workflow action;
@prop operation - string - optional: workflow operation;
@prop body - string - body payload passed to the message.