Server System

[jasonkuhrt]

What

• Define a server middleware API
• Do not re-export another server middleware system
• Do be open to adaptors that permit bridging with middleware from other frameworks
• There must be a standard interface, contract, for plugins to write their logic against
• Do not expose the raw underlying server API to the app
• Do consider an unsafe raw escape hatch so apps can get access to the underlying server API
• Maybe the server implementation is adapted to the deployment target, e.g. serverless uses something else than long-lived etc.
• Can we ignore router for now?
• Focus on Middleware focused on header and context manipulation, with ability to short circuit

Related

#141 #270 #231 #273 #506

[jasonkuhrt]

We have made some progress on this topic.

• server should work with graphqljs directly
• server should be built on top of node http, not express
• server should have own middleware system
• server middleware system should have access to the same context resolvers will get and/or schema.addToContext has an api to add context scope to a request without permitting its use as a middleware standin
• nexus should have a serverless mode, meaning it just exports a request handler that the host platform will call

Links

Combine v8 snapshots + AWS Lambda

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/runtimes-custom.html
• https://nodejs.org/api/v8.html
• http://peterforgacs.github.io/2018/09/12/How-to-create-a-V8-snapshot-of-your-javascript-file/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11109538/node-js-v8-how-to-make-my-own-snapshot-to-accelerate-startup
• https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28181
• https://helpdev.eu/node-js-12-5-shortened-startup-time-with-v8-snapshots/

[Oba-One]

Hi, I love nexus and was wondering the prgress/eta of the feature? Is there anyway I can assist in testing or exploration? @jasonkuhrt

Thanks for all your work!

[russell-dot-js]

I'm definitely interested in your progress with this -- custom runtimes with V8 Snapshots sounds like a huge win (but also sounds like something the AWS Lambda team easily can and probably should do on their own, considering end users are not charged for init time)