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Install with npm install before-after-hook
import Hook from "before-after-hook";
// instantiate singular hook API const hook = new Hook.Singular(); // Create a hook async function getData(options) { try { const result = await hook(fetchFromDatabase, options); return handleData(result); } catch (error) { return handleGetError(error); } } // register before/error/after hooks. // The methods can be async or return a promise hook.before(beforeHook); hook.error(errorHook); hook.after(afterHook); getData({ id: 123 });
// instantiate hook collection API const hookCollection = new Hook.Collection(); // Create a hook async function getData(options) { try { const result = await hookCollection("get", fetchFromDatabase, options); return handleData(result); } catch (error) { return handleGetError(error); } } // register before/error/after hooks. // The methods can be async or return a promise hookCollection.before("get", beforeHook); hookCollection.error("get", errorHook); hookCollection.after("get", afterHook); getData({ id: 123 });Hook.Singular vs Hook.Collection
There's no fundamental difference between the Hook.Singular
and Hook.Collection
hooks except for the fact that a hook from a collection requires you to pass along the name. Therefore the following explanation applies to both code snippets as described above.
The methods are executed in the following order
beforeHook
fetchFromDatabase
afterHook
handleData
beforeHook
can mutate options
before itâs passed to fetchFromDatabase
.
If an error is thrown in beforeHook
or fetchFromDatabase
then errorHook
is called next.
If afterHook
throws an error then handleGetError
is called instead of handleData
.
If errorHook
throws an error then handleGetError
is called next, otherwise afterHook
and handleData
.
You can also use hook.wrap
to achieve the same thing as shown above (collection example):
hookCollection.wrap("get", async (getData, options) => { await beforeHook(options); try { const result = getData(options); } catch (error) { await errorHook(error, options); } await afterHook(result, options); });
The Hook.Singular
constructor has no options and returns a hook
instance with the methods below:
const hook = new Hook.Singular();
Using the singular hook is recommended for TypeScript
The singular hook is a reference to a single hook. This means that there's no need to pass along any identifier (such as a name
as can be seen in the Hook.Collection API).
The API of a singular hook is exactly the same as a collection hook and we therefore suggest you read the Hook.Collection API and leave out any use of the name
argument. Just skip it like described in this example:
const hook = new Hook.Singular(); // good hook.before(beforeHook); hook.after(afterHook); hook(fetchFromDatabase, options); // bad hook.before("get", beforeHook); hook.after("get", afterHook); hook("get", fetchFromDatabase, options);
The Hook.Collection
constructor has no options and returns a hookCollection
instance with the methods below
const hookCollection = new Hook.Collection();
Use the api
property to return the public API:
That way you donât need to expose the hookCollection() method to consumers of your library
Invoke before and after hooks. Returns a promise.
hookCollection(nameOrNames, method /*, options */);Argument Type Description Required
name
String or Array of Strings Hook name, for example 'save'
. Or an array of names, see example below. Yes method
Function Callback to be executed after all before hooks finished execution successfully. options
is passed as first argument Yes options
Object Will be passed to all before hooks as reference, so they can mutate it No, defaults to empty object ({}
)
Resolves with whatever method
returns or resolves with. Rejects with error that is thrown or rejected with by
method
Simple Example
hookCollection( "save", (record) => { return store.save(record); }, record ); // shorter: hookCollection('save', store.save, record) hookCollection.before("save", function addTimestamps(record) { const now = new Date().toISOString(); if (record.createdAt) { record.updatedAt = now; } else { record.createdAt = now; } });
Example defining multiple hooks at once.
hookCollection( ["add", "save"], (record) => { return store.save(record); }, record ); hookCollection.before("add", function addTimestamps(record) { if (!record.type) { throw new Error("type property is required"); } }); hookCollection.before("save", function addTimestamps(record) { if (!record.type) { throw new Error("type property is required"); } });
Defining multiple hooks is helpful if you have similar methods for which you want to define separate hooks, but also an additional hook that gets called for all at once. The example above is equal to this:
hookCollection( "add", (record) => { return hookCollection( "save", (record) => { return store.save(record); }, record ); }, record );
Add before hook for given name.
hookCollection.before(name, method);Argument Type Description Required
name
String Hook name, for example 'save'
Yes method
Function Executed before the wrapped method. Called with the hookâs options
argument. Before hooks can mutate the passed options before they are passed to the wrapped method. Yes
Example
hookCollection.before("save", function validate(record) { if (!record.name) { throw new Error("name property is required"); } });
Add error hook for given name.
hookCollection.error(name, method);Argument Type Description Required
name
String Hook name, for example 'save'
Yes method
Function Executed when an error occurred in either the wrapped method or a before
hook. Called with the thrown error
and the hookâs options
argument. The first method
which does not throw an error will set the result that the after hook methods will receive. Yes
Example
hookCollection.error("save", (error, options) => { if (error.ignore) return; throw error; });
Add after hook for given name.
hookCollection.after(name, method);Argument Type Description Required
name
String Hook name, for example 'save'
Yes method
Function Executed after wrapped method. Called with what the wrapped method resolves with the hookâs options
argument. Yes
Example
hookCollection.after("save", (result, options) => { if (result.updatedAt) { app.emit("update", result); } else { app.emit("create", result); } });
Add wrap hook for given name.
hookCollection.wrap(name, method);Argument Type Description Required
name
String Hook name, for example 'save'
Yes method
Function Receives both the wrapped method and the passed options as arguments so it can add logic before and after the wrapped method, it can handle errors and even replace the wrapped method altogether Yes
Example
hookCollection.wrap("save", async (saveInDatabase, options) => { if (!record.name) { throw new Error("name property is required"); } try { const result = await saveInDatabase(options); if (result.updatedAt) { app.emit("update", result); } else { app.emit("create", result); } return result; } catch (error) { if (error.ignore) return; throw error; } });
See also: Test mock example
Removes hook for given name.
hookCollection.remove(name, hookMethod);Argument Type Description Required
name
String Hook name, for example 'save'
Yes beforeHookMethod
Function Same function that was previously passed to hookCollection.before()
, hookCollection.error()
, hookCollection.after()
or hookCollection.wrap()
Yes
Example
hookCollection.remove("save", validateRecord);
This library contains type definitions for TypeScript.
Type support forSingular
:
import Hook from "before-after-hook"; type TOptions = { foo: string }; // type for options type TResult = { bar: number }; // type for result type TError = Error; // type for error const hook = new Hook.Singular<TOptions, TResult, TError>(); hook.before((options) => { // `options.foo` has `string` type // not allowed options.foo = 42; // allowed options.foo = "Forty-Two"; }); const hookedMethod = hook( (options) => { // `options.foo` has `string` type // not allowed, because it does not satisfy the `R` type return { foo: 42 }; // allowed return { bar: 42 }; }, { foo: "Forty-Two" } );
You can choose not to pass the types for options, result or error. So, these are completely valid:
const hook = new Hook.Singular<O, R>(); const hook = new Hook.Singular<O>(); const hook = new Hook.Singular();
In these cases, the omitted types will implicitly be any
.
Collection
:
Collection
also has strict type support. You can use it like this:
import { Hook } from "before-after-hook"; type HooksType = { add: { Options: { type: string }; Result: { id: number }; Error: Error; }; save: { Options: { type: string }; Result: { id: number }; }; read: { Options: { id: number; foo: number }; }; destroy: { Options: { id: number; foo: string }; }; }; const hooks = new Hook.Collection<HooksType>(); hooks.before("destroy", (options) => { // `options.id` has `number` type }); hooks.error("add", (err, options) => { // `options.type` has `string` type // `err` is `instanceof Error` }); hooks.error("save", (err, options) => { // `options.type` has `string` type // `err` has type `any` }); hooks.after("save", (result, options) => { // `options.type` has `string` type // `result.id` has `number` type });
You can choose not to pass the types altogether. In that case, everything will implicitly be any
:
const hook = new Hook.Collection();
Alternative imports:
import { Singular, Collection } from "before-after-hook"; const hook = new Singular(); const hooks = new Collection();
Since version 1.4 the Hook
constructor has been deprecated in favor of returning Hook.Singular
in an upcoming breaking release.
Version 1.4 is still 100% backwards-compatible, but if you want to continue using hook collections, we recommend using the Hook.Collection
constructor instead before the next release.
For even more details, check out the PR.
If before-after-hook
is not for you, have a look at one of these alternatives:
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