@toa.io/extensions.exposition 1.0.0-alpha.9 → 1.0.0-alpha.90

package/documentation/identity.md

@@ -1,36 +1,30 @@
 # Identity
 
 Identity is the fundamental entity within an authentication system that represents the **unique
-identifier** of an
-individual, organization, application or device.
+identifier** of an individual, organization, application or device.
 
-In order to prove its Identity, the request originator must provide a valid _credentials_ that are
-associated with that
-Identity.
+To prove its Identity, the request originator must provide a valid _credentials_ that are associated
+with that Identity.
 
 Identity is intrinsically linked to credentials, as an Identity is established only when the first
-set of credentials
-for that Identity is created.
+set of credentials for that Identity is created.
 In other words, the creation of credentials marks the inception of an Identity.
 Once the last credentials are removed from the Identity, it ceases to exist.
 Without credentials, there is no basis for defining or asserting an Identity.
 
 ## Authentication
 
-The Authenticaiton system resolves provided credentials to an Identity using one of the supported
-authentication
-schemes.
+The Authentication system resolves provided credentials to an Identity using one of the supported
+authentication schemes.
 
 The Authentication is request-agnostic, meaning it does not depend on the specific URL being
-requested or the content of
-the request body.
+requested or the content of the request body.
 The only information it handles is the value of the `Authorization` header.
 
-> Except for its own [management resources](#persistent-credentials).
+> Except for its own [management resources](components.md).
 
 If the provided credentials are not valid or not associated with an Identity, then Authentication
-interrupts request
-processing and responds with an authentication error.
+interrupts request processing and responds with an authentication error.
 
 ### Basic scheme
 
@@ -52,8 +46,8 @@ Authrization: Token v4.local.eyJzdWIiOiJqb2hu...
 
 The `Token` is the **primary** authentication scheme.
 If request originators use an alternative authentication scheme, they will receive a response
-containing `Token`
-credentials and will be required to switch to the `Token` scheme for any subsequent requests.
+containing `Token`credentials and will be required to switch to the `Token` scheme for any
+subsequent requests.
 Continued use of other authentication schemes will result in temporary blocking of requests.
 
 See [`identity.tokens` component](components.md#stateless-tokens).
@@ -69,7 +63,8 @@ to [OpenID Connect Core 1.0](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.ht
 Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1...
 ```
 
-Trusted providers are specified using the `identity.federation` property within the configuration annotation.
+Trusted providers are specified using the `identity.federation` property within the configuration
+annotation.
 
 ```yaml
 # context.toa.yaml
@@ -77,13 +72,13 @@ Trusted providers are specified using the `identity.federation` property within
 configuration:
   identity.federation:
     trust:
-      - issuer: https://accounts.google.com
-        audience:
+      - iss: https://accounts.google.com
+        aud:
           - <GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>
 
-      - issuer: https://appleid.apple.com
+      - iss: https://appleid.apple.com
 
-      - issuer: private.entity
+      - iss: private.entity
         secrets:
           HS384:
             key0: <THE-SECRET-STRING-FOR-HS384>

package/documentation/introspection.md

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Resource introspection
+
+Any resource can be introspected by sending an `OPTIONS` request to the resource's path.
+The response will contain the resource's input and output schemas for each supported method.
+
+Introspection properties:
+
+- `route` route parameters
+- `query` query parameters
+- `input` input schema
+- `output` output schema
+- `errors` error codes
+
+```http
+OPTIONS /pots/:id/ HTTP/1.1
+accept: application/yaml
+```
+
+```http
+200 OK
+Allow: GET, POST, OPTIONS
+
+GET:
+  route:
+    id:
+      type: string
+      pattern: ^[a-fA-F0-9]{32}$
+  output:
+    type: array
+    items:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        title:
+          type: string
+          maxLength: 64
+        volume:
+          type: number
+          exclusiveMinimum: 0
+          maximum: 1000
+        temperature:
+          type: number
+          exclusiveMinimum: 0
+          maximum: 300
+      additionalProperties: false
+      required:
+        - id
+        - title
+        - volume
+POST:
+  route:
+    id:
+      type: string
+      pattern: ^[a-fA-F0-9]{32}$
+  input:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      title:
+        type: string
+        maxLength: 64
+      temperature:
+        type: number
+        exclusiveMinimum: 0
+        maximum: 300
+      volume:
+        type: number
+        exclusiveMinimum: 0
+        maximum: 1000
+    additionalProperties: false
+    required:
+      - title
+      - volume
+  output:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      id:
+        type: string
+        pattern: ^[a-fA-F0-9]{32}$
+    additionalProperties: false
+  errors:
+    - NO_WAY
+    - WONT_CREATE
+```

package/documentation/octets.md

@@ -14,26 +14,28 @@ directives under the current RTD Node.
   octets:context: images
 ```
 
-## `octets:store`
+## `octets:put`
 
 Stores the content of the request body into a storage, under the request path with
 specified `content-type`.
 
 If request's `content-type` is not acceptable, or if the request body does not pass
-the [validation](/extensions/storages/readme.md#async-putpath-string-stream-readable-type-typecontrol-maybeentry),
+the [validation](/extensions/storages/readme.md#async-putpath-string-stream-readable-options-options-maybeentry),
 the request is rejected with a `415 Unsupported Media Type` response.
 
 The value of the directive is `null` or an object with the following properties:
 
+- `limit`: [maximum size](#stream-size-limit) of the incoming stream.
 - `accept`: a media type or an array of media types that are acceptable.
   If the `accept` property is not specified, any media type is acceptable (which is the default).
 - `workflow`: [workflow](#workflows) to be executed once the content is successfully stored.
+- `trust`: a list of [trusted origins](#downloading-external-content).
 
 ```yaml
 /images:
   octets:context: images
   POST:
-    octets:store:
+    octets:put:
       accept:
         - image/jpeg
         - image/png
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ The value of the directive is `null` or an object with the following properties:
         analyze: images.analyze
 ```
 
-Non-standard `content-meta` header can be used
+Non-standard `content-attributes` header can be used
 to set initial [metadata](/extensions/storages/readme.md#entry) value for the Entry.
 
 The value of the `content-meta` header is a comma-separated list of key-value string pairs.
@@ -52,22 +54,67 @@ If no value is provided for a key, the string `true` is used.
 ```http
 POST /images/ HTTP/1.1
 content-type: image/jpeg
-content-meta: foo, bar=baz
-content-meta: baz=1
+content-attributes: foo, bar=baz
+content-attributes: baz=1
 ```
 
 ```yaml
-meta:
+attributes:
   foo: 'true'
   bar: 'baz'
   baz: '1'
 ```
 
-If the Entry already exists, the `content-meta` header is ignored.
+If the Entry already exists, the `content-attributes` header is ignored.
+
+### Stream size limit
+
+The `limit` property can be used to set the maximum size of the incoming stream in bytes.
+
+The property value can be specified as a number
+(representing bytes) or a string that combines a number with a unit (e.g., `1MB`).
+Both [binary and decimal prefixes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix) are supported.
+If the prefix or unit is specified _incorrectly_ (e.g., `1mb`),
+it will default to a binary prefix interpretation.
+
+- `1b`, `1B`: 1 byte
+- `1KB`: 1000 bytes
+- `1KiB`: 1024 bytes
+- `1kb`: 1024 bytes
+
+The default value is `64MiB`.
+
+### Downloading external content
+
+The `octets:put` directive can be used to download external content:
+
+```http
+POST /images/ HTTP/1.1
+content-location: https://example.com/image.jpg
+content-length: 0
+```
+
+Requests with `content-location` header must have an empty body (`content-length: 0` header).
+
+Target origin must be allowed by the `trust` property,
+which can contain a list of trusted origins or regular expressions to match the full URL.
+
+URL of the downloaded content is stored in the `origin` property of
+the [Entry](/extensions/storages/readme.md#entry).
+
+```yaml
+/images:
+  octets:context: images
+  POST:
+    octets:put:
+      trust:
+        - https://example.com
+        - ^https://example\.com/[a-z]+\.jpe?g$
+```
 
 ### Response
 
-The response of the `octets:store` directive is the created Entry.
+The response of the `octets:put` directive is the created Entry.
 
 ```
 201 Created
@@ -78,12 +125,13 @@ type: image/jpeg
 created: 1698004822358
 ```
 
-If the `octets:store` directive contains a `workflow`, the response
+If the `octets:put` directive contains a `workflow`, the response
 is [multipart](protocol.md#multipart-types).
 The first part represents the created Entry, which is sent immediately after the BLOB is stored,
 while subsequent parts are results from the workflow endpoints, sent as soon as they are available.
 
-In case a workflow endpoint returns an `Error`, the error part is sent, and the response is closed.
+In case a workflow endpoint returns an `Error`, the error part is sent,
+and the response is closed.
 Error's properties are added to the error part, among with the `step` identifier.
 
 ```
@@ -91,20 +139,33 @@ Error's properties are added to the error part, among with the `step` identifier
 content-type: multipart/yaml; boundary=cut
 
 --cut
+
 id: eecd837c
 type: image/jpeg
 created: 1698004822358
+
 --cut
-optimize: null
+
+step: optimize
+status: completed
+
 --cut
+
+step: resize
 error:
-  step: resize
   code: TOO_SMALL
   message: Image is too small
+status: completed
+
+--cut
+
+step: analyze
+status: exception
+
 --cut--
 ```
 
-## `octets:fetch`
+## `octets:get`
 
 Fetches the content of a stored BLOB corresponding to the request path, and returns it as the
 response body with the corresponding `content-type`, `content-length`
@@ -116,22 +177,18 @@ The value of the directive is an object with the following properties:
 
 - `meta`: `boolean` indicating whether an Entry is accessible.
   Defaults to `false`.
-- `blob`: `boolean` indicating whether the original BLOB is accessible,
-  [BLOB variant](/extensions/storages/readme.md#async-fetchpath-string-maybereadable) must be
-  specified in the path otherwise.
-  Defaults to `true`.
 
 ```yaml
 /images:
   octets:context: images
   /*:
     GET:
-      octets:fetch:
+      octets:get:
         blob: false # prevent access to the original BLOB
         meta: true  # allow access to an Entry
 ```
 
-The `octets:fetch: ~` declaration is equivalent to defaults.
+The `octets:get: ~` declaration is equivalent to defaults.
 
 To access an Entry, the `accept` request header must contain the `octets.entry` subtype
 in
@@ -142,32 +199,6 @@ GET /images/eecd837c HTTP/1.1
 accept: application/vnd.toa.octets.entry+yaml
 ```
 
-## `octets:list`
-
-Lists the entries stored under the request path.
-
-The value of the directive is an object with the following properties:
-
-- `meta`: `boolean` indicating whether the list of Entries is accessible.
-  Defaults to `false`, which means that only entry identifiers are returned.
-
-```yaml
-/images:
-  octets:context: images
-  GET:
-    octets:list:
-      meta: true
-```
-
-The `octets:list: ~` declaration is equivalent to defaults.
-
-To access a list of Entries, the `accept` request header must contain the `octets.entries` subtype:
-
-```http
-GET /images/ HTTP/1.1
-accept: application/vnd.toa.octets.entries+yaml
-```
-
 ## `octets:delete`
 
 Delete the entry corresponding to the request path.
@@ -193,22 +224,6 @@ the entry is deleted.
 
 The error returned by the workflow prevents the deletion of the entry.
 
-## `octets:permute`
-
-Performs
-a [permutation](/extensions/storages/readme.md#async-permutepath-string-ids-string-maybevoid) on the
-entries
-under the request path.
-
-```yaml
-/images:
-  octets:context: images
-  PUT:
-    octets:permute: ~
-```
-
-The request body must be a list of entry identifiers.
-
 ## `octets:workflow`
 
 Execute a [workflow](#workflows) on the entry under the request path.
@@ -227,21 +242,23 @@ A workflow is a list of endpoints to be called.
 The following input will be passed to each endpoint:
 
 ```yaml
+authority: string
 storage: string
 path: string
 entry: Entry
 parameters: Record<string, string> # route parameters
 ```
 
-See [Entry](/extensions/storages/readme.md#entry) and an
-example [workflow step processor](../features/steps/components/octets.tester).
+- [Storages](/extensions/storages/readme.md)
+- [Authorities](authorities.md)
+- Example [workflow step processor](../features/steps/components/octets.tester)
 
 A _workflow unit_ is an object with keys referencing the workflow step identifier, and an endpoint
 as value.
 Steps within a workflow unit are executed in parallel.
 
 ```yaml
-octets:store:
+octets:put:
   workflow:
     resize: images.resize
     analyze: images.analyze
@@ -251,11 +268,22 @@ A workflow can be a single unit, or an array of units.
 If it's an array, the workflow units are executed in sequence.
 
 ```yaml
-octets:store:
+octets:put:
   workflow:
     - optimize: images.optimize   # executed first
     - resize: images.resize       # executed second
       analyze: images.analyze     # executed in parallel with `resize`
 ```
 
-If one of the workflow units returns an error, the execution of the workflow is interrupted.
+If one of the workflow units returns or throws an error,
+the execution of the workflow is interrupted.
+
+### Workflow tasks
+
+A workflow unit which value starts with `task:` prefix will be executed as a Task.
+
+```yaml
+octets:put:
+  workflow:
+    optimize: task:images.optimize
+```

package/documentation/protocol.md

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 The following media types are supported for both requests and responses:
 
-- `application/msgpack` using [msgpackr](https://github.com/kriszyp/msgpackr)
-- `application/yaml` using [js-yaml](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml)
 - `application/json`
+- `application/yaml` using [js-yaml](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml)
+- `application/msgpack` using [msgpackr](https://github.com/kriszyp/msgpackr)
 - `text/plain`
 
 The response format is determined by content negotiation
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ foo: bar
 
 ### Multipart types
 
-Multipart responses are endoded using content negotiation,
+Multipart responses are encoded using content negotiation,
 and the `content-type` of the response is set to one of the custom `multipart/` subtypes,
 corresponding to the type of
 the parts:
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ the parts:
 | `multipart/json`    | `application/json`    |
 | `multipart/text`    | `text/plain`          |
 
+Multipart responses are started with a text chunk `ACK`, and finished with a text
+chunk `FIN`.
+
 Example:
 
 ```
@@ -49,10 +52,14 @@ accept: application/yaml
 200 OK
 content-type: multipart/yaml; boundary=cut
 
+--cut
+ACK
 --cut
 foo: bar
 --cut
 baz: qux
+--cut
+FIN
 --cut--
 ```
 
@@ -72,6 +79,9 @@ The following request headers are allowed:
 - `accept`
 - `authorization`
 - `content-type`
+- `etag`
+- `if-match`
+- `if-none-match`
 - headers used by the [`vary:embed` directive](vary.md#embeddings)
 
 The following response headers are exposed:

package/documentation/query.md

@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ query:
 
 ### Path variables
 
-Path variables are prepended to the `criteria` request query parameter using logical AND,
-except for the [`POST` method](#post-method).
+Path variables are prepended to the `criteria` request query parameter except for
+the [`POST` method](#post-method).
+
+If query criteria starts with logical operator (`,` or `;`), then path variables are prepended
+accordingly.
+`AND` logical operator is used by default.
 
 Given the following declaration:
 
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ exposition:
     GET:
       endpoint: observe
       query:
-        criteria: state==hot; # open criteria
+        criteria: ,state==hot; # open criteria
 ```
 
 and the following request:
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ GET /dummies/cool/?criteria=rank==5
 Operation call will have the following query criteria:
 
 ```yaml
-criteria: state==hot;type==cool;rank=5
+criteria: (type==cool,state==hot);(rank=5)
 ```
 
 #### POST method
@@ -173,6 +177,10 @@ Constant values can be declared using the shortcut:
 limit: 10
 ```
 
+```http
+GET /dummies/?omit=100&limit=10
+```
+
 ## Sort
 
 The `sort` query property defines the result order of Observations within an `objects` scope
@@ -209,6 +217,8 @@ GET /dummies/?sort=timestamp:asc
 
 ## Selectors
 
+![Not implemented](https://img.shields.io/badge/Not_implemented-red)
+
 The `selectors` query property contains a list of Entity properties allowed for a client to use in
 the `criteria` and `sort` query parameters.
 If no value is provided, then no selectors are allowed.
@@ -225,6 +235,21 @@ A list of Entity properties to be included in the Observation result.
 projection: [id, title, timestamp]
 ```
 
+## Parameters
+
+By default, the only query parameters allowed are described above. Arbitrary query parameters
+can be allowed by specifying them in the `parameters` property.
+
+```yaml
+parameters: [foo, bar]
+```
+
+These parameters are embedded in the operation call input, which must be an object.
+
+```http
+GET /dummies/?foo=0&bar=baz
+```
+
 ## Optimistic concurrency control
 
 If an operation returns an object with `_version` property,

package/documentation/require.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Directive family Require
+
+The `require` directive family provides the ability to specify HTTP request requirements to be met.
+
+## Headers
+
+`require:header` requires a specific header to be present in the request, and `require:headers`
+requires a set of headers to be present.
+
+```yaml
+exposition:
+  /:id:
+    require:header: if-match # enforce concurrency control
+    PUT: transit
+```

package/documentation/tree.md

@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ as it provides a more specific match compared to the generic `/users/:id` route.
 
 The priority of Routes with the same specificity is determined by the order of declaration.
 
+## Route forwarding
+
+A Route can be forwarded to another Route by specifying the destination Route as the value of the
+Route.
+
+```yaml
+/destination/:var: ...
+/static: /destination/hello
+/variables/:bar: /destination/:bar
+```
+
+Forwarding Route variables are mapped to the forwarded Route variables if they have the same name.
+
 ## Methods
 
 Methods are mappings of the HTTP methods to the corresponding operations.

package/documentation/vary.md

@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@ operation call.
 
 ```yaml
 exposition:
-  realms:
-    toa: the.toa.io
-  /:
+  /:group:
     vary:languages: [en, fr]
     GET:
       vary:embed:
-        lang: language # predefined embeddings
-        realm: realm
+        app: authority # predefined embeddings
+        lang: language
         token: :x-access-token # raw header value
-      endpoint: dummies.get
+        group: /:group # route parameter
+      endpoint: observe
 ```
 
 ## Embeddings
@@ -30,13 +29,9 @@ If the value is an array, the first non-empty embedding function's result is use
 > If a property is already present in the input, the embedded value will overwrite its current
 > value.
 
-### Realm
+### Authority
 
-Realm is an identifier of a domain used to access the Exposition.
-The list of domains is defined by the `vary:realms` directive,
-which is a map of realm names to their domain names.
-
-The `realm` embedding substitutes the realm identified based on the `host` request header.
+The `authority` embedding substitutes request [authority identifier](authorities.md).
 
 ### Language
 
@@ -47,8 +42,8 @@ If neither of the supported languages matches, the first supported language is u
 
 ### Raw header values
 
-Keys in the embedding map starting with a semicolon (:) are the names of HTTP request headers whose
-values to be embedded into an operation call.
+Values in the embedding map starting with a semicolon (:) are the names of HTTP request headers
+whose values to be embedded into an operation call.
 The names of these headers are then included in the `vary` HTTP response header
 and [Access-Control-Allow-Headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Headers)
 of the [CORS](protocol.md#cors).
@@ -56,6 +51,11 @@ of the [CORS](protocol.md#cors).
 [Multiple header fields](https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec4.html#sec4.2) are embedded
 as a comma-separated list.
 
+### Route parameters
+
+Values in the embedding map starting with `/:` are the names of route parameters whose values
+to be embedded into an operation call.
+
 ### Fallbacks
 
 If the embedding function is an array, the first non-empty resolved value is used.