API

express-rest-api

A REST resource API built on the Express web framework and deployed with Gantry.

Added in 3.8.0

Changelog

8.1.0: Add extension recommendations to .vscode/extensions.json (#1556)

8.0.1: Install specific pnpm version via Corepack (#1515)

Previously, our Dockerfiles ran corepack enable pnpm without installing a specific version. This does not guarantee installation of the pnpm version specified in package.json, which could cause a subsequent pnpm install --offline to run Corepack online or otherwise hang on stdin:

FROM --platform=arm64 node:20-alpine

RUN corepack enable pnpm

{
  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.15.4",
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=20"
  }
}

Corepack is about to download https://registry.npmjs.org/pnpm/-/pnpm-8.15.4.tgz.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

To avoid this issue, modify (1) Buildkite pipelines to cache on the packageManager property in package.json, and (2) Dockerfiles to mount package.json and run corepack install:

- seek-oss/docker-ecr-cache#v2.1.0:
+ seek-oss/docker-ecr-cache#v2.2.0:
    cache-on:
     - .npmrc
+    - package.json#.packageManager
     - pnpm-lock.yaml

FROM --platform=arm64 node:20-alpine

- RUN corepack enable pnpm
+ RUN --mount=type=bind,source=package.json,target=package.json \
+ corepack enable pnpm && corepack install

8.0.1: Fix lint failure (#1514)

This resolves the following failure on a newly-initialised project due to a regression in the @types/express dependency chain:
```
error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'mime'.
  The file is in the program because:
    Entry point for implicit type library 'mime'
```
A temporary workaround is to install mime as a dev dependency.
8.0.0: Remove BUILDPLATFORM from Dockerfiles (#1350)

Previously, the built-in templates made use of BUILDPLATFORM and a fallback value:
```
FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM:-arm64} gcr.io/distroless/nodejs20-debian11
```
1. Choose the platform of the host machine running the Docker build. An AWS Graviton Buildkite agent or Apple Silicon laptop will build under arm64, while an Intel laptop will build under amd64.
2. Fall back to arm64 if the build platform is not available. This maintains compatibility with toolchains like Gantry that lack support for the BUILDPLATFORM argument.
This approach allowed you to quickly build images and run containers in a local environment without emulation. For example, you could docker build an arm64 image on an Apple Silicon laptop for local troubleshooting, while your CI/CD solution employed amd64 hardware across its build and runtime environments. The catch is that your local arm64 image may exhibit different behaviour, and is unsuitable for use in your amd64 runtime environment without cross-compilation.

The built-in templates now hardcode --platform as we have largely converged on arm64 across local, build and runtime environments:
```
FROM --platform=arm64 gcr.io/distroless/nodejs20-debian11
```
This approach is more explicit and predictable, reducing surprises when working across different environments and toolchains. Building an image on a different platform will be slower and rely on emulation.
8.0.0: Remove account-level tags from resources (#1494)

This partially reverts #1459 and #1461 to avoid unnecessary duplication of account-level tags in our templates.
7.5.1: Comply with latest AWS tagging guidance (#1459)

This includes an upgrade to Gantry v3.
7.4.0: Set readonlyRootFilesystem as a security best practice (#1394)

7.4.0: Use propagate-environment for Docker Compose Buildkite plugin (#1392)

This simplifies the Docker Compose environment variable configuration required for Buildkite and GitHub integrations.

In your docker-compose.yml:

services:
  app:
-   environment:
-     # Enable Buildkite + GitHub integrations.
-     - BUILDKITE
-     - BUILDKITE_AGENT_ACCESS_TOKEN
-     - BUILDKITE_BRANCH
-     - BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER
-     - BUILDKITE_JOB_ID
-     - BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-     - BUILDKITE_STEP_ID
-     - GITHUB_API_TOKEN
    image: ${BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_IMAGE:-''}
    init: true
    volumes:
      - ./:/workdir
      # Mount agent for Buildkite annotations.
      - /usr/bin/buildkite-agent:/usr/bin/buildkite-agent
      # Mount cached dependencies.
      - /workdir/node_modules

In your .buildkite/pipeline.yml:

steps:
  - commands:
      - pnpm lint
      - pnpm test
    env:
      # At SEEK, this instructs the build agent to populate the GITHUB_API_TOKEN environment variable for this step.
      GET_GITHUB_TOKEN: 'please'
    plugins:
      - *aws-sm
      - *private-npm
      - *docker-ecr-cache
      - docker-compose#v4.16.0:
+         environment:
+           - GITHUB_API_TOKEN
+         propagate-environment: true
          run: app

7.4.0: Disable dev CloudWatch dashboards for cost savings (#1395)
7.3.1: Update to Node 20 (#1317)

Consider upgrading the Node.js version for your project across:
- .nvmrc
- package.json#/engines/node
- serverless.yml
- @types/node package version
- CI/CD configuration (.buildkite/pipeline.yml, Dockerfile, etc.)
If you are updating your AWS Lambda runtime to nodejs20.x, consider reading the release announcement as there are some breaking changes with this upgrade.
7.3.0: seek-oss/docker-ecr-cache 2.1 (#1266)

This update brings a new skip-pull-from-cache option which is useful on Warm/Build Cache steps.

At SEEK, our build agents no longer persist their Docker build cache from previous steps. This option allows a preparatory step to proceed on a cache hit without pulling the image from ECR, which can save on average ~1 minute per build for a 2GB Docker image.
7.3.0: Mount npm build secret to a separate directory (#1278)

Our templated Buildkite pipelines currently retrieve a temporary .npmrc. This file contains an npm read token that allows us to fetch private @seek-scoped packages.

New projects now write this file to /tmp/ on the Buildkite agent and mount it as a secret to /root/ in Docker. This separation allows you to commit a non-sensitive .npmrc to your GitHub repository while avoiding accidental exposure of the npm read token. This is especially important if you are migrating a project to pnpm, which houses some of its configuration options in .npmrc.

Existing projects are generally advised to wait until we’ve paved a cleaner migration path for pnpm.
7.1.0: Switch distroless image from nodejs:18 to nodejs18-debian11 (#1224)
7.0.0: Require Node.js 18.12+ (#1206)
6.2.0: Include manifest files in CODEOWNERS (#1162)

Our templates previously excluded package.json and yarn.lock from CODEOWNERS. This was intended to support advanced workflows such as auto-merging PRs and augmenting GitHub push notifications with custom tooling. However, we are reverting this configuration as it is more common for SEEKers to prefer a simpler CODEOWNERS-based workflow.

This will not affect existing projects. If you create a new project and wish to restore the previous behaviour, you can manually extend .github/CODEOWNERS:
```
* @<%- ownerName %>

+ # Configured by Renovate
+ package.json
+ yarn.lock
```
6.2.0: Remove Gantry ignoreAlarms override (#1160)

This issue has been resolved in Gantry v2.2.0; see its release notes for more information.
```
deployment:
- # SEEK-Jobs/gantry#488
- ignoreAlarms: true
```
5.1.0: Prompt for target platform (amd64 or arm64) (#1041)
5.1.0: Replace '' with a custom environment Gantry value. (#1065)
5.0.0: Bump greeter and API templates to Node.js 18 (#1011)

Node.js 18 is now in active LTS. The Lambda templates are stuck on Node.js 16 until the new AWS Lambda runtime is released.
5.0.0: Support AMD64 Docker builds via BUILDPLATFORM (#1021)

See the Docker documentation for more information. Note that this does not allow you to build on AMD64 hardware then deploy to ARM64 hardware and vice versa. It is provided for convenience if you need to revert to an AMD64 workflow and/or build and run an image on local AMD64 hardware.
4.3.1: seek-jobs/gantry v2.0.0 (#935)
4.3.1: Fix README link to ARM64 guide (#913)
4.3.1: Fix Gantry documentation links (#931)
4.3.0: seek-jobs/gantry v1.8.1 (#887)
4.3.0: Remove .me files (#902)

SEEK is moving away from Codex to off-the-shelf software powered by Backstage catalog-info.yaml files.

At the moment we’re only asking teams to document their systems, which typically span across multiple repositories. We may add catalog-info.yaml files back to the templates if there’s a need for teams to document their components at a repository level.
4.3.0: Use ARM64 architecture (#873)

We now recommend building and running projects on ARM64 hardware for greater cost efficiency. This requires a Graviton-based Buildkite cluster; see our ARM64 guide for more information.
4.2.1: Time out Buildkite test steps after 10 minutes (#842)

Successful testing and linting should complete within this window. This timeout prevents commands from hanging and indefinitely preoccupying your Buildkite agents.
```
steps:
  - label: 🧪 Test & Lint
+   timeout_in_minutes: 10
```
4.2.0: Propagate Buildkite environment variables for lint autofixing (#800)
4.2.0: Exclude DOM type definitions by default (#822)

TypeScript will now raise compiler errors when DOM globals like document and window are referenced in new projects. This catches unsafe usage of Web APIs that will throw exceptions in a Node.js context.

If you are developing a new npm package for browser use or require specific Node.js-compatible Web APIs like the Encoding API, you can opt in to DOM type definitions in your tsconfig.json:
```
{
  "compilerOptions": {
-   "lib": ["ES2020"]
+   "lib": ["DOM", "ES2020"]
  }
}
```
If you have an existing backend project, you can opt out of DOM type definitions in your tsconfig.json.

For Node.js 14:
```
{
  "compilerOptions": {
+   "lib": ["ES2020"],
    "target": "ES2020"
  }
}
```
For Node.js 16:
```
{
  "compilerOptions": {
+   "lib": ["ES2021"],
    "target": "ES2021"
  }
}
```
4.2.0: Avoid alternative syntax for ENV instructions (#823)

Omitting the = symbol in ENV instructions is discouraged and may be disallowed in future.
```
- ENV NODE_ENV production
+ ENV NODE_ENV=production
```
4.2.0: seek-jobs/gantry v1.7.0 (#824)
4.1.1: Disable type checking in tests (#787)

Newly initialised projects will skip TypeScript type checking on skuba test as it’s already covered by skuba lint. You can now iterate on your tests without running into annoying compilation errors like TS6133 (unused declarations).

This will be defaulted for existing projects in a future major version. You can opt in early by setting the globals configuration option in your jest.config.ts:
```
export default Jest.mergePreset({
  globals: {
    'ts-jest': {
      // seek-oss/skuba#626
      isolatedModules: true,
    },
  },
  // Rest of config
});
```
4.1.1: Specify default Buildkite agent (#775)
4.1.1: seek-jobs/gantry v1.6.2 (#778)
4.1.0: skuba-dive ^2.0.0 (#766)
4.1.0: Ignore deployment alarms and ECR scanning (#773)

4.0.0: Use --enable-source-maps (#761)

Stable source map support has landed in Node.js 14.18+ via the built-in --enable-source-maps option.

We recommend migrating off of custom source map implementations in favour of this option. Upgrading to skuba-dive v2 will remove source-map-support from the skuba-dive/register hook.

For a containerised application, update your Dockerfile:

- FROM gcr.io/distroless/nodejs:12 AS runtime
+ FROM gcr.io/distroless/nodejs:16 AS runtime

+ # https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_node_options_options
+ ENV NODE_OPTIONS=--enable-source-maps

For a Serverless Lambda application, update your serverless.yml:

provider:
- runtime: nodejs12.x
+ runtime: nodejs14.x

functions:
  Worker:
    environment:
+     # https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_node_options_options
+     NODE_OPTIONS: --enable-source-maps

For a CDK Lambda application, update your stack:

new aws_lambda.Function(this, 'worker', {
- runtime: aws_lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_12_X,
+ runtime: aws_lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_14_X,
  environment: {
+   // https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_node_options_options
+   NODE_OPTIONS: '--enable-source-maps',
  },
});

4.0.0: seek-jobs/gantry v1.6.1 (#759)
3.17.0: Retrieve GitHub token on Test & Lint (#667)
3.17.0: serverless-prune-plugin ^2.0.0 (#719)
3.16.0: Use correct environment key in docker-compose.yml (#654)
3.16.0: Bump non-Lambda templates to Node.js 16 (#633)

Node.js 16 is now in active LTS. The Lambda templates are stuck on Node.js 14 until the new AWS Lambda runtime is released.
3.16.0: seek-jobs/gantry v1.5.2 (#634)
3.16.0: hot-shots ^9.0.0 (#639)
3.16.0: @seek/logger ^5.0.0 (#621)
3.16.0: Ignore .gantry YAML paths via .prettierignore (#636)

Gantry resource and value files often live in the .gantry subdirectory and may use non-standard template syntax.
3.16.0: Propagate environment variables for GitHub annotations (#642)

This enables GitHub annotations for newly-initialised projects with the appropriate Buildkite configuration.
3.15.2: Remove README tables of contents (#596)

GitHub’s Markdown renderer now generates its own table of contents.
3.15.2: seek-jobs/gantry v1.5.1 (#604)
3.15.2: pino-pretty ^6.0.0 (#594)

pino-pretty@7 requires pino@7, which has not been released on its stable channel yet.
3.15.1: Remove unknown specifier in catch clauses (#580)

Strict TypeScript 4.4 now defaults to typing catch clause variables as unknown.
3.15.0: pino-pretty ^7.0.0 (#506)
3.15.0: Configure environment variables and volume mounts for Buildkite annotations (#558)
3.15.0: serverless-plugin-canary-deployments ^0.7.0 (#508)
3.15.0: seek-jobs/gantry v1.4.1 (#504)
3.15.0: Remove @types/node resolution override (#498)

Jest 27.1 is compatible with newer versions of @types/node.
3.15.0: Suggest using a secure header middleware (#579)
3.15.0: Remove Yarn cache from worker Docker images (#499)

This shrinks the cached Docker images that our worker templates generate.
3.14.4: @types/node ^14.17.19 (#490)
3.14.4: seek-jobs/gantry v1.4.0 (#483)
3.14.4: Parameterise AWS region (#488)
3.14.3: seek-oss/docker-ecr-cache v1.11.0 (#467)
3.14.3: Add test:ci script (#473)
3.14.3: Force @jest/types resolution to fix clean installs (#468)
3.14.3: Group Buildkite pipeline anchors (#474)

This provides a bit more structure to our pipeline.ymls and allows anchored plugins to be recognised by Renovate.
3.14.3: Use Docker Build secrets (#471)
3.14.3: Reduce app boilerplate (#478)
3.14.3: Default Docker Compose image to empty string (#469)

This suppresses Docker Compose CLI warnings and errors when running outside of Buildkite.
3.14.3: Use BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_DEFAULT_BRANCH in pipeline.yml (#475)
3.14.3: Add placeholder test coverage configuration (#472)
3.14.2: Use seek-oss/docker-ecr-cache Buildkite plugin (#453)
3.14.2: Reuse ECR cache in Docker Compose (#453)
3.14.1: pino-pretty ^5.0.0 (#441)
3.14.1: seek-jobs/gantry v1.3.0 (#452)
3.14.0: Banish typeof undefined syntax (#429)
3.14.0: Prune devDependencies instead of installing twice in Docker (#435)

The template-bundled Dockerfiles would previously run yarn install twice to build a separate stage for production dependencies only. These have been updated to correctly share the Yarn cache across stages and to use yarn install --production to perform offline pruning.
3.13.1: @types/node ^15.0.0 (#422)
3.13.0: Upgrade to Node 14 (#347)

Node.js 14 is now supported on AWS Lambda. This lets us upgrade the Node.js requirement for skuba’s templates.

This should only impact newly created projects. You can use the template changes in this PR as an example of how to upgrade an existing project. A future version of skuba may include a fixup command to automatically upgrade your project to the most recent LTS release.
3.13.0: runtypes-filter ^0.6.0 (#408)
3.13.0: Drop region parameterisation (#363)
3.13.0: Fail Gantry build if ECR scanning reports vulnerabilities (#373)
3.13.0: runtypes ^6.0.0 (#404)
3.13.0: Move Gantry region config to plugin options (#374)
3.13.0: Add GitHub repository settings and Renovate to init checklist (#388)
3.12.1: seek-jobs/gantry v1.2.11 (#336)
3.12.0: Use jest.config.ts (#303)
3.12.0: Enable retry of successful deployment steps (#311)

This should be used with caution, but may be necessary if you need to rapidly roll back a broken deployment.
3.12.0: Supply custom autoscaling policy (#322)
3.12.0: Explicitly register listen.ts (#332)
3.12.0: Clarify health checks and smoke tests (#332)
3.12.0: Bump caret ranges (#331)
3.12.0: Use Distroless runtime images (#316)
3.12.0: Uplift READMEs (#334)
3.11.0: Check coverage on default test script (#290)
3.11.0: Include test:watch script (#290)
3.11.0: Fix server listener and port (#289)
3.11.0: Lock .nvmrcs to Node.js 12 (#281)
3.10.2: Add .me files (#248)
3.10.2: seek-jobs/gantry v1.2.9 (#249)
3.10.2: supertest ^6.0.0 (#243)
3.10.2: runtypes-filter ^0.4.0 (#257)
3.10.2: @koa/router ^10.0.0 (#249)
3.10.2: Mount working directory in Docker Compose (#247)
3.10.2: seek-datadog-custom-metrics ^4.0.0 (#261)
3.10.1: seek-jobs/gantry v1.2.8 (#238)
3.10.0: supertest ^5.0.0 (#220)
3.10.0: Recommend @seek/logger (#225)

This provides logging structure, trimming and redaction over plain Pino.
3.10.0: docker-compose v3.7.0 (#224)
3.10.0: Unset initial skuba version (#216)
3.10.0: Skip pre-build in Docker Compose service (#222)
3.10.0: Add start:debug scripts (#230)
3.9.2: docker-compose v3.6.0 (#210)
3.9.2: seek-jobs/gantry v1.2.6 (#211)
3.9.2: Bump dep ranges (#212)
3.9.0: Use unknown catch clause variables (#189)

koa-rest-api

A REST resource API built on the Koa web framework and deployed with Gantry.

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Added in 3.4.1