rest.server.ts

// Copyright IBM Corp. and LoopBack contributors 2018,2020. All Rights Reserved.
// Node module: @loopback/rest
// This file is licensed under the MIT License.
// License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

import {
  Application,
  Binding,
  BindingAddress,
  BindingScope,
  Constructor,
  ContextObserver,
  CoreBindings,
  createBindingFromClass,
  extensionFor,
  filterByKey,
  filterByTag,
  inject,
  Server,
  Subscription,
} from '@loopback/core';
import {BaseMiddlewareRegistry, ExpressRequestHandler} from '@loopback/express';
import {HttpServer, HttpServerOptions} from '@loopback/http-server';
import {
  getControllerSpec,
  OASEnhancerBindings,
  OASEnhancerService,
  OpenAPIObject,
  OpenApiSpec,
  OperationObject,
  ServerObject,
} from '@loopback/openapi-v3';
import assert, {AssertionError} from 'assert';
import cors from 'cors';
import debugFactory from 'debug';
import express, {ErrorRequestHandler} from 'express';
import {PathParams} from 'express-serve-static-core';
import fs from 'fs';
import {IncomingMessage, ServerResponse} from 'http';
import {ServerOptions} from 'https';
import {dump} from 'js-yaml';
import {cloneDeep} from 'lodash';
import {ServeStaticOptions} from 'serve-static';
import {writeErrorToResponse} from 'strong-error-handler';
import {BodyParser, REQUEST_BODY_PARSER_TAG} from './body-parsers';
import {HttpHandler} from './http-handler';
import {RestBindings, RestTags} from './keys';
import {RequestContext} from './request-context';
import {
  ControllerClass,
  ControllerFactory,
  ControllerInstance,
  ControllerRoute,
  createControllerFactoryForBinding,
  createRoutesForController,
  ExternalExpressRoutes,
  RedirectRoute,
  RestRouterOptions,
  Route,
  RouteEntry,
  RouterSpec,
  RoutingTable,
} from './router';
import {assignRouterSpec} from './router/router-spec';
import {
  DefaultSequence,
  MiddlewareSequence,
  RestMiddlewareGroups,
  SequenceFunction,
  SequenceHandler,
} from './sequence';
import {Request, RequestBodyParserOptions, Response} from './types';

const debug = debugFactory('loopback:rest:server');

export type HttpRequestListener = (
  req: IncomingMessage,
  res: ServerResponse,
) => void;

export interface HttpServerLike {
  requestHandler: HttpRequestListener;
}

const SequenceActions = RestBindings.SequenceActions;

/**
 * A REST API server for use with Loopback.
 * Add this server to your application by importing the RestComponent.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * const app = new MyApplication();
 * app.component(RestComponent);
 * ```
 *
 * To add additional instances of RestServer to your application, use the
 * `.server` function:
 * ```ts
 * app.server(RestServer, 'nameOfYourServer');
 * ```
 *
 * By default, one instance of RestServer will be created when the RestComponent
 * is bootstrapped. This instance can be retrieved with
 * `app.getServer(RestServer)`, or by calling `app.get('servers.RestServer')`
 * Note that retrieving other instances of RestServer must be done using the
 * server's name:
 * ```ts
 * const server = await app.getServer('foo')
 * // OR
 * const server = await app.get('servers.foo');
 * ```
 */
export class RestServer
  extends BaseMiddlewareRegistry
  implements Server, HttpServerLike
{
  /**
   * Handle incoming HTTP(S) request by invoking the corresponding
   * Controller method via the configured Sequence.
   *
   * @example
   *
   * ```ts
   * const app = new Application();
   * app.component(RestComponent);
   * // setup controllers, etc.
   *
   * const restServer = await app.getServer(RestServer);
   * const httpServer = http.createServer(restServer.requestHandler);
   * httpServer.listen(3000);
   * ```
   *
   * @param req - The request.
   * @param res - The response.
   */

  protected oasEnhancerService: OASEnhancerService;
  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
  public get OASEnhancer(): OASEnhancerService {
    this._setupOASEnhancerIfNeeded();
    return this.oasEnhancerService;
  }

  protected _requestHandler: HttpRequestListener;
  public get requestHandler(): HttpRequestListener {
    if (this._requestHandler == null) {
      this._setupRequestHandlerIfNeeded();
    }
    return this._requestHandler;
  }

  public readonly config: RestServerResolvedConfig;
  private _basePath: string;

  protected _httpHandler: HttpHandler;
  protected get httpHandler(): HttpHandler {
    this._setupHandlerIfNeeded();
    return this._httpHandler;
  }

  /**
   * Context event subscriptions for route related changes
   */
  private _routesEventSubscription: Subscription;

  protected _httpServer: HttpServer | undefined;

  protected _expressApp?: express.Application;

  get listening(): boolean {
    return this._httpServer ? this._httpServer.listening : false;
  }

  get httpServer(): HttpServer | undefined {
    return this._httpServer;
  }

  /**
   * The base url for the server, including the basePath if set. For example,
   * the value will be 'http://localhost:3000/api' if `basePath` is set to
   * '/api'.
   */
  get url(): string | undefined {
    let serverUrl = this.rootUrl;
    if (!serverUrl) return serverUrl;
    serverUrl = serverUrl + (this._basePath || '');
    return serverUrl;
  }

  /**
   * The root url for the server without the basePath. For example, the value
   * will be 'http://localhost:3000' regardless of the `basePath`.
   */
  get rootUrl(): string | undefined {
    return this._httpServer?.url;
  }

  /**
   *
   * Creates an instance of RestServer.
   *
   * @param app - The application instance (injected via
   * CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE).
   * @param config - The configuration options (injected via
   * RestBindings.CONFIG).
   *
   */
  constructor(
    @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE) app: Application,
    @inject(RestBindings.CONFIG, {optional: true})
    config: RestServerConfig = {},
  ) {
    super(app);
    this.scope = BindingScope.SERVER;

    this.config = resolveRestServerConfig(config);

    this.bind(RestBindings.PORT).to(this.config.port);
    this.bind(RestBindings.HOST).to(config.host);
    this.bind(RestBindings.PATH).to(config.path);
    this.bind(RestBindings.PROTOCOL).to(config.protocol ?? 'http');
    this.bind(RestBindings.HTTPS_OPTIONS).to(config as ServerOptions);

    if (config.requestBodyParser) {
      this.bind(RestBindings.REQUEST_BODY_PARSER_OPTIONS).to(
        config.requestBodyParser,
      );
    }

    if (config.sequence) {
      this.sequence(config.sequence);
    } else {
      this.sequence(MiddlewareSequence);
    }

    if (config.router) {
      this.bind(RestBindings.ROUTER_OPTIONS).to(config.router);
    }

    this.basePath(config.basePath);

    this.bind(RestBindings.BASE_PATH).toDynamicValue(() => this._basePath);
    this.bind(RestBindings.HANDLER).toDynamicValue(() => this.httpHandler);
  }

  protected _setupOASEnhancerIfNeeded() {
    if (this.oasEnhancerService != null) return;
    this.add(
      createBindingFromClass(OASEnhancerService, {
        key: OASEnhancerBindings.OAS_ENHANCER_SERVICE,
      }),
    );
    this.oasEnhancerService = this.getSync(
      OASEnhancerBindings.OAS_ENHANCER_SERVICE,
    );
  }

  protected _setupRequestHandlerIfNeeded() {
    if (this._expressApp != null) return;
    this._expressApp = express();
    this._applyExpressSettings();
    this._requestHandler = this._expressApp;

    // Allow CORS support for all endpoints so that users
    // can test with online SwaggerUI instance
    this.expressMiddleware(cors, this.config.cors, {
      injectConfiguration: false,
      key: 'middleware.cors',
      group: RestMiddlewareGroups.CORS,
    }).apply(
      extensionFor(
        RestTags.REST_MIDDLEWARE_CHAIN,
        RestTags.ACTION_MIDDLEWARE_CHAIN,
      ),
    );

    // Set up endpoints for OpenAPI spec/ui
    this._setupOpenApiSpecEndpoints();

    // Mount our router & request handler
    this._expressApp.use(this._basePath, (req, res, next) => {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-void
      void this._handleHttpRequest(req, res).catch(next);
    });

    // Mount our error handler
    this._expressApp.use(this._unexpectedErrorHandler());
  }

  /**
   * Get an Express handler for unexpected errors
   */
  protected _unexpectedErrorHandler(): ErrorRequestHandler {
    const handleUnExpectedError: ErrorRequestHandler = (
      err,
      req,
      res,
      next,
    ) => {
      // Handle errors reported by Express middleware such as CORS
      // First try to use the `REJECT` action
      this.get(SequenceActions.REJECT, {optional: true})
        .then(reject => {
          if (reject) {
            // TODO(rfeng): There is a possibility that the error is thrown
            // from the `REJECT` action in the sequence
            return reject({request: req, response: res}, err);
          }
          // Use strong-error handler directly
          writeErrorToResponse(err, req, res);
        })
        .catch(unexpectedErr => next(unexpectedErr));
    };
    return handleUnExpectedError;
  }

  /**
   * Apply express settings.
   */
  protected _applyExpressSettings() {
    assertExists(this._expressApp, 'this._expressApp');
    const settings = this.config.expressSettings;
    for (const key in settings) {
      this._expressApp.set(key, settings[key]);
    }
    if (this.config.router && typeof this.config.router.strict === 'boolean') {
      this._expressApp.set('strict routing', this.config.router.strict);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Mount /openapi.json, /openapi.yaml for specs and /swagger-ui, /explorer
   * to redirect to externally hosted API explorer
   */
  protected _setupOpenApiSpecEndpoints() {
    assertExists(this._expressApp, 'this._expressApp');
    if (this.config.openApiSpec.disabled) return;
    const router = express.Router();
    const mapping = this.config.openApiSpec.endpointMapping!;
    // Serving OpenAPI spec
    for (const p in mapping) {
      this.addOpenApiSpecEndpoint(p, mapping[p], router);
    }
    const explorerPaths = ['/swagger-ui', '/explorer'];
    router.get(explorerPaths, (req, res, next) =>
      this._redirectToSwaggerUI(req, res, next),
    );
    this.expressMiddleware('middleware.apiSpec.defaults', router, {
      group: RestMiddlewareGroups.API_SPEC,
      upstreamGroups: RestMiddlewareGroups.CORS,
    }).apply(
      extensionFor(
        RestTags.REST_MIDDLEWARE_CHAIN,
        RestTags.ACTION_MIDDLEWARE_CHAIN,
      ),
    );
  }

  /**
   * Add a new non-controller endpoint hosting a form of the OpenAPI spec.
   *
   * @param path Path at which to host the copy of the OpenAPI
   * @param form Form that should be rendered from that path
   */
  addOpenApiSpecEndpoint(
    path: string,
    form: OpenApiSpecForm,
    router?: express.Router,
  ) {
    if (router == null) {
      const key = `middleware.apiSpec.${path}.${form}`;
      if (this.contains(key)) {
        throw new Error(
          `The path ${path} is already configured for OpenApi hosting`,
        );
      }
      const newRouter = express.Router();
      newRouter.get(path, (req, res) => this._serveOpenApiSpec(req, res, form));
      this.expressMiddleware(
        () => newRouter,
        {},
        {
          injectConfiguration: false,
          key: `middleware.apiSpec.${path}.${form}`,
          group: 'apiSpec',
        },
      );
    } else {
      router.get(path, (req, res) => this._serveOpenApiSpec(req, res, form));
    }
  }

  protected _handleHttpRequest(request: Request, response: Response) {
    return this.httpHandler.handleRequest(request, response);
  }

  protected _setupHandlerIfNeeded() {
    if (this._httpHandler) return;

    // Watch for binding events
    // See https://github.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/issues/433
    const routesObserver: ContextObserver = {
      filter: binding =>
        filterByKey(RestBindings.API_SPEC.key)(binding) ||
        (filterByKey(/^(controllers|routes)\..+/)(binding) &&
          // Exclude controller routes to avoid circular events
          !filterByTag(RestTags.CONTROLLER_ROUTE)(binding)),
      observe: () => {
        // Rebuild the HttpHandler instance whenever a controller/route was
        // added/deleted.
        this._createHttpHandler();
      },
    };
    this._routesEventSubscription = this.subscribe(routesObserver);

    this._createHttpHandler();
  }

  /**
   * Create an instance of HttpHandler and populates it with routes
   */
  private _createHttpHandler() {
    /**
     * Check if there is custom router in the context
     */
    const router = this.getSync(RestBindings.ROUTER, {optional: true});
    const routingTable = new RoutingTable(router, this._externalRoutes);

    this._httpHandler = new HttpHandler(this, this.config, routingTable);

    // Remove controller routes
    for (const b of this.findByTag(RestTags.CONTROLLER_ROUTE)) {
      this.unbind(b.key);
    }

    for (const b of this.find(`${CoreBindings.CONTROLLERS}.*`)) {
      const controllerName = b.key.replace(/^controllers\./, '');
      const ctor = b.valueConstructor;
      if (!ctor) {
        throw new Error(
          `The controller ${controllerName} was not bound via .toClass()`,
        );
      }
      const apiSpec = getControllerSpec(ctor);
      if (!apiSpec) {
        // controller methods are specified through app.api() spec
        debug('Skipping controller %s - no API spec provided', controllerName);
        continue;
      }

      debug('Registering controller %s', controllerName);
      if (apiSpec.components) {
        this._httpHandler.registerApiComponents(apiSpec.components);
      }
      const controllerFactory = createControllerFactoryForBinding<object>(
        b.key,
      );
      const routes = createRoutesForController(
        apiSpec,
        ctor,
        controllerFactory,
      );
      for (const route of routes) {
        const binding = this.bindRoute(route);
        binding
          .tag(RestTags.CONTROLLER_ROUTE)
          .tag({[RestTags.CONTROLLER_BINDING]: b.key});
      }
    }

    for (const b of this.findByTag(RestTags.REST_ROUTE)) {
      // TODO(bajtos) should we support routes defined asynchronously?
      const route = this.getSync<RouteEntry>(b.key);
      this._httpHandler.registerRoute(route);
    }

    // TODO(bajtos) should we support API spec defined asynchronously?
    const spec: OpenApiSpec = this.getSync(RestBindings.API_SPEC);
    if (spec.components) {
      this._httpHandler.registerApiComponents(spec.components);
    }
    for (const path in spec.paths) {
      for (const verb in spec.paths[path]) {
        const routeSpec: OperationObject = spec.paths[path][verb];
        this._setupOperation(verb, path, routeSpec);
      }
    }
  }

  private _setupOperation(verb: string, path: string, spec: OperationObject) {
    const handler = spec['x-operation'];
    if (typeof handler === 'function') {
      // Remove a field value that cannot be represented in JSON.
      // Start by creating a shallow-copy of the spec, so that we don't
      // modify the original spec object provided by user.
      spec = Object.assign({}, spec);
      delete spec['x-operation'];

      const route = new Route(verb, path, spec, handler);
      this._httpHandler.registerRoute(route);
      return;
    }

    const controllerName = spec['x-controller-name'];
    if (typeof controllerName === 'string') {
      const b = this.getBinding(`controllers.${controllerName}`, {
        optional: true,
      });
      if (!b) {
        throw new Error(
          `Unknown controller ${controllerName} used by "${verb} ${path}"`,
        );
      }

      const ctor = b.valueConstructor;
      if (!ctor) {
        throw new Error(
          `The controller ${controllerName} was not bound via .toClass()`,
        );
      }

      const controllerFactory = createControllerFactoryForBinding<object>(
        b.key,
      );
      const route = new ControllerRoute(
        verb,
        path,
        spec,
        ctor as ControllerClass<object>,
        controllerFactory,
      );
      this._httpHandler.registerRoute(route);
      return;
    }

    throw new Error(
      `There is no handler configured for operation "${verb} ${path}`,
    );
  }

  private async _serveOpenApiSpec(
    request: Request,
    response: Response,
    specForm?: OpenApiSpecForm,
  ) {
    const requestContext = new RequestContext(
      request,
      response,
      this,
      this.config,
    );

    specForm = specForm ?? {version: '3.0.0', format: 'json'};
    const specObj = await this.getApiSpec(requestContext);

    if (specForm.format === 'json') {
      const spec = JSON.stringify(specObj, null, 2);
      response.setHeader('content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8');
      response.end(spec, 'utf-8');
    } else {
      const yaml = dump(specObj, {});
      response.setHeader('content-type', 'text/yaml; charset=utf-8');
      response.end(yaml, 'utf-8');
    }
  }
  private async _redirectToSwaggerUI(
    request: Request,
    response: Response,
    next: express.NextFunction,
  ) {
    const config = this.config.apiExplorer;

    if (config.disabled) {
      debug('Redirect to swagger-ui was disabled by configuration.');
      next();
      return;
    }

    debug('Redirecting to swagger-ui from %j.', request.originalUrl);
    const requestContext = new RequestContext(
      request,
      response,
      this,
      this.config,
    );
    const protocol = requestContext.requestedProtocol;
    const baseUrl = protocol === 'http' ? config.httpUrl : config.url;
    const openApiUrl = `${requestContext.requestedBaseUrl}/openapi.json`;
    const fullUrl = `${baseUrl}?url=${openApiUrl}`;
    response.redirect(302, fullUrl);
  }

  /**
   * Register a controller class with this server.
   *
   * @param controllerCtor - The controller class
   * (constructor function).
   * @returns The newly created binding, you can use the reference to
   * further modify the binding, e.g. lock the value to prevent further
   * modifications.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * class MyController {
   * }
   * app.controller(MyController).lock();
   * ```
   *
   */
  controller(controllerCtor: ControllerClass<ControllerInstance>): Binding {
    return this.bind('controllers.' + controllerCtor.name).toClass(
      controllerCtor,
    );
  }

  /**
   * Register a new Controller-based route.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * class MyController {
   *   greet(name: string) {
   *     return `hello ${name}`;
   *   }
   * }
   * app.route('get', '/greet', operationSpec, MyController, 'greet');
   * ```
   *
   * @param verb - HTTP verb of the endpoint
   * @param path - URL path of the endpoint
   * @param spec - The OpenAPI spec describing the endpoint (operation)
   * @param controllerCtor - Controller constructor
   * @param controllerFactory - A factory function to create controller instance
   * @param methodName - The name of the controller method
   */
  route<I extends object>(
    verb: string,
    path: string,
    spec: OperationObject,
    controllerCtor: ControllerClass<I>,
    controllerFactory: ControllerFactory<I>,
    methodName: string,
  ): Binding;

  /**
   * Register a new route invoking a handler function.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * function greet(name: string) {
   *  return `hello ${name}`;
   * }
   * app.route('get', '/', operationSpec, greet);
   * ```
   *
   * @param verb - HTTP verb of the endpoint
   * @param path - URL path of the endpoint
   * @param spec - The OpenAPI spec describing the endpoint (operation)
   * @param handler - The function to invoke with the request parameters
   * described in the spec.
   */
  route(
    verb: string,
    path: string,
    spec: OperationObject,
    handler: Function,
  ): Binding;

  /**
   * Register a new generic route.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * function greet(name: string) {
   *  return `hello ${name}`;
   * }
   * const route = new Route('get', '/', operationSpec, greet);
   * app.route(route);
   * ```
   *
   * @param route - The route to add.
   */
  route(route: RouteEntry): Binding;

  route<T extends object>(
    routeOrVerb: RouteEntry | string,
    path?: string,
    spec?: OperationObject,
    controllerCtorOrHandler?: ControllerClass<T> | Function,
    controllerFactory?: ControllerFactory<T>,
    methodName?: string,
  ): Binding {
    if (typeof routeOrVerb === 'object') {
      const r = routeOrVerb;
      // Encode the path to escape special chars
      return this.bindRoute(r);
    }

    if (!path) {
      throw new AssertionError({
        message: 'path is required for a controller-based route',
      });
    }

    if (!spec) {
      throw new AssertionError({
        message: 'spec is required for a controller-based route',
      });
    }

    if (arguments.length === 4) {
      if (!controllerCtorOrHandler) {
        throw new AssertionError({
          message: 'handler function is required for a handler-based route',
        });
      }
      return this.route(
        new Route(routeOrVerb, path, spec, controllerCtorOrHandler as Function),
      );
    }

    if (!controllerCtorOrHandler) {
      throw new AssertionError({
        message: 'controller is required for a controller-based route',
      });
    }

    if (!methodName) {
      throw new AssertionError({
        message: 'methodName is required for a controller-based route',
      });
    }

    return this.route(
      new ControllerRoute(
        routeOrVerb,
        path,
        spec,
        controllerCtorOrHandler as ControllerClass<T>,
        controllerFactory,
        methodName,
      ),
    );
  }

  private bindRoute(r: RouteEntry) {
    const namespace = RestBindings.ROUTES;
    const encodedPath = encodeURIComponent(r.path).replace(/\./g, '%2E');
    return this.bind(`${namespace}.${r.verb} ${encodedPath}`)
      .to(r)
      .tag(RestTags.REST_ROUTE)
      .tag({[RestTags.ROUTE_VERB]: r.verb, [RestTags.ROUTE_PATH]: r.path});
  }

  /**
   * Register a route redirecting callers to a different URL.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * server.redirect('/explorer', '/explorer/');
   * ```
   *
   * @param fromPath - URL path of the redirect endpoint
   * @param toPathOrUrl - Location (URL path or full URL) where to redirect to.
   * If your server is configured with a custom `basePath`, then the base path
   * is prepended to the target location.
   * @param statusCode - HTTP status code to respond with,
   *   defaults to 303 (See Other).
   */
  redirect(
    fromPath: string,
    toPathOrUrl: string,
    statusCode?: number,
  ): Binding {
    return this.route(
      new RedirectRoute(fromPath, this._basePath + toPathOrUrl, statusCode),
    );
  }

  /*
   * Registry of external routes & static assets
   */
  private _externalRoutes = new ExternalExpressRoutes();

  /**
   * Mount static assets to the REST server.
   * See https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#express.static
   * @param path - The path(s) to serve the asset.
   * See examples at https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#path-examples
   * @param rootDir - The root directory from which to serve static assets
   * @param options - Options for serve-static
   */
  static(path: PathParams, rootDir: string, options?: ServeStaticOptions) {
    this._externalRoutes.registerAssets(path, rootDir, options);
  }

  /**
   * Set the OpenAPI specification that defines the REST API schema for this
   * server. All routes, parameter definitions and return types will be defined
   * in this way.
   *
   * Note that this will override any routes defined via decorators at the
   * controller level (this function takes precedent).
   *
   * @param spec - The OpenAPI specification, as an object.
   * @returns Binding for the spec
   *
   */
  api(spec: OpenApiSpec): Binding {
    return this.bind(RestBindings.API_SPEC).to(spec);
  }

  /**
   * Get the OpenAPI specification describing the REST API provided by
   * this application.
   *
   * This method merges operations (HTTP endpoints) from the following sources:
   *  - `app.api(spec)`
   *  - `app.controller(MyController)`
   *  - `app.route(route)`
   *  - `app.route('get', '/greet', operationSpec, MyController, 'greet')`
   *
   * If the optional `requestContext` is provided, then the `servers` list
   * in the returned spec will be updated to work in that context.
   * Specifically:
   * 1. if `config.openApi.setServersFromRequest` is enabled, the servers
   * list will be replaced with the context base url
   * 2. Any `servers` entries with a path of `/` will have that path
   * replaced with `requestContext.basePath`
   *
   * @param requestContext - Optional context to update the `servers` list
   * in the returned spec
   */
  async getApiSpec(requestContext?: RequestContext): Promise<OpenApiSpec> {
    let spec = await this.get<OpenApiSpec>(RestBindings.API_SPEC);
    spec = cloneDeep(spec);
    const components = this.httpHandler.getApiComponents();

    // Apply deep clone to prevent getApiSpec() callers from
    // accidentally modifying our internal routing data
    const paths = cloneDeep(this.httpHandler.describeApiPaths());
    spec.paths = {...paths, ...spec.paths};
    if (components) {
      const defs = cloneDeep(components);
      spec.components = {...spec.components, ...defs};
    }

    assignRouterSpec(spec, this._externalRoutes.routerSpec);

    if (requestContext) {
      spec = this.updateSpecFromRequest(spec, requestContext);
    }

    // Apply OAS enhancers to the OpenAPI specification
    this.OASEnhancer.spec = spec;
    spec = await this.OASEnhancer.applyAllEnhancers();

    return spec;
  }

  /**
   * Update or rebuild OpenAPI Spec object to be appropriate for the context of
   * a specific request for the spec, leveraging both app config and request
   * path information.
   *
   * @param spec base spec object from which to start
   * @param requestContext request to use to infer path information
   * @returns Updated or rebuilt spec object to use in the context of the request
   */
  private updateSpecFromRequest(
    spec: OpenAPIObject,
    requestContext: RequestContext,
  ) {
    if (this.config.openApiSpec.setServersFromRequest) {
      spec = Object.assign({}, spec);
      spec.servers = [{url: requestContext.requestedBaseUrl}];
    }

    const basePath = requestContext.basePath;
    if (spec.servers && basePath) {
      for (const s of spec.servers) {
        // Update the default server url to honor `basePath`
        if (s.url === '/') {
          s.url = basePath;
        }
      }
    }

    return spec;
  }

  /**
   * Configure a custom sequence class for handling incoming requests.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * class MySequence implements SequenceHandler {
   *   constructor(
   *     @inject('send) public send: Send)) {
   *   }
   *
   *   public async handle({response}: RequestContext) {
   *     send(response, 'hello world');
   *   }
   * }
   * ```
   *
   * @param sequenceClass - The sequence class to invoke for each incoming request.
   */
  public sequence(sequenceClass: Constructor<SequenceHandler>) {
    const sequenceBinding = createBindingFromClass(sequenceClass, {
      key: RestBindings.SEQUENCE,
    });
    this.add(sequenceBinding);
    return sequenceBinding;
  }

  /**
   * Configure a custom sequence function for handling incoming requests.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * app.handler(({request, response}, sequence) => {
   *   sequence.send(response, 'hello world');
   * });
   * ```
   *
   * @param handlerFn - The handler to invoke for each incoming request.
   */
  public handler(handlerFn: SequenceFunction) {
    class SequenceFromFunction extends DefaultSequence {
      async handle(context: RequestContext): Promise<void> {
        return handlerFn(context, this);
      }
    }

    this.sequence(SequenceFromFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Bind a body parser to the server context
   * @param parserClass - Body parser class
   * @param address - Optional binding address
   */
  bodyParser(
    bodyParserClass: Constructor<BodyParser>,
    address?: BindingAddress<BodyParser>,
  ): Binding<BodyParser> {
    const binding = createBodyParserBinding(bodyParserClass, address);
    this.add(binding);
    return binding;
  }

  /**
   * Configure the `basePath` for the rest server
   * @param path - Base path
   */
  basePath(path = '') {
    if (this._requestHandler != null) {
      throw new Error(
        'Base path cannot be set as the request handler has been created',
      );
    }
    // Trim leading and trailing `/`
    path = path.replace(/(^\/)|(\/$)/, '');
    if (path) path = '/' + path;
    this._basePath = path;
    this.config.basePath = path;
  }

  /**
   * Start this REST API's HTTP/HTTPS server.
   */
  async start(): Promise<void> {
    // Set up the Express app if not done yet
    this._setupRequestHandlerIfNeeded();
    // Setup the HTTP handler so that we can verify the configuration
    // of API spec, controllers and routes at startup time.
    this._setupHandlerIfNeeded();

    const port = await this.get(RestBindings.PORT);
    const host = await this.get(RestBindings.HOST);
    const path = await this.get(RestBindings.PATH);
    const protocol = await this.get(RestBindings.PROTOCOL);
    const httpsOptions = await this.get(RestBindings.HTTPS_OPTIONS);

    if (this.config.listenOnStart === false) {
      debug(
        'RestServer is not listening as listenOnStart flag is set to false.',
      );
      return;
    }

    const serverOptions = {...httpsOptions, port, host, protocol, path};
    this._httpServer = new HttpServer(this.requestHandler, serverOptions);

    await this._httpServer.start();

    this.bind(RestBindings.PORT).to(this._httpServer.port);
    this.bind(RestBindings.HOST).to(this._httpServer.host);
    this.bind(RestBindings.URL).to(this._httpServer.url);
    debug('RestServer listening at %s', this._httpServer.url);
  }

  /**
   * Stop this REST API's HTTP/HTTPS server.
   */
  async stop() {
    // Kill the server instance.
    if (!this._httpServer) return;
    await this._httpServer.stop();
    this._httpServer = undefined;
  }

  /**
   * Mount an Express router to expose additional REST endpoints handled
   * via legacy Express-based stack.
   *
   * @param basePath - Path where to mount the router at, e.g. `/` or `/api`.
   * @param router - The Express router to handle the requests.
   * @param spec - A partial OpenAPI spec describing endpoints provided by the
   * router. LoopBack will prepend `basePath` to all endpoints automatically.
   * This argument is optional. You can leave it out if you don't want to
   * document the routes.
   */
  mountExpressRouter(
    basePath: string,
    router: ExpressRequestHandler,
    spec?: RouterSpec,
  ): void {
    this._externalRoutes.mountRouter(basePath, router, spec);
  }

  /**
   * Export the OpenAPI spec to the given json or yaml file
   * @param outFile - File name for the spec. The extension of the file
   * determines the format of the file.
   * - `yaml` or `yml`: YAML
   * - `json` or other: JSON
   * If the outFile is not provided or its value is `''` or `'-'`, the spec is
   * written to the console using the `log` function.
   * @param log - Log function, default to `console.log`
   */
  async exportOpenApiSpec(outFile = '', log = console.log): Promise<void> {
    const spec = await this.getApiSpec();
    if (outFile === '-' || outFile === '') {
      const json = JSON.stringify(spec, null, 2);
      log('%s', json);
      return;
    }
    const fileName = outFile.toLowerCase();
    if (fileName.endsWith('.yaml') || fileName.endsWith('.yml')) {
      const yaml = dump(spec);
      fs.writeFileSync(outFile, yaml, 'utf-8');
    } else {
      const json = JSON.stringify(spec, null, 2);
      fs.writeFileSync(outFile, json, 'utf-8');
    }
    log('The OpenAPI spec has been saved to %s.', outFile);
  }
}

/**
 * An assertion type guard for TypeScript to instruct the compiler that the
 * given value is not `null` or `undefined.
 * @param val - A value can be `undefined` or `null`
 * @param name - Name of the value
 */
function assertExists<T>(val: T, name: string): asserts val is NonNullable<T> {
  assert(val != null, `The value of ${name} cannot be null or undefined`);
}

/**
 * Create a binding for the given body parser class
 * @param parserClass - Body parser class
 * @param key - Optional binding address
 */
export function createBodyParserBinding(
  parserClass: Constructor<BodyParser>,
  key?: BindingAddress<BodyParser>,
): Binding<BodyParser> {
  const address =
    key ?? `${RestBindings.REQUEST_BODY_PARSER}.${parserClass.name}`;
  return Binding.bind<BodyParser>(address)
    .toClass(parserClass)
    .inScope(BindingScope.TRANSIENT)
    .tag(REQUEST_BODY_PARSER_TAG);
}

/**
 * The form of OpenAPI specs to be served
 */
export interface OpenApiSpecForm {
  version?: string;
  format?: string;
}

const OPENAPI_SPEC_MAPPING: {[key: string]: OpenApiSpecForm} = {
  '/openapi.json': {version: '3.0.0', format: 'json'},
  '/openapi.yaml': {version: '3.0.0', format: 'yaml'},
};

/**
 * Options to customize how OpenAPI specs are served
 */
export interface OpenApiSpecOptions {
  /**
   * Mapping of urls to spec forms, by default:
   * <br>
   * {
   *   <br>
   *   '/openapi.json': {version: '3.0.0', format: 'json'},
   *   <br>
   *   '/openapi.yaml': {version: '3.0.0', format: 'yaml'},
   *   <br>
   * }
   *
   */
  endpointMapping?: {[key: string]: OpenApiSpecForm};

  /**
   * A flag to force `servers` to be set from the http request for the OpenAPI
   * spec
   */
  setServersFromRequest?: boolean;

  /**
   * Configure servers for OpenAPI spec
   */
  servers?: ServerObject[];
  /**
   * Set this flag to disable the endpoint for OpenAPI spec
   */
  disabled?: true;

  /**
   * Set this flag to `false` to disable OAS schema consolidation. If not set,
   * the value defaults to `true`.
   */
  consolidate?: boolean;
}

export interface ApiExplorerOptions {
  /**
   * URL for the hosted API explorer UI
   * default to https://loopback.io/api-explorer
   */
  url?: string;

  /**
   * URL for the API explorer served over `http` protocol to deal with mixed
   * content security imposed by browsers as the spec is exposed over `http` by
   * default.
   * See https://github.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/issues/1603
   */
  httpUrl?: string;

  /**
   * Set this flag to disable the built-in redirect to externally
   * hosted API Explorer UI.
   */
  disabled?: true;
}

/**
 * RestServer options
 */
export type RestServerOptions = Partial<RestServerResolvedOptions>;

export interface RestServerResolvedOptions {
  port: number;
  path?: string;

  /**
   * Base path for API/static routes
   */
  basePath?: string;
  cors: cors.CorsOptions;
  openApiSpec: OpenApiSpecOptions;
  apiExplorer: ApiExplorerOptions;
  requestBodyParser?: RequestBodyParserOptions;
  sequence?: Constructor<SequenceHandler>;
  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
  expressSettings: {[name: string]: any};
  router: RestRouterOptions;

  /**
   * Set this flag to `false` to not listen on connections when the REST server
   * is started. It's useful to mount a LoopBack REST server as a route to the
   * facade Express application. If not set, the value is default to `true`.
   */
  listenOnStart?: boolean;
}

/**
 * Valid configuration for the RestServer constructor.
 */
export type RestServerConfig = RestServerOptions & HttpServerOptions;

export type RestServerResolvedConfig = RestServerResolvedOptions &
  HttpServerOptions;

const DEFAULT_CONFIG: RestServerResolvedConfig = {
  port: 3000,
  openApiSpec: {},
  apiExplorer: {},
  cors: {
    origin: '*',
    methods: 'GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE',
    preflightContinue: false,
    optionsSuccessStatus: 204,
    maxAge: 86400,
    credentials: true,
  },
  expressSettings: {},
  router: {},
  listenOnStart: true,
};

function resolveRestServerConfig(
  config: RestServerConfig,
): RestServerResolvedConfig {
  const result: RestServerResolvedConfig = Object.assign(
    cloneDeep(DEFAULT_CONFIG),
    config,
  );

  // Can't check falsiness, 0 is a valid port.
  if (result.port == null) {
    result.port = 3000;
  }

  if (result.host == null) {
    // Set it to '' so that the http server will listen on all interfaces
    result.host = undefined;
  }

  if (!result.openApiSpec.endpointMapping) {
    // mapping may be mutated by addOpenApiSpecEndpoint, be sure that doesn't
    // pollute the default mapping configuration
    result.openApiSpec.endpointMapping = cloneDeep(OPENAPI_SPEC_MAPPING);
  }

  result.apiExplorer = normalizeApiExplorerConfig(config.apiExplorer);

  if (result.openApiSpec.disabled) {
    // Disable apiExplorer if the OpenAPI spec endpoint is disabled
    result.apiExplorer.disabled = true;
  }

  return result;
}

function normalizeApiExplorerConfig(
  input: ApiExplorerOptions | undefined,
): ApiExplorerOptions {
  const config = input ?? {};
  const url = config.url ?? 'https://explorer.loopback.io';

  config.httpUrl =
    config.httpUrl ?? config.url ?? 'http://explorer.loopback.io';

  config.url = url;

  return config;
}