Blueprint provides a framework to create HTTP APIs, background task processors and command line apps that are built using a simple operation + handler architecture with a pipeline of middlewares that perform cross-cutting concerns such as auditing, authorisation and error handling.
Blueprint uses runtime code compilation using Rosyln to generate efficient executors for each individual operation at startup.
namespace Blueprint.Sample.WebApi.Api
{
[RootLink("forecast")]
public class WeatherForecastQuery : IQuery<IEnumerable<WeatherForecast>>
{
[Required]
public string City { get; set; }
[FromHeader("X-Header-Key")]
public string MyHeader { get; set; }
[FromCookie]
public string MyCookie { get; set; }
[FromCookie("a-different-cookie-name")]
public int MyCookieNumber { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<WeatherForecast> Invoke(IWeatherDataSource weatherDataSource)
{
return weatherDataSource.Get(this.City);
}
}
}Blueprint provides a runtime-compiled pipeline runner of operations that can be used in multiple contexts, enabling a codebase to have a homogeneous way of organising command and queries whilst having a common means of adding cross-cutting concerns.
Blueprint compiles a class per operation, with middleware builders contributing cross-cutting concerns. Because we build the pipeline dynamically per type builders are able to eliminate unused code per type, remove reflection over property types and with DI integration potentially eliminate DI calls and replace them with direct constructor calls in some cases.
Given the WeatherForecastQuery class above Blueprint will generate a class similar to the one below that will
execute the query when the /forecast?city=London URL is hit.
public class WeatherForecastQueryExecutorPipeline : Blueprint.Api.IOperationExecutorPipeline
{
private readonly Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger _logger;
private readonly Blueprint.Sample.WebApi.Data.IWeatherDataSource _weatherDataSource;
private readonly Blueprint.Api.IApiLinkGenerator _apiLinkGenerator;
private readonly Blueprint.Core.Errors.IErrorLogger _errorLogger;
public WeatherForecastQueryExecutorPipeline(Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, Blueprint.Sample.WebApi.Data.IWeatherDataSource weatherDataSource, Blueprint.Api.IApiLinkGenerator apiLinkGenerator, Blueprint.Core.Errors.IErrorLogger errorLogger)
{
_logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger("Blueprint.Sample.WebApi.Api.WeatherForecastQueryExecutorPipeline");
_weatherDataSource = weatherDataSource;
_apiLinkGenerator = apiLinkGenerator;
_errorLogger = errorLogger;
}
public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Blueprint.Api.OperationResult> ExecuteAsync(Blueprint.Api.ApiOperationContext context)
{
var stopwatch = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
var weatherForecastQuery = (Blueprint.Sample.WebApi.Api.WeatherForecastQuery) context.Operation;
var httpContext = Blueprint.Api.Http.ApiOperationContextHttpExtensions.GetHttpContext(context);
var requestTelemetry = httpContext.Features.Get<Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.DataContracts.RequestTelemetry>();
try
{
// ApplicationInsightsMiddleware
if (requestTelemetry != null)
{
requestTelemetry.Name = "WeatherForecastInline";
}
// MessagePopulationMiddlewareBuilder
var fromCookieMyCookie = httpContext.Request.Cookies["MyCookie"];
weatherForecastQuery.MyCookie = fromCookieMyCookie != null ? fromCookieMyCookie.ToString() : weatherForecastQuery.MyCookie;
var fromCookieMyCookieNumber = httpContext.Request.Cookies["a-different-cookie-name"];
weatherForecastQuery.MyCookieNumber = fromCookieMyCookieNumber != null ? int.Parse(fromCookieMyCookieNumber.ToString()) : weatherForecastQuery.MyCookieNumber;
var fromHeaderMyHeader = httpContext.Request.Headers["X-Header-Key"];
weatherForecastQuery.MyHeader = fromHeaderMyHeader != Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.StringValues.Empty ? fromHeaderMyHeader.ToString() : weatherForecastQuery.MyHeader;
var fromQueryCity = httpContext.Request.Query["City"];
weatherForecastQuery.City = fromQueryCity != Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.StringValues.Empty ? fromQueryCity.ToString() : weatherForecastQuery.City;
var fromQueryDays = httpContext.Request.Query["Days"] == Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.StringValues.Empty ? httpContext.Request.Query["Days[]"] : httpContext.Request.Query["Days"];
weatherForecastQuery.Days = fromQueryDays != Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.StringValues.Empty ? (System.String[]) Blueprint.Api.Http.MessagePopulation.HttpPartMessagePopulationSource.ConvertValue("Days", fromQueryDays, typeof(System.String[])) : weatherForecastQuery.Days;
// ValidationMiddlewareBuilder
var validationFailures = new Blueprint.Api.Validation.ValidationFailures();
var validationContext = new System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationContext(weatherForecastQuery);
validationContext.MemberName = "City";
validationContext.DisplayName = "City";
// context.Descriptor.Properties[0] == WeatherForecastQuery.City
foreach (var attribute in context.Descriptor.PropertyAttributes[0])
{
if (attribute is System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationAttribute x)
{
var result = x.GetValidationResult(weatherForecastQuery.City, validationContext);
if (result != System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationResult.Success)
{
validationFailures.AddFailure(result);
}
}
}
if (validationFailures.Count > 0)
{
var validationFailedOperationResult = new Blueprint.Api.Middleware.ValidationFailedOperationResult(validationFailures);
return validationFailedOperationResult;
}
// OperationExecutorMiddlewareBuilder
_logger.Log(Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LogLevel.Debug, "Executing API operation. handler_type=WeatherForecastQuery");
var handlerResult = weatherForecastQuery.Invoke(_weatherDataSource);
Blueprint.Api.OperationResult operationResult = handlerResult;
// LinkGeneratorMiddlewareBuilder
var resourceLinkGeneratorIEnumerable = context.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Blueprint.Api.IResourceLinkGenerator>>();
await Blueprint.Api.Middleware.LinkGeneratorHandler.AddLinksAsync(_apiLinkGenerator, resourceLinkGeneratorIEnumerable, context, operationResult);
// BackgroundTaskRunnerMiddleware
var backgroundTaskScheduler = context.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<Blueprint.Tasks.IBackgroundTaskScheduler>();
await backgroundTaskScheduler.RunNowAsync();
// ReturnFrameMiddlewareBuilder
return operationResult;
}
catch (Blueprint.Api.Validation.ValidationException e)
{
var validationFailedOperationResult = new Blueprint.Api.Middleware.ValidationFailedOperationResult(e.ValidationResults);
return validationFailedOperationResult;
}
catch (System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationException e)
{
var validationFailedOperationResult = Blueprint.Api.Middleware.ValidationMiddlewareBuilder.ToValidationFailedOperationResult(e);
return validationFailedOperationResult;
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
var userAuthorisationContext = context.UserAuthorisationContext;
var identifier = new Blueprint.Core.Authorisation.UserExceptionIdentifier(userAuthorisationContext);
userAuthorisationContext?.PopulateMetadata((k, v) => e.Data[k] = v?.ToString());
e.Data["WeatherForecastQuery.City"] = weatherForecastQuery.City?.ToString();
e.Data["WeatherForecastQuery.MyHeader"] = weatherForecastQuery.MyHeader?.ToString();
e.Data["WeatherForecastQuery.MyCookie"] = weatherForecastQuery.MyCookie?.ToString();
e.Data["WeatherForecastQuery.MyCookieNumber"] = weatherForecastQuery.MyCookieNumber.ToString();
_errorLogger.Log(e, identifier);
if (requestTelemetry != null)
{
requestTelemetry.Success = false;
}
return new Blueprint.Api.UnhandledExceptionOperationResult(e);
}
finally
{
var userContext = context.UserAuthorisationContext;
if (requestTelemetry != null)
{
if (userContext != null && userContext.IsAnonymous == false)
{
requestTelemetry.Context.User.AuthenticatedUserId = userContext.Id;
requestTelemetry.Context.User.AccountId = userContext.AccountId;
}
requestTelemetry.Success = requestTelemetry.Success ?? true;
}
stopwatch.Stop();
_logger.Log(Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LogLevel.Information, "Operation {0} finished in {1}ms", "Blueprint.Sample.WebApi.Api.WeatherForecastQuery", stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
}
}
}- Roslyn - For runtime code compilation
- Newtonsoft.Json - For JSON handling
To use Blueprint API in your ASP.NET app:
- Add Blueprint.Api to your project
sh dotnet add package Blueprint.Api dotnet add package Blueprint.Api.Http - Add Blueprint.Api to
Startup.ConfigureServicespublic void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(); services.AddBlueprintApi(b => b .SetApplicationName("SampleWebApi") .Operations(o => o.ScanForOperations(typeof(Startup).Assembly)) .AddHttp() .AddApplicationInsights() .Pipeline(m => m .AddLogging() .AddValidation() .AddHateoasLinks() )); }
- Add Blueprint.Api to
Startup.Configurepublic void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory) { app.UseForwardedHeaders(); if (env.IsDevelopment()) { app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage(); } else { app.UseExceptionHandler(); } app.UseBlueprintApi("api/"); }
At runtime Blueprint will, for every operation it finds, generate a class that is used for running an operation with all the configured middlewares.
The pipeline is fully customisable with many built-in middlewares such as APM integration, logging, auditing, link generation (HATEOAS) and validation.
See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Distributed under the Apache 2.0 License. See LICENSE.md for more information.
Adam Barclay - @barclayadam
- LamarCompiler/LamarCodeGeneration Blueprint.Compiler is a modified version of LamarCompiler that was present in Lamar before being changed to using Expressions for compilation