Using the Plugin Dev Environment

The HollaEx Kit provides a way for developers to easily develop and run plugin scripts. This can be done using the dev.js file in the plugins directory.
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/**
	* Add your mock publicMeta and meta values in the object below
	* In production, these values are stored in the configuration JSON file
​
	* Example mock configurations are included below
**/
​
this.configValues = {
	// // ------------ CONFIG VALUES EXAMPLE START ------------
​
	// publicMeta: {
	// 	public_value: {
	// 		type: 'string',
	// 		description: 'Public meta value',
	// 		required: false,
	// 		value: 'i am public'
	// 	}
	// },
	// meta: {
	// 	private_value: {
	// 		type: 'string',
	// 		description: 'Private meta value',
	// 		required: true,
	// 		value: 'i am private'
	// 	}
	// }
​
	// // ------------ CONFIG VALUES EXAMPLE END ------------
};
​
const pluginScript = () => {
	/**
		* Add the plugin script here
		* The script within this function should be in the script.js file for a plugin
​
		* An example of a plugin script is included below
	 **/
​
	// // ------------ PLUGIN EXAMPLE START ------------
​
	// const { app, loggerPlugin, toolsLib } = this.pluginLibraries; // this.pluginLibraries holds app, loggerPlugin, and toolsLib in the plugin script
	// const { publicMeta, meta } = this.configValues; // this.configValues holds publicMeta and meta in the plugin script
​
	// const lodash = require('lodash');
	// const moment = require('moment');
	// const { public_value: { value: PUBLIC_VALUE } } = publicMeta;
	// const { private_value: { value: PRIVATE_VALUE } } = meta;
​
	// // All endpoints for a plugin should follow the format: '/plugins/<PLUGIN_NAME>/...'. For this example, the plugin name is 'test'
	// const HEALTH_ENDPOINT = '/plugins/test/health';
	// const CONFIG_VALUES_ENDPOINT = '/plugins/test/config-values';
​
	// // We recommend creating an init function that checks for all required configuration values and all other requirements for this plugin to run
	// const init = async () => {
	// 	loggerPlugin.verbose(
	// 		'DEV PLUGIN initializing...'
	// 	);
​
	// 	if (!lodash.isString(PRIVATE_VALUE)) {
	// 		throw new Error('Private Value must be configured for this plugin to run');
	// 	}
​
	// 	loggerPlugin.verbose(
	// 		'DEV PLUGIN initialized'
	// 	);
	// };
​
	// init()
	// 	.then(() => {
	// 		app.get(HEALTH_ENDPOINT, async (req, res) => {
	// 			loggerPlugin.info(
	// 				req.uuid,
	// 				HEALTH_ENDPOINT
	// 			);
​
	// 			return res.json({
	// 				status: 'running',
	// 				current_time: moment().toISOString(),
	// 				exchange_name: toolsLib.getKitConfig().info.name
	// 			});
	// 		});
​
	// 		app.get(CONFIG_VALUES_ENDPOINT, async (req, res) => {
	// 			loggerPlugin.info(
	// 				req.uuid,
	// 				CONFIG_VALUES_ENDPOINT
	// 			);
​
	// 			return res.json({
	// 				public_value: PUBLIC_VALUE,
	// 				private_value: PRIVATE_VALUE
	// 			});
	// 		});
	// 	})
	// 	.catch((err) => {
	// 		// It's important to catch all errors in a script. If a thrown error is not caught, the plugin process will exit and continuously try to restart
	// 		loggerPlugin.error(
	// 			'DEV PLUGIN initialization error',
	// 			err.message
	// 		);
	// 	});
​
	// // ------------ PLUGIN EXAMPLE END ------------
};
​
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// BELOW IS THE SCRIPT FOR RUNNING THE PLUGIN DEV ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NOT NECESSARY IN THE PLUGIN ITSELF
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const { checkStatus } = require('../init');
​
const initializeDevPlugin = async () => {
	await checkStatus();
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	const morgan = require('morgan');
	const { logEntryRequest, stream, loggerPlugin } = require('../config/logger');
	const { domainMiddleware, helmetMiddleware } = require('../config/middleware');
	const morganType = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'dev' : 'combined';
	const PORT = 10012;
	const cors = require('cors');
	const toolsLib = require('../utils/toolsLib');
	const express = require('express');
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	const app = express();
	app.use(morgan(morganType, { stream }));
	app.listen(PORT);
	app.use(cors());
	app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
	app.use(express.json());
	app.use(logEntryRequest);
	app.use(domainMiddleware);
	helmetMiddleware(app);
​
	const pluginLibraries = {
		app,
		loggerPlugin,
		toolsLib
	};
​
	this.pluginLibraries = pluginLibraries;
};
​
(async () => {
	await initializeDevPlugin();
	pluginScript();
})();
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Config Values
​
/**
	* Add your mock publicMeta and meta values in the object below
	* In production, these values are stored in the configuration JSON file
​
	* Example mock configurations are included below
**/
​
this.configValues = {
	// // ------------ CONFIG VALUES EXAMPLE START ------------
​
	// publicMeta: {
	// 	public_value: {
	// 		type: 'string',
	// 		description: 'Public meta value',
	// 		required: false,
	// 		value: 'i am public'
	// 	}
	// },
	// meta: {
	// 	private_value: {
	// 		type: 'string',
	// 		description: 'Private meta value',
	// 		required: true,
	// 		value: 'i am private'
	// 	}
	// }
​
	// // ------------ CONFIG VALUES EXAMPLE END ------------
};
The object this.configValues should hold the public_meta and meta configuration values that would normally be in your plugin's config file. We are creating this.configValues in memory here to replicate the expected plugin config values.
Plugin Script
const pluginScript = () => {
	/**
		* Add the plugin script here
		* The script within this function should be in the script.js file for a plugin
​
		* An example of a plugin script is included below
	 **/
​
	// // ------------ PLUGIN EXAMPLE START ------------
​
	// const { app, loggerPlugin, toolsLib } = this.pluginLibraries; // this.pluginLibraries holds app, loggerPlugin, and toolsLib in the plugin script
	// const { publicMeta, meta } = this.configValues; // this.configValues holds publicMeta and meta in the plugin script
​
	// const lodash = require('lodash');
	// const moment = require('moment');
	// const { public_value: { value: PUBLIC_VALUE } } = publicMeta;
	// const { private_value: { value: PRIVATE_VALUE } } = meta;
​
	// // All endpoints for a plugin should follow the format: '/plugins/<PLUGIN_NAME>/...'. For this example, the plugin name is 'test'
	// const HEALTH_ENDPOINT = '/plugins/test/health';
	// const CONFIG_VALUES_ENDPOINT = '/plugins/test/config-values';
​
	// // We recommend creating an init function that checks for all required configuration values and all other requirements for this plugin to run
	// const init = async () => {
	// 	loggerPlugin.verbose(
	// 		'DEV PLUGIN initializing...'
	// 	);
​
	// 	if (!lodash.isString(PRIVATE_VALUE)) {
	// 		throw new Error('Private Value must be configured for this plugin to run');
	// 	}
​
	// 	loggerPlugin.verbose(
	// 		'DEV PLUGIN initialized'
	// 	);
	// };
​
	// init()
	// 	.then(() => {
	// 		app.get(HEALTH_ENDPOINT, async (req, res) => {
	// 			loggerPlugin.info(
	// 				req.uuid,
	// 				HEALTH_ENDPOINT
	// 			);
​
	// 			return res.json({
	// 				status: 'running',
	// 				current_time: moment().toISOString(),
	// 				exchange_name: toolsLib.getKitConfig().info.name
	// 			});
	// 		});
​
	// 		app.get(CONFIG_VALUES_ENDPOINT, async (req, res) => {
	// 			loggerPlugin.info(
	// 				req.uuid,
	// 				CONFIG_VALUES_ENDPOINT
	// 			);
​
	// 			return res.json({
	// 				public_value: PUBLIC_VALUE,
	// 				private_value: PRIVATE_VALUE
	// 			});
	// 		});
	// 	})
	// 	.catch((err) => {
	// 		// It's important to catch all errors in a script. If a thrown error is not caught, the plugin process will exit and continuously try to restart
	// 		loggerPlugin.error(
	// 			'DEV PLUGIN initialization error',
	// 			err.message
	// 		);
	// 	});
​
	// // ------------ PLUGIN EXAMPLE END ------------
};
In the pluginScript function, you can put the actual script that will run for the plugin. This function will have access to all the libraries and default objects (pluginLibraries, configValues, etc) that would be available in a production plugin. Add your plugin's script here to run it in your local environment.
Running the plugin
To run the plugin, you can simply go into the server docker container and run node plugins/dev.js. This will execute the file and run the script you have in the pluginScript function. The file will be accessible via the 10012 port e.g. localhost:10012/plugins/....
To test this out, undo the commented code for this.configValues and pluginScript and then run the dev.js file. 
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