OpenAPI is the name of the initiative behind defining Swagger specification which describe a REST web-API.
Murano is utilizing this format as description to integrate its internal and external Services. It also provided the dynamic documentation support for UI Editor auto-completion & docs.exosite.com/reference/services.
Find information about publishing exchange element on docs.exosite.com/reference/ui/exchange/authoring-elements-guide
Murano Services are Web-Services providing capability through REST HTTP APIs. To expose and describe those APIs Murano uses the Swagger V2 (OpenAPI) standard with a few additional properties described in this page. Malformed schema will be rejected upon creation to avoid later confusion for the user.
Several example are available and can be used as a base for new services:
This is a simple service definition with x-exosite-health-path and x-exosite-example fields to describe the minimal service.
Link: minimalservice.yaml
This is a minimal service definition for a Storage service with custom configuration settings. It demonstrates how to use of the solution lifecycle event: x-exosite-init, x-exosite-info, x-exosite-update & x-exosite-gc.
Link: storageservice.yaml
This is a SMS notifications service definition for using some service provider. It is include the x-exosite-config-parameters, x-exosite-userfield, x-exosite-secret-field, x-exosite-restricted and x-exosite-example fields.
Link: sms.yaml
At each following steps you can run the validation script to test your syntax.
Required dependency
First install nodeJs: https://nodejs.org/en/download/ And install dependencies:
npm i
Validate your schema
npm test
Will validate all schemas in the 'examples' folder. You can provide a source folder as input parameter.
npm test /path/to/folder
TIPS:
- For more descriptive validation error message, you can use: https://jsonschemalint.com/#/version/draft-04/markup/json
- To convert YAML <-> JSON use one of the online available tool: https://codebeautify.org/yaml-to-json-xml-csv
The first step is to create a file in yaml format to describing your web service API.
If your web service API implementation is not done yet, have a look to the various tools & frameworks available to help building APIs following swagger specification. Including the official stub code generator.
Otherwise start building your yaml file in your favorite code editor. You may consider using the swagger online editor to help you get started.
Once you have a valid swagger description, take the time to go through this document to make sure all required fields and section as described in Schema Definition, including in the nested structures. (e.g. swagger, info, host, paths, etc).
Murano provides several swagger extension tag, it is time to review them and see if your service usage scenario requires them. (e.g. x-exosite-example, x-exosite-init, x-exosite-health-path and so on.)
The Swagger file is the documentation available to your user. Make sure it is fully document. In particular the description
field is always required in any nested structure. See the Service Documentation chapter.
In Murano, services capabilities are documented through the OpenAPI schema and will be used for dynamic documentation. It is therefore important to provide clear description for each element in the schema.
How to document the Service:
info
section: This top level information will be the flag of your service in Murano. Make sure the title and description are comprehensive and fully describe your service capability. You are also encouraged to add links to your own documentation and tutorials if you have onedescription
field: A detailed description of the [operation, parameter, etc..], supporting MD tags. This field is always required.summary
field: A short one-line plain text description for operations & parameters.
Make some examples:
example
field: Data structure examples for JSONSchema definition.x-exosite-example
field: Scripting example for Operation calls.
Important: The description
field is always required including in nested JSONSchema definitions.
Field Name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
swagger | string | '2.0' |
Specifies the Swagger Specification version being used. It can be used by the Swagger UI and other clients to interpret the API listing. The value MUST be 2.0. |
info | object | Info Object |
Service description. |
host | string | 'domain.of.your.service' |
Used by Murano to make service calls. The external host (name or ip) serving the Service. |
paths | string | Paths Object |
Defines the Service API capability, called operation. |
Field Name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
x-exosite-health-path | string | '/health' |
Path to health check endpoint. Default basePath. A GET request will be made expecting a 2xx status code. |
x-exosite-init | string | 'someInit' |
An operationId reference triggered by Murano when a user subscribe to this service.This is concretely done when a service get configured in a given solution including during a solution creation. This event is usually used for service to setup namespace for the user solution. Example: create a new database. |
x-exosite-info | string | 'someInfo' |
An operationId reference triggered by Murano to retrieve a subscription informations to return to the users. |
x-exosite-update | string | 'someUpdate' |
An operationId reference triggered by Murano when a user update the service configuration for this solution. |
x-exosite-gc | string | 'someGc' |
An operationId reference triggered by Murano when a user un-subscribe to this service. Including when the related solution is deleted. |
x-exosite-token | string | 'mysecrettoken' |
Token used when this service is trying to make a call to dispatcher public API. Include a header: authorization: <service-alias> <token-value> when making a request to public dispatcher API. |
x-exosite-config-parameters | [object] | [Config Parameters Object ] |
An array of parameters (JSON schema) defining the data set in the service Configuration parameters field for this serviceconfig.(Service configuration parameters are used as default value during operation call from Lua script) |
Field Name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
basePath | string | '/' |
Concatenated to host by Murano for service calls |
schemes | [https ] |
['https' ] |
Used by Murano for service calls along with host & basePath. Must be https. |
consumes | [string] | ['application/json' ] |
A list of MIME types the APIs can consume. Currently only 'application/json' (default) and 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' is supported. |
produces | [string] | ['application/json' ] |
A list of MIME types the APIs can produce. Currently only 'application/json' (default) is supported. |
definitions | object | Definitions Object |
An object to hold data types produced and consumed by operations. |
parameters | object | Parameters Definitions Object |
An object to hold parameters that can be used across operations. This property does not define global parameters for all operations. |
responses | object | Responses Definitions Object |
Expected results of the service calls. |
securityDefinitions | object | Security Definitions Object |
Security scheme definitions that can be used across the specification. |
security | [object] | [Security Requirement Object ] |
Security auth to enforce for all service operations, need to be matched with the item name defined in securityDefinitions section. |
tags | [object] | [Tag Object ] |
A list of tags used by the specification with additional metadata. The order of the tags can be used to reflect on their order by the parsing tools. Not all tags that are used by the Operation Object must be declared. The tags that are not declared may be organized randomly or based on the tools' logic. Each tag name in the list MUST be unique. |
externalDocs | object | External Documentation Object |
Additional external documentation. |
The object provides metadata about the API. Reference: the official Info Object documentation.
Info Object Example:
title: Swagger Sample App
description: This is a sample server Petstore server.
termsOfService: http://swagger.io/terms/
contact:
name: API Support
url: http://www.swagger.io/support
email: support@swagger.io
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
version: "1.0.1"
Field Name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
title | string | Swagger Sample App |
The title of the application. |
description | string | This is a sample server Petstore server. |
A full description of the service. Can contain HTML tags. |
contact | object | Contact Object |
The contact information for the exposed API. |
version | string | 1.0.0 |
Provides the version of the application API. |
Field Name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
termOfService | string | http://swagger.io/terms/ |
The Terms of Service for the API. |
license | object | License Object |
The license information for the exposed API. |
Holds the relative paths to the individual endpoints. The path is appended to the basePath in order to construct the full URL. Reference: the official Paths Object documentation.
Paths Object Example:
/pets:
get:
description: Returns all pets from the system that the user has access to
produces:
- application/json
responses:
'200':
description: A list of pets.
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/definitions/pet'
Field Pattern | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
/{path} | object | Path Item Object |
A relative path to an individual endpoint. The field name MUST begin with a slash. The path is appended to the basePath in order to construct the full URL. Path templating is allowed. |
Paths and underlying operations defines the features exposed to Murano and allow user Lua scripts to make service calls. Reference: official Path Item Object documentation.
Path Item Object Example:
get:
description: Returns pets based on ID
summary: Find pets by ID
operationId: getPetsById
produces:
- application/json
- text/html
responses:
'200':
description: pet response
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/definitions/Pet'
default:
description: error payload
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/ErrorModel'
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
description: ID of pet to use
required: true
type: array
items:
type: string
collectionFormat: csv
Field Pattern | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
$ref | string | '#/definitions/Pet' |
Allows for an external definition of this path item. The referenced structure MUST be in the format of a Path Item Object. If there are conflicts between the referenced definition and this Path Item's definition, the Path Item’s definition prevails. |
get | object | Operation Object |
A definition of a GET operation on this path. |
put | object | Operation Object |
A definition of a PUT operation on this path. |
post | object | Operation Object |
A definition of a POST operation on this path. |
delete | object | Operation Object |
A definition of a DELETE operation on this path. |
options | object | Operation Object |
A definition of a OPTIONS operation on this path. |
head | object | Operation Object |
A definition of a HEAD operation on this path. |
patch | object | Operation Object |
A definition of a PATCH operation on this path. |
parameters | [object] | [Parameter Object / Reference Object ] |
Common set of parameters for all operations in this path. Important: At least one of path parameters or operation parameters is required. |
Describes a single API operation on a path. Reference: official Operation Object documentation.
Operation Object Example:
tags:
- pet
summary: Updates a pet in the store with form data
description: ""
operationId: updatePetWithForm
consumes:
- application/json
produces:
- application/json
parameters:
- name: petId
in: path
description: ID of pet that needs to be updated
required: true
type: string
- name: name
in: query
description: Name of the object to fetch
required: false
type: string
- name: status
in: body
description: Updated status of the pet
required: true
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Pet updated.
'405':
description: Invalid input
security:
- petstore_auth:
- write:pets
- read:pets
x-exosite-hidden: false
x-exosite-restricted: false
Field name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
operationId | string | 'myfunction' |
Service operation reference, must be unique within the service. Used by in Lua script along with service Alias to make service calls.Eg. Servicealias.myfunction(parameters) |
description | string | Something description |
A verbose explanation of the operation behavior. Used in the documentation. |
parameters | [object] | [Parameter Object / Reference Object ] |
Operation specific parameters. |
responses | object | Responses Object |
Expected results of the service calls. At least one response type is required. |
Field name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
x-exosite-hidden | boolean | false |
If set to true: hide this operation from documentation. |
x-exosite-restricted | boolean | false |
If set to true: prevent this operation from being exposed in Lua scripting For example, this option is used to restrict life-cycle operations like initialize or delete the user namespace. |
x-exosite-example | string: Lua | -- Example of Lua script using the Operation local parameters = {myparameter = "value"} Local result = Myservice.myoperation(parameters) |
Provide an example of the usage of the operation call. The value is required to be a valid Lua script string. Important: A known bug requires to put a double return carriage after each Lua comment. |
x-exosite-timeout | integer[1000..30000] | 10000 | Operation timeout in ms. Default value: 10sec. |
Describes a single operation parameter. Reference: official Parameter Object documentation.
Parameter Object Example (Body Parameters):
name: user
in: body
description: users to add to the system
required: true
schema:
description: List of users
type: array
items:
description: user id
type: string
In this case the top level body element is an array. Following case show embedded field.
name: user
in: body
description: body content
required: true
schema:
description: Request data
type: object
properties:
users:
description: List of users
type: array
items:
description: user id
type: string
Parameter Object Example (Header Parameters):
name: user
in: header
description: user id
type: string
Parameter Object Example (Path Parameters):
name: user
in: path
description: user id
type: string # default
# required: true -> Path parameters are always required
Or a list with:
name: user
in: path
description: User list
type: array
items:
description: user id
type: string
collectionFormat: csv # default
Parameter Object Example (Optional Query Parameters):
name: id
in: query
description: list of ids
required: false # default
type: array
items:
description: user id
type: string
collectionFormat: multi
Field name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
name | string | id |
The name of the parameter as provided from Lua scripting. Used by Murano for building service calls requests. Important: Must be unique per operation. Keep in mind potential Path, Security and Operation parameters collision. |
in | string | path |
The location of the parameter. Possible values are "query", "header", "path" or "body". Used by Murano to build the service calls http requests. Important: "formData" is currently not supported by Murano. |
description | string | Something description |
A description of the parameter. |
Field name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
x-exosite-hidden | boolean | false |
If set to true: hide this parameter from documentation. |
x-exosite-restricted | boolean | false |
If set to true: prevent this parameter to be available from Lua scripting. The value will get set from the service configuration parameters. For example, this option is used to restrict credential parameters to be given from the script code and inforce the service configuration parameter. |
x-exosite-from | domain / solution_id / business_id | domain / solution_id / business_id |
Populate this parameter from a user context value. This option is generally used along with "x-exosite-restricted: true" to prevent user for overriding his context and potentially accessing other user data. |
x-exosite-expand-body-parameters | boolean | true |
Default=true, for a body parameter of type=object, a value set to false would force the body parameter to be explicitly given from script call. Example: x-exosite-expand-body-parameters: true (default) Keystore.set({key = "xxx", body = "value"}) x-exosite-expand-body-parameters: false Keystore.set({key = "xxx", value = {value = "value"}}) |
A container for the expected responses of an operation. The container maps a HTTP response code to the expected response. It is not expected from the documentation to necessarily cover all possible HTTP response codes, since they may not be known in advance. However, it is expected from the documentation to cover a successful operation response and any known errors.
The default can be used as the default response object for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually by the specification.
The Responses Object must contain at least one response code, which must be the response for a successful operation call.
Reference: official Responses Object documentation
Responses Object Example:
'200':
description: a pet to be returned
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/Pet'
default:
description: Unexpected error
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/ErrorModel'
Field name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
default | object | Response Object / Reference Object |
The documentation of responses other than the ones declared for specific HTTP response codes. It can be used to cover undeclared |
{HTTP Status Code} | object | Response Object / Reference Object |
Any HTTP status code can be used as the property name (one property per HTTP status code). Describes the expected response for that HTTP status code. |
Describes a single response from an API Operation. Reference: official Response Object documentation.
Response Object Example:
description: A simple string response
schema:
type: string
Field name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
description | string | A simple string response |
A description of the response. Used in the documentation. |
Field name | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
schema | object | Schema Object |
JSON-Schema defining the response data. If this field does not exist, it means no content is returned as part of the response. |
A declaration of the security schemes available to be used in the specification. This does not enforce the security schemes on the operations and only serves to provide the relevant details for each scheme.
Reference: official Security Definitions Object documentation.
Security Definitions Object Example:
api_key:
type: apiKey
name: api_key
in: header
Field Pattern | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
{name} | object | Security Scheme Object |
A single security scheme definition, mapping a "name" to the scheme it defines. |
Allows the definition of a security scheme that can be used by the operations. Supported schemes are basic authentication and an API key (either as a header or as a query parameter). (OAuth2 currently not supported.)
Important: Murano do not support "flow", "authorizationUrl", "tokenUrl" and "scopes" fields.
Reference: official Security Scheme Object documentation.
Field Pattern | Type | Example | Validity | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
type | string | basic / apiKey / bearer |
Any | Required. The type of the security scheme. Valid values are: "Basic" for https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617. "bearer" for https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6750. "apiKey" for a direct token transmission. |
description | string | Description something |
Any | A short description for security scheme. |
name | string | api_key |
apiKey / bearer | Required. The name of the header or query parameter to be used. For "bearer" type the name of the parameter containing the value. |
in | string | header |
apiKey | Required. The location of the API key. Valid values are "query" or "header". |
Field Pattern | Type | Example | Validity | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
x-exosite-user-field | string | someAccount |
basic | Required. Defines the parameter name providing the user credential value. |
x-exosite-secret-field | string | someSecret |
basic | Required. Defines the parameter name providing the secret credential value. |
x-exosite-prefix | string | token |
apiKey | A string to prefix in the header content. E.g. X-secret: token <user token> |
x-exosite-from | string | token |
apiKey | Required. The parameter name containing the token value to add in the Authentication header or query parameter. |
Standard Basic Authentication.
Example:
type: basic
x-userField: <account>
x-secretField: <secret>
Flexible API Key (Token) authentication:
Example:
type: apiKey
name: secretHeader
in: header
x-exosite-prefix: Token
x-exosite-from: secret
Will generate header:
secretHeader: Token <value of secret parameter>
For simplicity Murano added a custom
authentication scheme following the Bearer standard, similar as Swagger V3.0 however missing in the version 2.0.
Example:
type: bearer
name: <source parameter name>
Will generate header:
authorization: Bearer <value of secret parameter>
Custom signature security signing the request in a header.
Example:
type: signature
# name: <name of header, default signature>
Will generate header:
signature: Murano <Murano Key>:<signature>
See our complete example.
The <signature>
is built as follow:
<signature> = Base64(RSA-SHA256(<host header><url (path with query parameter)><x-exosite-tracking-id header><date header><content-length header, if any>))
Server example:
First you will need to get the Murano public certificate and in order to be called from Murano the service needs a service valid certificate.
const {createServer} = require('https');
const {readFileSync} = require('fs');
const {readCertificateInfo} = require('pem');
const {verify, createPublicKey} = require('crypto');
const key = readFileSync('./server.key.pem');
const cert = readFileSync('./server.cert.pem');
const muranoCa = readFileSync('./murano-services-api-cert.pem');
const clientCertificates = { };
readCertificateInfo(muranoCa, (error, {commonName, validity: {end} = {}} = {}) => {
if (error) throw error;
if (end < Date.now()) console.warn(`Certificate ${commonName} is expired.`);
clientCertificates[commonName] = createPublicKey(muranoCa);
});
const signatureParser = /^Murano (?<keyId>[\w.-]+):(?<signature>[\w/+=]+)$/;
function verifyMurano ({url, headers: {signature: signHeader, host, 'x-exosite-tracking-id': trackingId, date, 'content-length': size = ''}}) {
if (!signHeader || !trackingId || !date) return false;
let {groups: {keyId, signature} = {}} = signHeader.match(signatureParser) || {};
const publicKey = clientCertificates[keyId];
if (!publicKey || !signature) return console.log("Failed to parse " + signHeader);
const data = Buffer.from(host + url + trackingId + date + size);
return verify(null, data, publicKey, Buffer.from(signature, 'base64')) && keyId || console.log("Failed to verify: " + host + url + trackingId + date + size);
}
createServer({key, cert}, (req, res) => {
res.statusCode = 401;
const identity = verifyMurano(req);
if (identity) {
res.statusCode = 200;
console.log('Welcome ' + identity);
}
res.end();
}).listen(8000);
Validating request from murano using client certificate.
Example:
type: clientCA
See our complete example.
Server example:
First you will need to get the Murano public certificate and in order to be called from Murano the service needs a service valid certificate.
const {createServer} = require('https');
const {readFileSync} = require('fs');
createServer({
key: readFileSync('./server.key.pem'),
cert: readFileSync('./server.cert.pem'),
ca: readFileSync('./murano-services-api-cert.pem'),
requestCert: true,
rejectUnauthorized: false
}, (req, res) => {
res.statusCode = 401;
if (req.client.authorized) {
res.statusCode = 200;
console.log('Welcome ' + req.socket.getPeerCertificate().subject.CN);
}
return res.end();
}).listen(8000);
An array of parameters (JSON schema) defining the data set in the service Configuration parameters field for this serviceconfig.
Service configuration parameters allow user to set static values for the service. Murano services page will display dynamically generated forms based on this configuration.
Those parameters can be used used in 2 ways:
- Provide default value for Lua script calls to avoid user to explicitly set static configuration like credentials from the scripting environment.
- Service initialization. Parameters can be transmitted during service lifecycle events such as ‘x-exosite-init’ or ‘x-exosite-update’ to set user settings within the service.
Field Pattern | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
name | string | domain |
The name of the configuration parameter. |
description | string | Something description |
A brief description of the configuration parameter. |
type | string | string |
The type of the configuration parameter. |
Field Pattern | Type | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
x-exosite-hidden | boolean | false |
Declares this configuration parameter to be hidden or not. |
x-exosite-restricted | boolean | false |
If set to true: prevent this parameter to be filled by user. For example, this option is used to restrict the parameter value to an internally provided value like "solution_id". |
x-exosite-from | domain / solution_id / business_id | domain / solution_id / business_id |
Populate this parameter from a user context value. This option is generally used along with "x-exosite-restricted: true" to prevent user for overriding his context and potentially accessing other user data. |
required | boolean | false |
Determines whether this configuration parameter is mandatory for the service to be usable from Murano scripting. |
format | string | password |
Set to password format for obscuring the sensitive data like password and secret token. The real data will not be returned from backend. |
encrypt | boolean | true |
Determines if the configuration parameter is encrypted before storing in the database or if it is stored as cleartext. |
As an example service please take a look at this small Dark Sky weather service integration: https://github.com/exosite/darksky_service/blob/master/darksky.yaml. Notice that the service specification has four main sections.
This Sections includes a summary of the integration along with attendant information about where more information can be found what format and encoding expectations a consumer of this service should expect.
info:
version: "0.2"
title: Dark Sky Weather Service Integration
description: |
## Use Dark Sky to get weather forecasts and historical weather data.
This is a Murano Service integration with
[Dark Sky](https://darksky.net) to allow your Murano solution
to get weather forecasts and historical weather data. [Powered by Dark Sky](https://darksky.net/poweredby/)
contact:
name: Exosite Support
email: support@exosite.com
This is a special section Exosite extended from Swagger to make service configurations available through the Murano UI. Services like this Dark Sky service need to be configured with an API token in order to function.
x-exosite-config-parameters:
- name: auth_token
description: Dark Sky Authentication Token
type: string
format: password
required: true
This is the real body of the service specification where the endpoints of the Dark Sky service are defined and combined into a Murano solution scripting environment operation.
paths:
/{auth_token}/{lat_and_long_or_time}:
> parameters:
get:
tags:
- calls
operationId: forecast
summary: Make a request to Dark Sky
description: Fetch a weather forecast or get historical weather data based of input latitude and longitude
x-exosite-example:
--#ENDPOINT GET /darksky/weather
weather_data = Darksky.forecast({lat_and_long_or_time = '44.977753,93.265011'})
> parameters:
The definitions section can be used by reference objects in order re-use specification code. If elements of the spec are copied and pasted more than once, they can be set here and reused.
We allow services, which are published on Exosite Marketplace, to access dispatcher APIs using a security Token as defined in below steps.
In schema
, add a attribute called x-exosite-token
, the value needs to be a secure token provided when accessing the Murano Service API.
An example (refer to this minimalservice.yaml):
# ...
################################################################################
# API Information #
################################################################################
# ...
x-exosite-token: "myprivatetoken"
# ...
Once the service swagger has been published and processed, the token will be removed and will not be accessible from Murano anymore. So you MUST keep it securely saved. If you forget it you can overload the current token by updating the service swagger definition.
Add the authorization
header with value <service alias> <token value>
(Example: authorization: minimalservice myprivatetoken
) for all calls to the Murano Service API endpoints.
-
2.1 call Event Trigger
base_url = https://service-api.hosted.exosite.io
GET/POST <base_url>/api/v1/trigger/:context_id/:service_alias/:event_type
- context_id: the solution_id
- service_alias: which service you want to call, eg: tsdb
- event_type: which event to call, eg: export
-
2.2 call Service Logs / Metrics
GET/POST <base_url>/ws/service/:service/log
GET/POST <base_url>/ws/service/:service/metric/:metric
If you want to use metric, please remember to define the
x-exosite-usage-metrics
along withx-exosite-token
, if you don't define this, your connection to the metric endpoint will get rejected.An example of metrics definition:
x-exosite-usage-metrics: bandwidth: name: Data size downloaded description: The number of bytes downloaded over a calendar month by devices of this product. type: counter unit: byte categories: in: Data uploaded out: Data downloaded size: name: Data size stored description: The number of bytes stored for this product. type: gauge unit: byte