Server for Framer Modules

Small server for communication with the modules registry and data preprocessing.

Separating this part from the app enables using the registry in more general ways. For more info on the Framer Modules architecture please read info on the main repo.

The server is currently running on Heroku Free dyno at framermodules.herokuapp.com

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REST API

The server always responds with JSON including message statusCode status and data keys.

{
  "message": "Cool response from Framer Modules server.",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "status": "OK",
  "data": {...} // Object | Array | null
}

Request Routes

Please note strings passed in URL must be encoded to comply RFC 3986. In JavaScript, encodeURIComponent() will do.

GET /search/:query

(statusCode: 200 | 404 | 500)

(data: Array) Returns an array containing found modules' metadata sorted by search relevancy and number of installations (descending). If no modules are found, the array passed in data key is empty.

Searching for all with return all modules in registry. You can also retrieve exact single module using colon prefix, e.g. :Collection Component.

Included keys in the modules objects are: name unique_name description author require install example github dependencies installed_count and optionally thumb

GET /module/:moduleName

(statusCode: 200 | 404 | 500)

(data: Object | null) Returns single module's metadata in an object. If no module is found, null is passed in data key.

Included keys in the module object are the same as in /search/:query route.

GET /preset?modules[]=

(statusCode: 200 | 404 | 500)

(data: Array) Returns an array of metadata for modules specified in request query. If no modules from the query are found, the array passed in data key is empty.

Included keys in the modules objects are the same as in /search/:query route.

GET /checkName/:moduleName

(statusCode: 200 | 404 | 500)

(data: Object) Checks for name availability and returns an object containing results.

Included keys in data are:

• available (boolean) whether the name is available or not
• name (string) the name you are checking for
• unique_name (string) a unique name this module would get

GET /tryNew/:gitHubURL

(statusCode: 200 | 404 | 500)

(data: Object | null) Fetches module.json from specified GitHub repository and checks its permissions for publishing against the database.

Response status options:

• OK for a new module that is allowed to publish
• DUPL_OK for a module that already exists, but is allowed for update
• DUPL_DENY for a module with already existing name coming from different author
• ERR if module.json was not found

Returned data object includes module.json contents plus unique_name github and last_updated.

POST /publishNew

Takes request in JSON format, will look for gitHubURL key.

(statusCode: 201 | 404 | 500)

(data: Object | null) Fetches module from GitHub and publishes to Framer Modules database.

Returned data object includes all keys in database associated with the module. Those are specifically _id name unique_name description author require install example dependencies (thumb) github last_updated installed_count uninstalled_count.

PUT /installed/:moduleName

PUT /uninstalled/:moduleName

(statusCode: 201 | 403 | 404 | 500)

(data: null) Updates installed_count or uninstalled_count statistics of a single module.

Please note the update is only allowed when requested from within Framer Modules app. If you try updating stats by requests from browser, you'll get {statusCode: 403, status: 'DENY'}.

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Database (NoSQL)

The registry stores module.json files containing metadata about individual modules.

The database is currently running on a free MongoDB Atlas cluster and the server uses Mongoose for easier data modeling.

Module Model

name (String)

unique_name (String)

description (String)

author (String)

require (String)

install (String | Array)

example (String)

dependencies (Array, optional, default [])

github (String)

thumb (String, optional)

installed_count (Number, default 0)

uninstalled_count (Number, default 0)

last_updated (Date, default Date.now())

Indexes

• Ascending unique index on unique_name
• Text index on name description author github
• Descending index on installed_count
• Ascending index on uninstalled_count

Log Model

request (String)

request_timestamp (Date, default Date.now())

request_ip (String)

request_ua (String)

request_method (String)

request_body (Object)

response_timestamp (Date, default Date.now())

response_status (Object)

response_statusCode (Number)

Indexes

• Descending index on request_timestamp

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Contribute

You will need a dump of the database for local development. Until I implement a public backup download, e-mail me for the dump.

Main Repository

Framer Modules

License

MIT