The Fastify module exports a factory function that is used to create new
Fastify server
instances. This factory function accepts an
options object which is used to customize the resulting instance. This document
describes the properties available in that options object.
- Factory
http
http2
https
connectionTimeout
keepAliveTimeout
forceCloseConnections
maxRequestsPerSocket
requestTimeout
ignoreTrailingSlash
ignoreDuplicateSlashes
maxParamLength
bodyLimit
onProtoPoisoning
onConstructorPoisoning
logger
disableRequestLogging
serverFactory
caseSensitive
allowUnsafeRegex
requestIdHeader
requestIdLogLabel
genReqId
trustProxy
pluginTimeout
querystringParser
exposeHeadRoutes
constraints
return503OnClosing
ajv
serializerOpts
http2SessionTimeout
frameworkErrors
clientErrorHandler
rewriteUrl
useSemicolonDelimiter
- Instance
- Server Methods
listenTextResolver
- listeningOrigin
- log
- version
- inject
- addHttpMethod
- addSchema
- getSchemas
- getSchema
- setReplySerializer
- setValidatorCompiler
- setSchemaErrorFormatter
- setSerializerCompiler
- validatorCompiler
- serializerCompiler
- schemaErrorFormatter
- schemaController
- setNotFoundHandler
- setErrorHandler
- setChildLoggerFactory
- setGenReqId
- addConstraintStrategy
- hasConstraintStrategy
- printRoutes
- printPlugins
- addContentTypeParser
- hasContentTypeParser
- removeContentTypeParser
- removeAllContentTypeParsers
- getDefaultJsonParser
- defaultTextParser
- errorHandler
- childLoggerFactory
- Symbol.asyncDispose
- initialConfig
- Default:
null
An object used to configure the server's listening socket. The options
are the same as the Node.js core createServer
method.
This option is ignored if options http2
or
https
are set.
- Default:
false
If true
Node.js core's
HTTP/2 module is
used for binding the socket.
- Default:
null
An object used to configure the server's listening socket for TLS. The options
are the same as the Node.js core createServer
method.
When this property is null
, the socket will not be configured for TLS.
This option also applies when the http2
option is set.
- Default:
0
(no timeout)
Defines the server timeout in milliseconds. See documentation for
server.timeout
property to understand
the effect of this option.
When serverFactory
option is specified this option is ignored.
- Default:
72000
(72 seconds)
Defines the server keep-alive timeout in milliseconds. See documentation for
server.keepAliveTimeout
property to
understand the effect of this option. This option only applies when HTTP/1 is in
use.
When serverFactory
option is specified this option is ignored.
- Default:
"idle"
if the HTTP server allows it,false
otherwise
When set to true
, upon close
the server will iterate the current
persistent connections and destroy their
sockets.
Warning Connections are not inspected to determine if requests have been completed.
Fastify will prefer the HTTP server's
closeAllConnections
method if supported, otherwise, it will use internal connection tracking.
When set to "idle"
, upon close
the server will iterate the current
persistent connections which are not sending a request or waiting for a response
and destroy their sockets. The value is only supported if the HTTP server
supports the
closeIdleConnections
method, otherwise attempting to set it will throw an exception.
- Default:
0
(no limit)
Defines the maximum number of requests a socket can handle before closing keep
alive connection. See server.maxRequestsPerSocket
property
to understand the effect of this option. This option only applies when HTTP/1.1
is in use. Also, when serverFactory
option is specified, this option is
ignored.
Note At the time of writing, only node >= v16.10.0 supports this option.
- Default:
0
(no limit)
Defines the maximum number of milliseconds for receiving the entire request from
the client. See server.requestTimeout
property
to understand the effect of this option.
When serverFactory
option is specified, this option is ignored.
It must be set to a non-zero value (e.g. 120 seconds) to protect against potential
Denial-of-Service attacks in case the server is deployed without a reverse proxy
in front.
Note At the time of writing, only node >= v14.11.0 supports this option
- Default:
false
Fastify uses find-my-way to handle
routing. By default, Fastify will take into account the trailing slashes.
Paths like /foo
and /foo/
are treated as different paths. If you want to
change this, set this flag to true
. That way, both /foo
and /foo/
will
point to the same route. This option applies to all route registrations for
the resulting server instance.
const fastify = require('fastify')({
ignoreTrailingSlash: true
})
// registers both "/foo" and "/foo/"
fastify.get('/foo/', function (req, reply) {
reply.send('foo')
})
// registers both "/bar" and "/bar/"
fastify.get('/bar', function (req, reply) {
reply.send('bar')
})
- Default:
false
Fastify uses find-my-way to handle
routing. You can use ignoreDuplicateSlashes
option to remove duplicate slashes
from the path. It removes duplicate slashes in the route path and the request
URL. This option applies to all route registrations for the resulting server
instance.
When ignoreTrailingSlash
and ignoreDuplicateSlashes
are both set
to true
Fastify will remove duplicate slashes, and then trailing slashes,
meaning //a//b//c//
will be converted to /a/b/c
.
const fastify = require('fastify')({
ignoreDuplicateSlashes: true
})
// registers "/foo/bar/"
fastify.get('///foo//bar//', function (req, reply) {
reply.send('foo')
})
You can set a custom length for parameters in parametric (standard, regex, and
multi) routes by using maxParamLength
option; the default value is 100
characters. If the maximum length limit is reached, the not found route will
be invoked.
This can be useful especially if you have a regex-based route, protecting you against ReDoS attacks.
- Default:
1048576
(1MiB)
Defines the maximum payload, in bytes, the server is allowed to accept.
The default body reader sends FST_ERR_CTP_BODY_TOO_LARGE
reply, if the size of the body exceeds this limit.
If preParsing
hook is provided, this limit is applied
to the size of the stream the hook returns (i.e. the size of "decoded" body).
- Default:
'error'
Defines what action the framework must take when parsing a JSON object with
__proto__
. This functionality is provided by
secure-json-parse. See
Prototype Poisoning for more details about
prototype poisoning attacks.
Possible values are 'error'
, 'remove'
, or 'ignore'
.
- Default:
'error'
Defines what action the framework must take when parsing a JSON object with
constructor
. This functionality is provided by
secure-json-parse. See
Prototype Poisoning for more details about
prototype poisoning attacks.
Possible values are 'error'
, 'remove'
, or 'ignore'
.
Fastify includes built-in logging via the Pino logger. This property is used to configure the internal logger instance.
The possible values this property may have are:
-
Default:
false
. The logger is disabled. All logging methods will point to a null logger abstract-logging instance. -
pinoInstance
: a previously instantiated instance of Pino. The internal logger will point to this instance. -
object
: a standard Pino options object. This will be passed directly to the Pino constructor. If the following properties are not present on the object, they will be added accordingly:level
: the minimum logging level. If not set, it will be set to'info'
.serializers
: a hash of serialization functions. By default, serializers are added forreq
(incoming request objects),res
(outgoing response objects), anderr
(standardError
objects). When a log method receives an object with any of these properties then the respective serializer will be used for that property. For example:Any user-supplied serializer will override the default serializer of the corresponding property.fastify.get('/foo', function (req, res) { req.log.info({req}) // log the serialized request object res.send('foo') })
-
loggerInstance
: a custom logger instance. The logger must conform to the Pino interface by having the following methods:info
,error
,debug
,fatal
,warn
,trace
,child
. For example:const pino = require('pino')(); const customLogger = { info: function (o, ...n) {}, warn: function (o, ...n) {}, error: function (o, ...n) {}, fatal: function (o, ...n) {}, trace: function (o, ...n) {}, debug: function (o, ...n) {}, child: function() { const child = Object.create(this); child.pino = pino.child(...arguments); return child; }, }; const fastify = require('fastify')({logger: customLogger});
- Default:
false
When logging is enabled, Fastify will issue an info
level log
message when a request is received and when the response for that request has
been sent. By setting this option to true
, these log messages will be
disabled. This allows for more flexible request start and end logging by
attaching custom onRequest
and onResponse
hooks.
The other log entries that will be disabled are:
- an error log written by the default
onResponse
hook on reply callback errors - the error and info logs written by the
defaultErrorHandler
on error management - the info log written by the
fourOhFour
handler when a non existent route is requested
Other log messages emitted by Fastify will stay enabled, like deprecation warnings and messages emitted when requests are received while the server is closing.
// Examples of hooks to replicate the disabled functionality.
fastify.addHook('onRequest', (req, reply, done) => {
req.log.info({ url: req.raw.url, id: req.id }, 'received request')
done()
})
fastify.addHook('onResponse', (req, reply, done) => {
req.log.info({ url: req.raw.originalUrl, statusCode: reply.raw.statusCode }, 'request completed')
done()
})
You can pass a custom HTTP server to Fastify by using the serverFactory
option.
serverFactory
is a function that takes a handler
parameter, which takes the
request
and response
objects as parameters, and an options object, which is
the same you have passed to Fastify.
const serverFactory = (handler, opts) => {
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
handler(req, res)
})
return server
}
const fastify = Fastify({ serverFactory })
fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
})
fastify.listen({ port: 3000 })
Internally Fastify uses the API of Node core HTTP server, so if you are using a
custom server you must be sure to have the same API exposed. If not, you can
enhance the server instance inside the serverFactory
function before the
return
statement.
- Default:
true
When true
routes are registered as case-sensitive. That is, /foo
is not equal to /Foo
.
When false
then routes are case-insensitive.
Please note that setting this option to false
goes against
RFC3986.
By setting caseSensitive
to false
, all paths will be matched as lowercase,
but the route parameters or wildcards will maintain their original letter
casing.
This option does not affect query strings, please refer to
querystringParser
to change their handling.
fastify.get('/user/:username', (request, reply) => {
// Given the URL: /USER/NodeJS
console.log(request.params.username) // -> 'NodeJS'
})
- Default
false
Disabled by default, so routes only allow safe regular expressions. To use
unsafe expressions, set allowUnsafeRegex
to true
.
fastify.get('/user/:id(^([0-9]+){4}$)', (request, reply) => {
// Throws an error without allowUnsafeRegex = true
})
- Default:
'request-id'
The header name used to set the request-id. See the
request-id section.
Setting requestIdHeader
to true
will set the requestIdHeader
to
"request-id"
.
Setting requestIdHeader
to a non-empty string will use
the specified string as the requestIdHeader
.
By default requestIdHeader
is set to false
and will immediately use genReqId.
Setting requestIdHeader
to an empty String (""
) will set the
requestIdHeader to false
.
- Default:
false
const fastify = require('fastify')({
requestIdHeader: 'x-custom-id', // -> use 'X-Custom-Id' header if available
//requestIdHeader: false, // -> always use genReqId
})
- Default:
'reqId'
Defines the label used for the request identifier when logging the request.
- Default:
value of 'request-id' header if provided or monotonically increasing integers
Function for generating the request-id. It will receive the raw incoming request as a parameter. This function is expected to be error-free.
Especially in distributed systems, you may want to override the default ID
generation behavior as shown below. For generating UUID
s you may want to check
out hyperid.
Note
genReqId
will be not called if the header set inrequestIdHeader
is available (defaults to 'request-id').
let i = 0
const fastify = require('fastify')({
genReqId: function (req) { return i++ }
})
- Default:
false
true/false
: Trust all proxies (true
) or do not trust any proxies (false
).string
: Trust only given IP/CIDR (e.g.'127.0.0.1'
). May be a list of comma separated values (e.g.'127.0.0.1,192.168.1.1/24'
).Array<string>
: Trust only given IP/CIDR list (e.g.['127.0.0.1']
).number
: Trust the nth hop from the front-facing proxy server as the client.Function
: Custom trust function that takesaddress
as first argumentfunction myTrustFn(address, hop) { return address === '1.2.3.4' || hop === 1 }
By enabling the trustProxy
option, Fastify will know that it is sitting behind
a proxy and that the X-Forwarded-*
header fields may be trusted, which
otherwise may be easily spoofed.
const fastify = Fastify({ trustProxy: true })
For more examples, refer to the
proxy-addr
package.
You may access the ip
, ips
, host
and protocol
values on the
request
object.
fastify.get('/', (request, reply) => {
console.log(request.ip)
console.log(request.ips)
console.log(request.host)
console.log(request.protocol)
})
Note If a request contains multiple
x-forwarded-host
orx-forwarded-proto
headers, it is only the last one that is used to deriverequest.hostname
andrequest.protocol
.
- Default:
10000
The maximum amount of time in milliseconds in which a plugin can load. If not,
ready
will complete with an Error
with code
'ERR_AVVIO_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT'
. When set to 0
, disables this check. This
controls avvio 's timeout
parameter.
The default query string parser that Fastify uses is the Node.js's core
querystring
module.
You can use this option to use a custom parser, such as
qs
.
If you only want the keys (and not the values) to be case insensitive we recommend using a custom parser to convert only the keys to lowercase.
const qs = require('qs')
const fastify = require('fastify')({
querystringParser: str => qs.parse(str)
})
You can also use Fastify's default parser but change some handling behavior, like the example below for case insensitive keys and values:
const querystring = require('node:querystring')
const fastify = require('fastify')({
querystringParser: str => querystring.parse(str.toLowerCase())
})
- Default:
true
Automatically creates a sibling HEAD
route for each GET
route defined. If
you want a custom HEAD
handler without disabling this option, make sure to
define it before the GET
route.
Fastify's built-in route constraints are provided by find-my-way
, which
allows constraining routes by version
or host
. You can add new constraint
strategies, or override the built-in strategies, by providing a constraints
object with strategies for find-my-way
. You can find more information on
constraint strategies in the
find-my-way documentation.
const customVersionStrategy = {
storage: function () {
const versions = {}
return {
get: (version) => { return versions[version] || null },
set: (version, store) => { versions[version] = store }
}
},
deriveVersion: (req, ctx) => {
return req.headers['accept']
}
}
const fastify = require('fastify')({
constraints: {
version: customVersionStrategy
}
})
- Default:
true
Returns 503 after calling close
server method. If false
, the server routes
the incoming request as usual.
Configure the Ajv v8 instance used by Fastify without providing a custom one. The default configuration is explained in the #schema-validator section.
const fastify = require('fastify')({
ajv: {
customOptions: {
removeAdditional: 'all' // Refer to [ajv options](https://ajv.js.org/options.html#removeadditional)
},
plugins: [
require('ajv-merge-patch'),
[require('ajv-keywords'), 'instanceof']
// Usage: [plugin, pluginOptions] - Plugin with options
// Usage: plugin - Plugin without options
]
}
})
Customize the options of the default
fast-json-stringify
instance that serializes the response's payload:
const fastify = require('fastify')({
serializerOpts: {
rounding: 'ceil'
}
})
- Default:
72000
Set a default timeout to every incoming HTTP/2 session in milliseconds. The session will be closed on the timeout.
This option is needed to offer a graceful "close" experience when using
HTTP/2. The low default has been chosen to mitigate denial of service attacks.
When the server is behind a load balancer or can scale automatically this value
can be increased to fit the use case. Node core defaults this to 0
.
- Default:
null
Fastify provides default error handlers for the most common use cases. It is possible to override one or more of those handlers with custom code using this option.
Note Only
FST_ERR_BAD_URL
andFST_ERR_ASYNC_CONSTRAINT
are implemented at present.
const fastify = require('fastify')({
frameworkErrors: function (error, req, res) {
if (error instanceof FST_ERR_BAD_URL) {
res.code(400)
return res.send("Provided url is not valid")
} else if(error instanceof FST_ERR_ASYNC_CONSTRAINT) {
res.code(400)
return res.send("Provided header is not valid")
} else {
res.send(err)
}
}
})
Set a
clientErrorHandler
that listens to error
events emitted by client connections and responds with a
400
.
It is possible to override the default clientErrorHandler
using this option.
- Default:
function defaultClientErrorHandler (err, socket) {
if (err.code === 'ECONNRESET') {
return
}
const body = JSON.stringify({
error: http.STATUS_CODES['400'],
message: 'Client Error',
statusCode: 400
})
this.log.trace({ err }, 'client error')
if (socket.writable) {
socket.end([
'HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request',
`Content-Length: ${body.length}`,
`Content-Type: application/json\r\n\r\n${body}`
].join('\r\n'))
}
}
Note
clientErrorHandler
operates with raw sockets. The handler is expected to return a properly formed HTTP response that includes a status line, HTTP headers and a message body. Before attempting to write the socket, the handler should check if the socket is still writable as it may have already been destroyed.
const fastify = require('fastify')({
clientErrorHandler: function (err, socket) {
const body = JSON.stringify({
error: {
message: 'Client error',
code: '400'
}
})
// `this` is bound to fastify instance
this.log.trace({ err }, 'client error')
// the handler is responsible for generating a valid HTTP response
socket.end([
'HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request',
`Content-Length: ${body.length}`,
`Content-Type: application/json\r\n\r\n${body}`
].join('\r\n'))
}
})
Set a sync callback function that must return a string that allows rewriting
URLs. This is useful when you are behind a proxy that changes the URL.
Rewriting a URL will modify the url
property of the req
object.
Note that rewriteUrl
is called before routing, it is not encapsulated and it
is an instance-wide configuration.
// @param {object} req The raw Node.js HTTP request, not the `FastifyRequest` object.
// @this Fastify The root Fastify instance (not an encapsulated instance).
// @returns {string} The path that the request should be mapped to.
function rewriteUrl (req) {
if (req.url === '/hi') {
this.log.debug({ originalUrl: req.url, url: '/hello' }, 'rewrite url');
return '/hello'
} else {
return req.url;
}
}
- Default
false
Fastify uses find-my-way which supports,
separating the path and query string with a ;
character (code 59), e.g. /dev;foo=bar
.
This decision originated from [delvedor/find-my-way#76]
(delvedor/find-my-way#76). Thus, this option will support
backwards compatiblilty for the need to split on ;
. To enable support for splitting
on ;
set useSemicolonDelimiter
to true
.
const fastify = require('fastify')({
useSemicolonDelimiter: true
})
fastify.get('/dev', async (request, reply) => {
// An example request such as `/dev;foo=bar`
// Will produce the following query params result `{ foo = 'bar' }`
return request.query
})
fastify.server
: The Node core
server object as
returned by the Fastify factory function
.
Warning If utilized improperly, certain Fastify features could be disrupted. It is recommended to only use it for attaching listeners.
Invoked when the current plugin and all the plugins that have been registered
within it have finished loading. It is always executed before the method
fastify.ready
.
fastify
.register((instance, opts, done) => {
console.log('Current plugin')
done()
})
.after(err => {
console.log('After current plugin')
})
.register((instance, opts, done) => {
console.log('Next plugin')
done()
})
.ready(err => {
console.log('Everything has been loaded')
})
In case after()
is called without a function, it returns a Promise
:
fastify.register(async (instance, opts) => {
console.log('Current plugin')
})
await fastify.after()
console.log('After current plugin')
fastify.register(async (instance, opts) => {
console.log('Next plugin')
})
await fastify.ready()
console.log('Everything has been loaded')
Function called when all the plugins have been loaded. It takes an error parameter if something went wrong.
fastify.ready(err => {
if (err) throw err
})
If it is called without any arguments, it will return a Promise
:
fastify.ready().then(() => {
console.log('successfully booted!')
}, (err) => {
console.log('an error happened', err)
})
Starts the server and internally waits for the .ready()
event. The signature
is .listen([options][, callback])
. Both the options
object and the
callback
parameters extend the Node.js
core options
object. Thus, all core options are available with the following additional
Fastify specific options:
Set an optional resolver for the text to log after server has been successfully
started.
It is possible to override the default Server listening at [address]
log
entry using this option.
server.listen({
port: 9080,
listenTextResolver: (address) => { return `Prometheus metrics server is listening at ${address}` }
})
By default, the server will listen on the address(es) resolved by localhost
when no specific host is provided. If listening on any available interface is
desired, then specifying 0.0.0.0
for the address will listen on all IPv4
addresses. The following table details the possible values for host
when
targeting localhost
, and what the result of those values for host
will be.
Host | IPv4 | IPv6 |
---|---|---|
:: |
✅* | ✅ |
:: + ipv6Only |
🚫 | ✅ |
0.0.0.0 |
✅ | 🚫 |
localhost |
✅ | ✅ |
127.0.0.1 |
✅ | 🚫 |
::1 |
🚫 | ✅ |
* Using ::
for the address will listen on all IPv6 addresses and,
depending on OS, may also listen on all IPv4
addresses.
Be careful when deciding to listen on all interfaces; it comes with inherent security risks.
The default is to listen on port: 0
(which picks the first available open
port) and host: 'localhost'
:
fastify.listen((err, address) => {
if (err) {
fastify.log.error(err)
process.exit(1)
}
})
Specifying an address is also supported:
fastify.listen({ port: 3000, host: '127.0.0.1' }, (err, address) => {
if (err) {
fastify.log.error(err)
process.exit(1)
}
})
If no callback is provided a Promise is returned:
fastify.listen({ port: 3000 })
.then((address) => console.log(`server listening on ${address}`))
.catch(err => {
console.log('Error starting server:', err)
process.exit(1)
})
When deploying to a Docker, and potentially other, containers, it is advisable
to listen on 0.0.0.0
because they do not default to exposing mapped ports to
localhost
:
fastify.listen({ port: 3000, host: '0.0.0.0' }, (err, address) => {
if (err) {
fastify.log.error(err)
process.exit(1)
}
})
If the port
is omitted (or is set to zero), a random available port is
automatically chosen (available via fastify.server.address().port
).
The default options of listen are:
fastify.listen({
port: 0,
host: 'localhost',
exclusive: false,
readableAll: false,
writableAll: false,
ipv6Only: false
}, (err) => {})
This method returns an array of addresses that the server is listening on. If
you call it before listen()
is called or after the close()
function, it will
return an empty array.
await fastify.listen({ port: 8080 })
const addresses = fastify.addresses()
// [
// { port: 8080, family: 'IPv6', address: '::1' },
// { port: 8080, family: 'IPv4', address: '127.0.0.1' }
// ]
Note that the array contains the fastify.server.address()
too.
Method to access the lookup
method of the internal router and match the
request to the appropriate handler:
fastify.routing(req, res)
Method to add routes to the server, it also has shorthand functions, check here.
Method to check if a route is already registered to the internal router. It
expects an object as the payload. url
and method
are mandatory fields. It
is possible to also specify constraints
. The method returns true
if the
route is registered or false
if not.
const routeExists = fastify.hasRoute({
url: '/',
method: 'GET',
constraints: { version: '1.0.0' } // optional
})
if (routeExists === false) {
// add route
}
Method to retrieve a route already registered to the internal router. It
expects an object as the payload. url
and method
are mandatory fields. It
is possible to also specify constraints
.
The method returns a route object or null
if the route cannot be found.
const route = fastify.findRoute({
url: '/artists/:artistId',
method: 'GET',
constraints: { version: '1.0.0' } // optional
})
if (route !== null) {
// perform some route checks
console.log(route.params) // `{artistId: ':artistId'}`
}
fastify.close(callback)
: call this function to close the server instance and
run the 'onClose'
hook.
Calling close
will also cause the server to respond to every new incoming
request with a 503
error and destroy that request. See return503OnClosing
flags for changing this behavior.
If it is called without any arguments, it will return a Promise:
fastify.close().then(() => {
console.log('successfully closed!')
}, (err) => {
console.log('an error happened', err)
})
Function useful if you need to decorate the fastify instance, Reply or Request, check here.
Fastify allows the user to extend its functionality with plugins. A plugin can be a set of routes, a server decorator, or whatever, check here.
Function to add a specific hook in the lifecycle of Fastify, check here.
The full path that will be prefixed to a route.
Example:
fastify.register(function (instance, opts, done) {
instance.get('/foo', function (request, reply) {
// Will log "prefix: /v1"
request.log.info('prefix: %s', instance.prefix)
reply.send({ prefix: instance.prefix })
})
instance.register(function (instance, opts, done) {
instance.get('/bar', function (request, reply) {
// Will log "prefix: /v1/v2"
request.log.info('prefix: %s', instance.prefix)
reply.send({ prefix: instance.prefix })
})
done()
}, { prefix: '/v2' })
done()
}, { prefix: '/v1' })
Name of the current plugin. The root plugin is called 'fastify'
. There are
different ways to define a name (in order).
- If you use fastify-plugin the
metadata
name
is used. - If the exported plugin has the
Symbol.for('fastify.display-name')
property, then the value of that property is used. Example:pluginFn[Symbol.for('fastify.display-name')] = "Custom Name"
- If you
module.exports
a plugin the filename is used. - If you use a regular function declaration the function name is used.
Fallback: The first two lines of your plugin will represent the plugin name.
Newlines are replaced by --
. This will help to identify the root cause when
you deal with many plugins.
Warning If you have to deal with nested plugins, the name differs with the usage of the fastify-plugin because no new scope is created and therefore we have no place to attach contextual data. In that case, the plugin name will represent the boot order of all involved plugins in the format of
fastify -> plugin-A -> plugin-B
.
Method to check if a specific plugin has been registered. Relies on the plugin
metadata name. Returns true
if the plugin is registered. Otherwise, returns
false
.
const fastify = require('fastify')()
fastify.register(require('@fastify/cookie'), {
secret: 'my-secret',
parseOptions: {}
})
fastify.ready(() => {
fastify.hasPlugin('@fastify/cookie') // true
})
The current origin the server is listening to.
For example, a TCP socket based server returns
a base address like http://127.0.0.1:3000
,
and a Unix socket server will return the socket
path, e.g. fastify.temp.sock
.
The logger instance, check here.
Fastify version of the instance. Used for plugin support. See Plugins for information on how the version is used by plugins.
Fake HTTP injection (for testing purposes) here.
Fastify supports the GET
, HEAD
, TRACE
, DELETE
, OPTIONS
,
PATCH
, PUT
and POST
HTTP methods by default.
The addHttpMethod
method allows to add any non standard HTTP
methods to the server that are supported by Node.js.
// Add a new HTTP method called 'MKCOL' that supports a request body
fastify.addHttpMethod('MKCOL', { hasBody: true, })
// Add a new HTTP method called 'COPY' that does not support a request body
fastify.addHttpMethod('COPY')
After calling addHttpMethod
, it is possible to use the route shorthand
methods to define routes for the new HTTP method:
fastify.addHttpMethod('MKCOL', { hasBody: true })
fastify.mkcol('/', (req, reply) => {
// Handle the 'MKCOL' request
})
fastify.addSchema(schemaObj)
, adds a JSON schema to the Fastify instance. This
allows you to reuse it everywhere in your application just by using the standard
$ref
keyword.
To learn more, read the Validation and Serialization documentation.
fastify.getSchemas()
, returns a hash of all schemas added via .addSchema
.
The keys of the hash are the $id
s of the JSON Schema provided.
fastify.getSchema(id)
, return the JSON schema added with .addSchema
and the
matching id
. It returns undefined
if it is not found.
Set the reply serializer for all the routes. This will be used as default if a
Reply.serializer(func) has not been set. The
handler is fully encapsulated, so different plugins can set different error
handlers. Note: the function parameter is called only for status 2xx
. Check
out the setErrorHandler
for errors.
fastify.setReplySerializer(function (payload, statusCode){
// serialize the payload with a sync function
return `my serialized ${statusCode} content: ${payload}`
})
Set the schema validator compiler for all routes. See #schema-validator.
Set the schema error formatter for all routes. See #error-handling.
Set the schema serializer compiler for all routes. See #schema-serializer.
Note
setReplySerializer
has priority if set!
This property can be used to get the schema validator. If not set, it will be
null
until the server starts, then it will be a function with the signature
function ({ schema, method, url, httpPart })
that returns the input schema
compiled to a function for validating data. The input schema
can access all
the shared schemas added with .addSchema
function.
This property can be used to get the schema serializer. If not set, it will be
null
until the server starts, then it will be a function with the signature
function ({ schema, method, url, httpPart })
that returns the input schema
compiled to a function for validating data. The input schema
can access all
the shared schemas added with .addSchema
function.
This property can be used to set a function to format errors that happen while
the validationCompiler
fails to validate the schema. See
#error-handling.
This property can be used to fully manage:
bucket
: where the schemas of your application will be storedcompilersFactory
: what module must compile the JSON schemas
It can be useful when your schemas are stored in another data structure that is unknown to Fastify.
Another use case is to tweak all the schemas processing. Doing so it is possible
to use Ajv v8 JTD or Standalone feature. To use such as JTD or the Standalone
mode, refers to the @fastify/ajv-compiler
documentation.
const fastify = Fastify({
schemaController: {
/**
* This factory is called whenever `fastify.register()` is called.
* It may receive as input the schemas of the parent context if some schemas have been added.
* @param {object} parentSchemas these schemas will be returned by the
* `getSchemas()` method function of the returned `bucket`.
*/
bucket: function factory (parentSchemas) {
return {
add (inputSchema) {
// This function must store the schema added by the user.
// This function is invoked when `fastify.addSchema()` is called.
},
getSchema (schema$id) {
// This function must return the raw schema requested by the `schema$id`.
// This function is invoked when `fastify.getSchema(id)` is called.
return aSchema
},
getSchemas () {
// This function must return all the schemas referenced by the routes schemas' $ref
// It must return a JSON where the property is the schema `$id` and the value is the raw JSON Schema.
const allTheSchemaStored = {
'schema$id1': schema1,
'schema$id2': schema2
}
return allTheSchemaStored
}
}
},
/**
* The compilers factory lets you fully control the validator and serializer
* in the Fastify's lifecycle, providing the encapsulation to your compilers.
*/
compilersFactory: {
/**
* This factory is called whenever a new validator instance is needed.
* It may be called whenever `fastify.register()` is called only if new schemas have been added to the
* encapsulation context.
* It may receive as input the schemas of the parent context if some schemas have been added.
* @param {object} externalSchemas these schemas will be returned by the
* `bucket.getSchemas()`. Needed to resolve the external references $ref.
* @param {object} ajvServerOption the server `ajv` options to build your compilers accordingly
*/
buildValidator: function factory (externalSchemas, ajvServerOption) {
// This factory function must return a schema validator compiler.
// See [#schema-validator](./Validation-and-Serialization.md#schema-validator) for details.
const yourAjvInstance = new Ajv(ajvServerOption.customOptions)
return function validatorCompiler ({ schema, method, url, httpPart }) {
return yourAjvInstance.compile(schema)
}
},
/**
* This factory is called whenever a new serializer instance is needed.
* It may be called whenever `fastify.register()` is called only if new schemas have been added to the
* encapsulation context.
* It may receive as input the schemas of the parent context if some schemas have been added.
* @param {object} externalSchemas these schemas will be returned by the
* `bucket.getSchemas()`. Needed to resolve the external references $ref.
* @param {object} serializerOptsServerOption the server `serializerOpts`
* options to build your compilers accordingly
*/
buildSerializer: function factory (externalSchemas, serializerOptsServerOption) {
// This factory function must return a schema serializer compiler.
// See [#schema-serializer](./Validation-and-Serialization.md#schema-serializer) for details.
return function serializerCompiler ({ schema, method, url, httpStatus, contentType }) {
return data => JSON.stringify(data)
}
}
}
}
});
fastify.setNotFoundHandler(handler(request, reply))
: set the 404 handler. This
call is encapsulated by prefix, so different plugins can set different not found
handlers if a different prefix
option
is passed to fastify.register()
. The handler is treated as a regular route
handler so requests will go through the full Fastify
lifecycle. async-await is supported as well.
You can also register preValidation
and
preHandler
hooks for the 404 handler.
Note The
preValidation
hook registered using this method will run for a route that Fastify does not recognize and not when a route handler manually callsreply.callNotFound
. In which case, only preHandler will be run.
fastify.setNotFoundHandler({
preValidation: (req, reply, done) => {
// your code
done()
},
preHandler: (req, reply, done) => {
// your code
done()
}
}, function (request, reply) {
// Default not found handler with preValidation and preHandler hooks
})
fastify.register(function (instance, options, done) {
instance.setNotFoundHandler(function (request, reply) {
// Handle not found request without preValidation and preHandler hooks
// to URLs that begin with '/v1'
})
done()
}, { prefix: '/v1' })
Fastify calls setNotFoundHandler to add a default 404 handler at startup before
plugins are registered. If you would like to augment the behavior of the default
404 handler, for example with plugins, you can call setNotFoundHandler with no
arguments fastify.setNotFoundHandler()
within the context of these registered
plugins.
Note Some config properties from the request object will be undefined inside the custom not found handler. E.g.:
request.routerPath
,routerMethod
andcontext.config
. This method design goal is to allow calling the common not found route. To return a per-route customized 404 response, you can do it in the response itself.
fastify.setErrorHandler(handler(error, request, reply))
: Set a function that
will be called whenever an error happens. The handler is bound to the Fastify
instance and is fully encapsulated, so different plugins can set different error
handlers. async-await is supported as well.
If the error statusCode
is less than 400, Fastify will automatically
set it to 500 before calling the error handler.
setErrorHandler
will not catch:
- errors thrown in an
onResponse
hook because the response has already been sent to the client. Use theonSend
hook instead. - not found (404) errors. Use
setNotFoundHandler
instead.
fastify.setErrorHandler(function (error, request, reply) {
// Log error
this.log.error(error)
// Send error response
reply.status(409).send({ ok: false })
})
Fastify is provided with a default function that is called if no error handler
is set. It can be accessed using fastify.errorHandler
and it logs the error
with respect to its statusCode
.
var statusCode = error.statusCode
if (statusCode >= 500) {
log.error(error)
} else if (statusCode >= 400) {
log.info(error)
} else {
log.error(error)
}
fastify.setChildLoggerFactory(factory(logger, bindings, opts, rawReq))
: Set a
function that will be called when creating a child logger instance for each request
which allows for modifying or adding child logger bindings and logger options, or
returning a custom child logger implementation.
Child logger bindings have a performance advantage over per-log bindings because they are pre-serialized by Pino when the child logger is created.
The first parameter is the parent logger instance, followed by the default bindings
and logger options which should be passed to the child logger, and finally
the raw request (not a Fastify request object). The function is bound with this
being the Fastify instance.
For example:
const fastify = require('fastify')({
childLoggerFactory: function (logger, bindings, opts, rawReq) {
// Calculate additional bindings from the request if needed
bindings.traceContext = rawReq.headers['x-cloud-trace-context']
return logger.child(bindings, opts)
}
})
The handler is bound to the Fastify instance and is fully encapsulated, so different plugins can set different logger factories.
fastify.setGenReqId(function (rawReq))
Synchronous function for setting the request-id
for additional Fastify instances. It will receive the raw incoming request as a
parameter. The provided function should not throw an Error in any case.
Especially in distributed systems, you may want to override the default ID generation behavior to handle custom ways of generating different IDs in order to handle different use cases. Such as observability or webhooks plugins.
For example:
const fastify = require('fastify')({
genReqId: (req) => {
return 'base'
}
})
fastify.register((instance, opts, done) => {
instance.setGenReqId((req) => {
// custom request ID for `/webhooks`
return 'webhooks-id'
})
done()
}, { prefix: '/webhooks' })
fastify.register((instance, opts, done) => {
instance.setGenReqId((req) => {
// custom request ID for `/observability`
return 'observability-id'
})
done()
}, { prefix: '/observability' })
The handler is bound to the Fastify instance and is fully encapsulated, so different plugins can set a different request ID.
Function to add a custom constraint strategy. To register a new type of constraint, you must add a new constraint strategy that knows how to match values to handlers, and that knows how to get the constraint value from a request.
Add a custom constraint strategy using the fastify.addConstraintStrategy
method:
const customResponseTypeStrategy = {
// strategy name for referencing in the route handler `constraints` options
name: 'accept',
// storage factory for storing routes in the find-my-way route tree
storage: function () {
let handlers = {}
return {
get: (type) => { return handlers[type] || null },
set: (type, store) => { handlers[type] = store }
}
},
// function to get the value of the constraint from each incoming request
deriveConstraint: (req, ctx) => {
return req.headers['accept']
},
// optional flag marking if handlers without constraints can match requests that have a value for this constraint
mustMatchWhenDerived: true
}
const router = Fastify();
router.addConstraintStrategy(customResponseTypeStrategy);
The fastify.hasConstraintStrategy(strategyName)
checks if there already exists
a custom constraint strategy with the same name.
fastify.printRoutes()
: Fastify router builds a tree of routes for each HTTP
method. If you call the prettyPrint without specifying an HTTP method, it will
merge all the trees into one and print it. The merged tree doesn't represent the
internal router structure. Do not use it for debugging.
Remember to call it inside or after a ready
call.
fastify.get('/test', () => {})
fastify.get('/test/hello', () => {})
fastify.get('/testing', () => {})
fastify.get('/testing/:param', () => {})
fastify.put('/update', () => {})
fastify.ready(() => {
console.log(fastify.printRoutes())
// └── /
// ├── test (GET)
// │ ├── /hello (GET)
// │ └── ing (GET)
// │ └── /
// │ └── :param (GET)
// └── update (PUT)
})
If you want to print the internal router tree, you should specify the method
param. Printed tree will represent the internal router structure.
You can use it for debugging.
console.log(fastify.printRoutes({ method: 'GET' }))
// └── /
// └── test (GET)
// ├── /hello (GET)
// └── ing (GET)
// └── /
// └── :param (GET)
console.log(fastify.printRoutes({ method: 'PUT' }))
// └── /
// └── update (PUT)
fastify.printRoutes({ commonPrefix: false })
will print compressed trees. This
may be useful when you have a large number of routes with common prefixes.
It doesn't represent the internal router structure. Do not use it for debugging.
console.log(fastify.printRoutes({ commonPrefix: false }))
// ├── /test (GET)
// │ ├── /hello (GET)
// │ └── ing (GET)
// │ └── /:param (GET)
// └── /update (PUT)
fastify.printRoutes({ includeMeta: (true | []) })
will display properties from
the route.store
object for each displayed route. This can be an array
of
keys (e.g. ['onRequest', Symbol('key')]
), or true
to display all properties.
A shorthand option, fastify.printRoutes({ includeHooks: true })
will include
all hooks.
fastify.get('/test', () => {})
fastify.get('/test/hello', () => {})
const onTimeout = () => {}
fastify.addHook('onRequest', () => {})
fastify.addHook('onTimeout', onTimeout)
console.log(fastify.printRoutes({ includeHooks: true, includeMeta: ['errorHandler'] }))
// └── /
// └── test (GET)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// • (errorHandler) "defaultErrorHandler()"
// test (HEAD)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// • (onSend) ["headRouteOnSendHandler()"]
// • (errorHandler) "defaultErrorHandler()"
// └── /hello (GET)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// • (errorHandler) "defaultErrorHandler()"
// /hello (HEAD)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// • (onSend) ["headRouteOnSendHandler()"]
// • (errorHandler) "defaultErrorHandler()"
console.log(fastify.printRoutes({ includeHooks: true }))
// └── /
// └── test (GET)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// test (HEAD)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// • (onSend) ["headRouteOnSendHandler()"]
// └── /hello (GET)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// /hello (HEAD)
// • (onTimeout) ["onTimeout()"]
// • (onRequest) ["anonymous()"]
// • (onSend) ["headRouteOnSendHandler()"]
fastify.printPlugins()
: Prints the representation of the internal plugin tree
used by the avvio, useful for debugging require order issues.
Remember to call it inside or after a ready
call.
fastify.register(async function foo (instance) {
instance.register(async function bar () {})
})
fastify.register(async function baz () {})
fastify.ready(() => {
console.error(fastify.printPlugins())
// will output the following to stderr:
// └── root
// ├── foo
// │ └── bar
// └── baz
})
fastify.addContentTypeParser(content-type, options, parser)
is used to pass
a custom parser for a given content type. Useful for adding parsers for custom
content types, e.g. text/json, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
.
content-type
can be a string, string array or RegExp.
// The two arguments passed to getDefaultJsonParser are for ProtoType poisoning
// and Constructor Poisoning configuration respectively. The possible values are
// 'ignore', 'remove', 'error'. ignore skips all validations and it is similar
// to calling JSON.parse() directly. See the
// [`secure-json-parse` documentation](https://github.com/fastify/secure-json-parse#api) for more information.
fastify.addContentTypeParser('text/json', { asString: true }, fastify.getDefaultJsonParser('ignore', 'ignore'))
fastify.hasContentTypeParser(contentType)
is used to check whether there is a
content type parser in the current context for the specified content type.
fastify.hasContentTypeParser('text/json')
fastify.hasContentTypeParser(/^.+\/json$/)
fastify.removeContentTypeParser(contentType)
is used to remove content type
parsers in the current context. This method allows for example to remove the
both built-in parsers for application/json
and text/plain
.
fastify.removeContentTypeParser('application/json')
fastify.removeContentTypeParser(['application/json', 'text/plain'])
The fastify.removeAllContentTypeParsers()
method allows all content type
parsers in the current context to be removed. A use case of this method is the
implementation of catch-all content type parser. Before adding this parser with
fastify.addContentTypeParser()
one could call the
removeAllContentTypeParsers
method.
For more details about the usage of the different content type parser APIs see here.
fastify.getDefaultJsonParser(onProtoPoisoning, onConstructorPoisoning)
takes
two arguments. First argument is ProtoType poisoning configuration and second
argument is constructor poisoning configuration. See the secure-json-parse
documentation for more
information.
fastify.defaultTextParser()
can be used to parse content as plain text.
fastify.addContentTypeParser('text/json', { asString: true }, fastify.defaultTextParser)
fastify.errorHandler
can be used to handle errors using fastify's default
error handler.
fastify.get('/', {
errorHandler: (error, request, reply) => {
if (error.code === 'SOMETHING_SPECIFIC') {
reply.send({ custom: 'response' })
return
}
fastify.errorHandler(error, request, response)
}
}, handler)
fastify.childLoggerFactory
returns the custom logger factory function for the
Fastify instance. See the childLoggerFactory
config option
for more info.
fastify[Symbol.asyncDispose]
is a symbol that can be used to define an
asynchronous function that will be called when the Fastify instance is closed.
It's commonly used alongside the using
TypeScript keyword to ensure that
resources are cleaned up when the Fastify instance is closed.
This combines perfectly inside short lived processes or unit tests, where you must close all Fastify resources after returning from inside the function.
test('Uses app and closes it afterwards', async () => {
await using app = fastify();
// do something with app.
})
In the above example, Fastify is closed automatically after the test finishes.
Read more about the ECMAScript Explicit Resource Management and the using keyword introduced in TypeScript 5.2.
fastify.initialConfig
: Exposes a frozen read-only object registering the
initial options passed down by the user to the Fastify instance.
The properties that can currently be exposed are:
- connectionTimeout
- keepAliveTimeout
- bodyLimit
- caseSensitive
- allowUnsafeRegex
- http2
- https (it will return
false
/true
or{ allowHTTP1: true/false }
if explicitly passed) - ignoreTrailingSlash
- disableRequestLogging
- maxParamLength
- onProtoPoisoning
- onConstructorPoisoning
- pluginTimeout
- requestIdHeader
- requestIdLogLabel
- http2SessionTimeout
- useSemicolonDelimiter
const { readFileSync } = require('node:fs')
const Fastify = require('fastify')
const fastify = Fastify({
https: {
allowHTTP1: true,
key: readFileSync('./fastify.key'),
cert: readFileSync('./fastify.cert')
},
logger: { level: 'trace'},
ignoreTrailingSlash: true,
maxParamLength: 200,
caseSensitive: true,
trustProxy: '127.0.0.1,192.168.1.1/24',
})
console.log(fastify.initialConfig)
/*
will log :
{
caseSensitive: true,
https: { allowHTTP1: true },
ignoreTrailingSlash: true,
maxParamLength: 200
}
*/
fastify.register(async (instance, opts) => {
instance.get('/', async (request, reply) => {
return instance.initialConfig
/*
will return :
{
caseSensitive: true,
https: { allowHTTP1: true },
ignoreTrailingSlash: true,
maxParamLength: 200
}
*/
})
instance.get('/error', async (request, reply) => {
// will throw an error because initialConfig is read-only
// and can not be modified
instance.initialConfig.https.allowHTTP1 = false
return instance.initialConfig
})
})
// Start listening.
fastify.listen({ port: 3000 }, (err) => {
if (err) {
fastify.log.error(err)
process.exit(1)
}
})