Proxy Webpack dev server through to an API server (#245)

Summary:
This way, our frontend can talk to a backend that can read from the
filesystem (among other things).

Paired with @decentralion.

Test Plan:
```
$ yarn backend
$ SOURCECRED_DIRECTORY=/tmp/srccrd yarn start
$ # verify that the browser looks good
$ mkdir /tmp/srccrd
$ echo hello >/tmp/srccrd/world
$ curl localhost:3000/api/v1/data/world
hello
$ curl localhost:4000/api/v1/data/world
hello
```

wchargin-branch: webpack-proxy

config/paths.js

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "commands/graph": resolveApp("src/cli/commands/graph.js"),
     "commands/plugin-graph": resolveApp("src/cli/commands/pluginGraph.js"),
     "commands/start": resolveApp("src/cli/commands/start.js"),
+    apiApp: resolveApp("src/app/apiApp.js"),
     sourcecred: resolveApp("src/cli/sourcecred.js"),
     fetchAndPrintGithubRepo: resolveApp(
       "src/plugins/github/bin/fetchAndPrintGithubRepo.js"

scripts/start.js

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ process.on("unhandledRejection", (err) => {
 // Ensure environment variables are read.
 require("../config/env");
 
+const os = require("os");
+const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const chalk = require("chalk");
 const webpack = require("webpack");
@@ -36,13 +38,20 @@ const useYarn = fs.existsSync(paths.yarnLockFile);
 const isInteractive =
   typeof process.stdout.isTTY !== "undefined" && process.stdout.isTTY;
 
+// The following module is generated by running `yarn backend`. We want
+// to be able to run Flow without having generated the module, and its
+// types aren't very rich, anyway, so we stub out the type of `require`
+// itself.
+const apiApp = /*:: ((require: any) => */ require("../bin/apiApp")
+  .default /*:: )() */;
+
 // Warn and crash if required files are missing
 if (!checkRequiredFiles([paths.appHtml, paths.appIndexJs])) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-// Tools like Cloud9 rely on this.
+const DEFAULT_WEBPACK_PORT = parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) || 3000;
-const DEFAULT_PORT = parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) || 3000;
+const DEFAULT_API_PORT = parseInt(process.env.PORT + 1000, 10) || 4000;
 const HOST = process.env.HOST || "0.0.0.0";
 
 if (process.env.HOST) {
@@ -62,48 +71,68 @@ if (process.env.HOST) {
 
 // We attempt to use the default port but if it is busy, we offer the user to
 // run on a different port. `choosePort()` Promise resolves to the next free port.
-choosePort(HOST, DEFAULT_PORT)
+async function main() {
-  .then((port) => {
+  const webpackPort = await choosePort(HOST, DEFAULT_WEBPACK_PORT);
-    if (port == null) {
+  const apiPort = await choosePort(HOST, DEFAULT_API_PORT);
-      // We have not found a port.
-      return;
-    }
-    const protocol = process.env.HTTPS === "true" ? "https" : "http";
-    const appName = "sourcecred";
-    const urls = prepareUrls(protocol, HOST, port);
-    // Create a webpack compiler that is configured with custom messages.
-    const compiler = createCompiler(webpack, config, appName, urls, useYarn);
-    // Load proxy config
-    const proxySetting = undefined;
-    const proxyConfig = prepareProxy(proxySetting, paths.appPublic);
-    // Serve webpack assets generated by the compiler over a web sever.
-    const serverConfig = createDevServerConfig(
-      proxyConfig,
-      urls.lanUrlForConfig
-    );
-    const devServer = new WebpackDevServer(compiler, serverConfig);
-    // Launch WebpackDevServer.
-    devServer.listen(port, HOST, (err) => {
-      if (err) {
-        return console.log(err);
-      }
-      if (isInteractive) {
-        clearConsole();
-      }
-      console.log(chalk.cyan("Starting the development server...\n"));
-      openBrowser(urls.localUrlForBrowser);
-    });
 
-    ["SIGINT", "SIGTERM"].forEach(function(sig) {
+  if (webpackPort == null) {
-      process.on(sig, function() {
+    console.error("Could not find a port for the Webpack server.");
-        devServer.close();
+  }
-        process.exit();
+  if (apiPort == null) {
-      });
+    console.error("Could not find a port for the API server.");
+  }
+
+  const sourcecredDirectory =
+    process.env.SOURCECRED_DIRECTORY || path.join(os.tmpdir(), "sourcecred");
+  const apiServer = await new Promise(async (resolve, _unused_reject) => {
+    let server = apiApp(sourcecredDirectory).listen(apiPort, () => {
+      resolve(server);
     });
-  })
-  .catch((err) => {
-    if (err && err.message) {
-      console.log(err.message);
-    }
-    process.exit(1);
   });
+  console.log(
+    chalk.green(`Server listening on port ${apiServer.address().port}.`)
+  );
+  console.log();
+
+  const protocol = process.env.HTTPS === "true" ? "https" : "http";
+  const appName = "sourcecred";
+  const urls = prepareUrls(protocol, HOST, webpackPort);
+  // Create a webpack compiler that is configured with custom messages.
+  const compiler = createCompiler(webpack, config, appName, urls, useYarn);
+  // Load proxy config
+  const proxySetting = {
+    "/api": {
+      target: `${protocol}://localhost:${apiServer.address().port}`,
+    },
+  };
+  const proxyConfig = prepareProxy(proxySetting, paths.appPublic);
+  // Serve webpack assets generated by the compiler over a web sever.
+  const serverConfig = createDevServerConfig(proxyConfig, urls.lanUrlForConfig);
+  const devServer = new WebpackDevServer(compiler, serverConfig);
+  // Launch WebpackDevServer.
+  devServer.listen(webpackPort, HOST, (err) => {
+    if (err) {
+      return console.log(err);
+    }
+    if (isInteractive) {
+      clearConsole();
+    }
+    console.log(chalk.cyan("Starting the development server...\n"));
+    openBrowser(urls.localUrlForBrowser);
+  });
+
+  ["SIGINT", "SIGTERM"].forEach(function(sig) {
+    process.on(sig, function() {
+      devServer.close();
+      apiServer.close();
+      process.exit();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  if (err && err.message) {
+    console.log(err.message);
+  }
+  process.exit(1);
+});

src/app/apiApp.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// @flow
+
+import express from "express";
+
+export default function apiApp(sourcecredDirectory: string) {
+  const app = express();
+  app.use("/api/v1/data", express.static(sourcecredDirectory));
+  return app;
+}