NestJS Express
NestJS Express

Install

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npm i botbye-nest-express
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yarn add botbye-nest-express

Configuration

1. Create options for BotByeModule init that satisfies TBotByeModuleOptions.

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import { TBotByeModuleOptions } from "botbye-nest-express"

const botbyeModuleOptions: TBotByeModuleOptions = {
  /* Use your server-key */
  serverKey: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

  /*
  * Function that extracts token from express Request object.
  * For example, from "x-botbye-token" header
  */
  tokenExtractor: (request) => request.headers["x-botbye-token"],

  /*
  * Optional function that extracts customFields
  * from express Request object
  */
  customFieldsExtractor: (request) => ({
    example: request.headers['example'],
  }),
};

2. Register BotByeModule in Root module imports using botbyeModuleOptions.

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import { BotByeModule } from "botbye-nest-express"

...

@Module({
  imports: [BotByeModule.register(botbyeModuleOptions)],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [AppService],
})
class AppModule {}

Usage

1. Add BotByeMiddleware.

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import { BotByeMiddleware } from "botbye-nest-express"

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class AppModule {
  configure(consumer: MiddlewareConsumer) {
    consumer
      .apply(BotByeMiddleware)
      /* Select routes that should be protected */
      .forRoutes('*');
  }
}

2. Use @BotByeResponse() decorator in controllers to process request.

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import { BotByeResponse, type TBotByeResponse } from 'botbye-nest-express';

@Controller('some-route')
class SomeController {
  @Get()
  someGet(@BotByeResponse() botbyeResponse: TBotByeResponse) {
    const isAllowed = botbyeResponse.result?.isAllowed ?? true;
    if (!isAllowed) {
      /*
      * When BotBye! not allow request
      * throw ForbiddenException, for example
      */
      throw new ForbiddenException();
    };
    /* In other case process request as usual */
    return "Some Response"
  }
}

Examples of BotBye API responses

Bot detected:

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{
  "reqId": "f77b2abd-c5d7-44f0-be4f-174b04876583",
  "result": {
    "isAllowed": false
  },
  "error": "Automation tool used"
}

Bot not detected:

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{
  "reqId": "f77b2abd-c5d7-44f0-be4f-174b04876583",
  "result": {
    "isAllowed": true
  },
  "error": null
}

Request banned by custom rule:

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{
  "reqId": "f77b2abd-c5d7-44f0-be4f-174b04876583",
  "result": {
    "isAllowed": false
  },
  "error": {
    "message": "Banned by rule: MY_CUSTOM_RULE"
  }
}

Invalid server-key:

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{
  "reqId": "f77b2abd-c5d7-44f0-be4f-174b04876583",
  "result": null,
  "error": {
    "message": "[BotBye] Bad Request: Invalid Server Key"
  }
}