[#4544] implemented JSVM FormData and added support for $http.send multipart/form-data requests

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 - Removed conflicting styles causing the detailed codeblock log data preview to not be properly visualized ([#4505](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/4505)).
 
+- Minor JSVM improvements:
+  - Added `$filesystem.fileFromUrl(url, optSecTimeout)` helper (_similar to the Go `filesystem.NewFileFromUrl(ctx, url)`_).
+  - Implemented the `FormData` interface and added support for sending `multipart/form-data` requests with `$http.send()` when the body is `FormData` ([#4544](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/4544)).
+
 
 ## v0.22.3
 

plugins/jsvm/binds.go

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/security"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/subscriptions"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/types"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -534,6 +535,16 @@ func filesystemBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 	obj.Set("fileFromPath", filesystem.NewFileFromPath)
 	obj.Set("fileFromBytes", filesystem.NewFileFromBytes)
 	obj.Set("fileFromMultipart", filesystem.NewFileFromMultipart)
+	obj.Set("fileFromUrl", func(url string, secTimeout int) (*filesystem.File, error) {
+		if secTimeout == 0 {
+			secTimeout = 120
+		}
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(secTimeout)*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		return filesystem.NewFileFromUrl(ctx, url)
+	})
 }
 
 func filepathBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
@@ -640,34 +651,61 @@ func httpClientBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 	obj := vm.NewObject()
 	vm.Set("$http", obj)
 
+	vm.Set("FormData", func(call goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
+		instance := FormData{}
+
+		instanceValue := vm.ToValue(instance).(*goja.Object)
+		instanceValue.SetPrototype(call.This.Prototype())
+
+		return instanceValue
+	})
+
 	type sendResult struct {
-		StatusCode int                     `json:"statusCode"`
+		Json       any                     `json:"json"`
 		Headers    map[string][]string     `json:"headers"`
 		Cookies    map[string]*http.Cookie `json:"cookies"`
 		Raw        string                  `json:"raw"`
-		Json       any                     `json:"json"`
+		StatusCode int                     `json:"statusCode"`
 	}
 
 	type sendConfig struct {
+		// Deprecated: consider using Body instead
+		Data map[string]any
+
+		Body    any // raw string or FormData
+		Headers map[string]string
 		Method  string
 		Url     string
-		Body    string
-		Headers map[string]string
 		Timeout int // seconds (default to 120)
-		Data    map[string]any // deprecated, consider using Body instead
 	}
 
 	obj.Set("send", func(params map[string]any) (*sendResult, error) {
-		rawParams, err := json.Marshal(params)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
 		config := sendConfig{
 			Method: "GET",
 		}
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(rawParams, &config); err != nil {
+
-			return nil, err
+		if v, ok := params["data"]; ok {
+			config.Data = cast.ToStringMap(v)
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := params["body"]; ok {
+			config.Body = v
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := params["headers"]; ok {
+			config.Headers = cast.ToStringMapString(v)
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := params["method"]; ok {
+			config.Method = cast.ToString(v)
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := params["url"]; ok {
+			config.Url = cast.ToString(v)
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := params["timeout"]; ok {
+			config.Timeout = cast.ToInt(v)
 		}
 
 		if config.Timeout <= 0 {
@@ -678,6 +716,7 @@ func httpClientBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 		defer cancel()
 
 		var reqBody io.Reader
+		var contentType string
 
 		// legacy json body data
 		if len(config.Data) != 0 {
@@ -686,10 +725,19 @@ func httpClientBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			reqBody = bytes.NewReader(encoded)
+		} else {
+			switch v := config.Body.(type) {
+			case FormData:
+				body, mp, err := v.toMultipart()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
 				}
 
-		if config.Body != "" {
+				reqBody = body
-			reqBody = strings.NewReader(config.Body)
+				contentType = mp.FormDataContentType()
+			default:
+				reqBody = strings.NewReader(cast.ToString(config.Body))
+			}
 		}
 
 		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, strings.ToUpper(config.Method), config.Url, reqBody)
@@ -701,7 +749,15 @@ func httpClientBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 			req.Header.Add(k, v)
 		}
 
-		// set default content-type header (if missing)
+		// set the explicit content type
+		// (overwriting the user provided header value if any)
+		if contentType != "" {
+			req.Header.Set("content-type", contentType)
+		}
+
+		// @todo consider removing during the refactoring
+		//
+		// fallback to json content-type
 		if req.Header.Get("content-type") == "" {
 			req.Header.Set("content-type", "application/json")
 		}

plugins/jsvm/binds_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package jsvm
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
@@ -890,13 +891,23 @@ func TestFilesystemBinds(t *testing.T) {
 	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
 	defer app.Cleanup()
 
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path == "/error" {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "test")
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
 	vm := goja.New()
 	vm.Set("mh", &multipart.FileHeader{Filename: "test"})
 	vm.Set("testFile", filepath.Join(app.DataDir(), "data.db"))
+	vm.Set("baseUrl", srv.URL)
 	baseBinds(vm)
 	filesystemBinds(vm)
 
-	testBindsCount(vm, "$filesystem", 3, t)
+	testBindsCount(vm, "$filesystem", 4, t)
 
 	// fileFromPath
 	{
@@ -939,6 +950,28 @@ func TestFilesystemBinds(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("[fileFromMultipart] Expected file with name %q, got %v", file.OriginalName, file)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// fileFromUrl (success)
+	{
+		v, err := vm.RunString(`$filesystem.fileFromUrl(baseUrl + "/test")`)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		file, _ := v.Export().(*filesystem.File)
+
+		if file == nil || file.OriginalName != "test" {
+			t.Fatalf("[fileFromUrl] Expected file with name %q, got %v", file.OriginalName, file)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// fileFromUrl (failure)
+	{
+		_, err := vm.RunString(`$filesystem.fileFromUrl(baseUrl + "/error")`)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("Expected url fetch error")
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestFormsBinds(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1121,6 +1154,7 @@ func TestHttpClientBindsCount(t *testing.T) {
 	vm := goja.New()
 	httpClientBinds(vm)
 
+	testBindsCount(vm, "this", 2, t) // + FormData
 	testBindsCount(vm, "$http", 1, t)
 }
 
@@ -1223,6 +1257,15 @@ func TestHttpClientBindsSend(t *testing.T) {
 			headers: {"content-type": "text/plain"},
 		})
 
+		// with FormData
+		const formData = new FormData()
+		formData.append("title", "123")
+		const test3 = $http.send({
+			url: testUrl,
+			body: formData,
+			headers: {"content-type": "text/plain"}, // should be ignored
+		})
+
 		const scenarios = [
 			[test0, {
 				"statusCode": "400",
@@ -1244,6 +1287,18 @@ func TestHttpClientBindsSend(t *testing.T) {
 				"json.method":               "GET",
 				"json.headers.content_type": "text/plain",
 			}],
+			[test3, {
+				"statusCode":                "200",
+				"headers.X-Custom.0":        "custom_header",
+				"cookies.sessionId.value":   "123456",
+				"json.method":               "GET",
+				"json.body": [
+					"\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"title\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n--",
+				],
+				"json.headers.content_type": [
+					"multipart/form-data; boundary="
+				],
+			}],
 		]
 
 		for (let scenario of scenarios) {
@@ -1251,8 +1306,20 @@ func TestHttpClientBindsSend(t *testing.T) {
 			const expectations = scenario[1];
 
 			for (let key in expectations) {
-				if (getNestedVal(result, key) != expectations[key]) {
+				const value = getNestedVal(result, key);
-					throw new Error('Expected ' + key + ' ' + expectations[key] + ', got: ' + result.raw);
+				const expectation = expectations[key]
+				if (Array.isArray(expectation)) {
+					// check for partial match(es)
+					for (let exp of expectation) {
+						if (!value.includes(exp)) {
+							throw new Error('Expected ' + key + ' to contain ' + exp + ', got: ' + result.raw);
+						}
+					}
+				} else {
+					// check for direct match
+					if (value != expectation) {
+						throw new Error('Expected ' + key + ' ' + expectation + ', got: ' + result.raw);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}

plugins/jsvm/form_data.go

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package jsvm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"mime/multipart"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/filesystem"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
+)
+
+// FormData represents an interface similar to the browser's [FormData].
+//
+// The value of each FormData entry must be a string or [*filesystem.File] instance.
+//
+// It is intended to be used together by the JSVM `$http.send` for
+// sending multipart/form-data requests.
+//
+// [FormData]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData.
+type FormData map[string][]any
+
+// Append appends a new value onto an existing key inside the current FormData,
+// or adds the key if it does not already exist.
+func (data FormData) Append(key string, value any) {
+	data[key] = append(data[key], value)
+}
+
+// Set sets a new value for an existing key inside the current FormData,
+// or adds the key/value if it does not already exist.
+func (data FormData) Set(key string, value any) {
+	data[key] = []any{value}
+}
+
+// Delete deletes a key and its value(s) from the current FormData.
+func (data FormData) Delete(key string) {
+	delete(data, key)
+}
+
+// Get returns the first value associated with a given key from
+// within the current FormData.
+//
+// If you expect multiple values and want all of them,
+// use the [FormData.GetAll] method instead.
+func (data FormData) Get(key string) any {
+	values, ok := data[key]
+	if !ok || len(values) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return values[0]
+}
+
+// GetAll returns all the values associated with a given key
+// from within the current FormData.
+func (data FormData) GetAll(key string) []any {
+	values, ok := data[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return values
+}
+
+// Has returns whether a FormData object contains a certain key.
+func (data FormData) Has(key string) bool {
+	values, ok := data[key]
+
+	return ok && len(values) > 0
+}
+
+// Keys returns all keys contained in the current FormData.
+func (data FormData) Keys() []string {
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(data))
+
+	for k := range data {
+		result = append(result, k)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// Keys returns all values contained in the current FormData.
+func (data FormData) Values() []any {
+	result := make([]any, 0, len(data))
+
+	for _, values := range data {
+		for _, v := range values {
+			result = append(result, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// Entries returns a [key, value] slice pair for each FormData entry.
+func (data FormData) Entries() [][]any {
+	result := make([][]any, 0, len(data))
+
+	for k, values := range data {
+		for _, v := range values {
+			result = append(result, []any{k, v})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// toMultipart converts the current FormData entries into multipart encoded data.
+func (data FormData) toMultipart() (*bytes.Buffer, *multipart.Writer, error) {
+	body := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	mp := multipart.NewWriter(body)
+	defer mp.Close()
+
+	for k, values := range data {
+		for _, rawValue := range values {
+			switch v := rawValue.(type) {
+			case *filesystem.File:
+				err := func() error {
+					mpw, err := mp.CreateFormFile(k, v.OriginalName)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+
+					file, err := v.Reader.Open()
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					defer file.Close()
+
+					if _, err := io.Copy(mpw, file); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+
+					return nil
+				}()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, nil, err
+				}
+			default:
+				mp.WriteField(k, cast.ToString(v))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return body, mp, nil
+}

plugins/jsvm/form_data_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+package jsvm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/filesystem"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/list"
+)
+
+func TestFormDataAppendAndSet(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+	data.Append("a", 2)
+
+	data.Append("b", 3)
+	data.Append("b", 4)
+	data.Set("b", 5) // should overwrite the previous 2 calls
+
+	data.Set("c", 6)
+	data.Set("c", 7)
+
+	if len(data["a"]) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 2 'a' values, got %v", data["a"])
+	}
+	if data["a"][0] != 1 || data["a"][1] != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 and 2 'a' key values, got %v", data["a"])
+	}
+
+	if len(data["b"]) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 'b' values, got %v", data["b"])
+	}
+	if data["b"][0] != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 5 as 'b' key value, got %v", data["b"])
+	}
+
+	if len(data["c"]) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 'c' values, got %v", data["c"])
+	}
+	if data["c"][0] != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 7 as 'c' key value, got %v", data["c"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+	data.Append("a", 2)
+	data.Append("b", 3)
+
+	data.Delete("missing") // should do nothing
+	data.Delete("a")
+
+	if len(data) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected exactly 1 data remaining key, got %v", data)
+	}
+
+	if data["b"][0] != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 3 as 'b' key value, got %v", data["b"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataGet(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+	data.Append("a", 2)
+
+	if v := data.Get("missing"); v != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v for key 'missing', got %v", nil, v)
+	}
+
+	if v := data.Get("a"); v != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v for key 'a', got %v", 1, v)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataGetAll(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+	data.Append("a", 2)
+
+	if v := data.GetAll("missing"); v != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v for key 'a', got %v", nil, v)
+	}
+
+	values := data.GetAll("a")
+	if len(values) != 2 || values[0] != 1 || values[1] != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 and 2 values, got %v", values)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataHas(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+
+	if v := data.Has("missing"); v {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected key 'missing' to not exist: %v", v)
+	}
+
+	if v := data.Has("a"); !v {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected key 'a' to exist: %v", v)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataKeys(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+	data.Append("b", 1)
+	data.Append("c", 1)
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+
+	keys := data.Keys()
+
+	expectedKeys := []string{"a", "b", "c"}
+
+	for _, expected := range expectedKeys {
+		if !list.ExistInSlice(expected, keys) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected key %s to exists in %v", expected, keys)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataValues(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+	data.Append("b", 2)
+	data.Append("c", 3)
+	data.Append("a", 4)
+
+	values := data.Values()
+
+	expectedKeys := []any{1, 2, 3, 4}
+
+	for _, expected := range expectedKeys {
+		if !list.ExistInSlice(expected, values) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected key %s to exists in %v", expected, values)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1)
+	data.Append("b", 2)
+	data.Append("c", 3)
+	data.Append("a", 4)
+
+	entries := data.Entries()
+
+	rawEntries, err := json.Marshal(entries)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(entries) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 4 entries")
+	}
+
+	expectedEntries := []string{`["a",1]`, `["a",4]`, `["b",2]`, `["c",3]`}
+	for _, expected := range expectedEntries {
+		if !bytes.Contains(rawEntries, []byte(expected)) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected entry %s to exists in %s", expected, rawEntries)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFormDataToMultipart(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	f, err := filesystem.NewFileFromBytes([]byte("abc"), "test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	data := FormData{}
+	data.Append("a", 1) // should be casted
+	data.Append("b", "test1")
+	data.Append("b", "test2")
+	data.Append("c", f)
+
+	body, mp, err := data.toMultipart()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	bodyStr := body.String()
+
+	// content type checks
+	contentType := mp.FormDataContentType()
+	expectedContentType := "multipart/form-data; boundary="
+	if !strings.Contains(contentType, expectedContentType) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected to find content-type %s in %s", expectedContentType, contentType)
+	}
+
+	// body checks
+	expectedBodyParts := []string{
+		"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"a\"\r\n\r\n1",
+		"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"b\"\r\n\r\ntest1",
+		"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"b\"\r\n\r\ntest2",
+		"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"c\"; filename=\"test\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\nabc",
+	}
+	for _, part := range expectedBodyParts {
+		if !strings.Contains(bodyStr, part) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected to find %s in body\n%s", part, bodyStr)
+		}
+	}
+}

plugins/jsvm/internal/types/types.go

@@ -641,6 +641,22 @@ declare namespace $filesystem {
   let fileFromPath:      filesystem.newFileFromPath
   let fileFromBytes:     filesystem.newFileFromBytes
   let fileFromMultipart: filesystem.newFileFromMultipart
+
+  /**
+   * fileFromUrl creates a new File from the provided url by
+   * downloading the resource and creating a BytesReader.
+   *
+   * Example:
+   *
+   * ` + "```" + `js
+   * // with default max timeout of 120sec
+   * const file1 = $filesystem.fileFromUrl("https://...")
+   *
+   * // with custom timeout of 15sec
+   * const file2 = $filesystem.fileFromUrl("https://...", 15)
+   * ` + "```" + `
+   */
+  export function fileFromUrl(url: string, secTimeout?: number): filesystem.File
 }
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -988,6 +1004,12 @@ declare namespace $apis {
 // httpClientBinds
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// extra FormData overload to prevent TS warnings when used with non File/Blob value.
+interface FormData {
+  append(key:string, value:any): void
+  set(key:string, value:any): void
+}
+
 /**
  * ` + "`" + `$http` + "`" + ` defines common methods for working with HTTP requests.
  *
@@ -1002,7 +1024,7 @@ declare namespace $http {
    * ` + "```" + `js
    * const res = $http.send({
    *     url:    "https://example.com",
-   *     data:   {"title": "test"}
+   *     body:   JSON.stringify({"title": "test"})
    *     method: "post",
    * })
    *
@@ -1015,7 +1037,7 @@ declare namespace $http {
    */
   function send(config: {
     url:      string,
-    body?:    string,
+    body?:    string|FormData,
     method?:  string, // default to "GET"
     headers?: { [key:string]: string },
     timeout?: number, // default to 120