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Application Configuration Files

Overview

Stitch uses JSON files and source code files to define and configure every component of an application. Each component has a specific configuration file schema and every application uses a standard file structure to organize the configuration files.

When Will I Use Configuration Files?

Every Stitch app is composed of a collection of configuration files, so you use application configuration files whenever you create or modify a Stitch application. If you use the Stitch UI then you rarely deal directly with the configuration files themselves, but other deployment methods, like Stitch CLI and GitHub allow you to define and edit the configuration files directly.

Directory Structure

The following figure shows a high-level view of a Stitch application’s directory structure:

yourStitchApp/
├── stitch.json
├── auth_providers/
│   └── <provider name>.json
├── functions/
│   └── <function name>/
│       ├── config.json
│       └── source.js
├── services/
│   └── <service name>/
│       ├── config.json
│       ├── incoming_webhooks/
│       │   ├── config.json
│       │   └── source.js
│       └── rules/
│           └── <rule name>.json
├── triggers/
│   └── <trigger name>.json
├── hosting/
│   ├── metadata.json
│   └── files/
│       └── <files to host>
└── values/
    └── <value name>.json

Application Configuration

Application-level configuration information is defined in a single document named stitch.json stored in your application’s root directory.

Configuration

stitch.json
{
  "app_id": "",
  "name": "",
  "security": {
    "allowed_request_origins": ["<Origin URL>"]
  },
  "hosting": {
    "enabled": <boolean>,
    "custom_domain": "<Custom Domain Name>",
    "app_default_domain": "<Default Domain Name>"
  },
  "custom_user_data_config": {
    "enabled": <Boolean>
    "mongo_service_id": "<MongoDB Service ID>",
    "database_name": "<Database Name>",
    "collection_name": "<Collection Name>",
    "user_id_field": "<Field Name>"
  }
  "deployment_model": "<Deployment Model Type>",
  "location": "<Deployment Cloud Region Name>",
  "config_version": <Version Number>
}
Field Description
app_id
String
The application’s App ID.
name
String

The application’s name.

App Name Limitations

Application names must be between 1 and 32 characters and may only contain ASCII letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens.

security
Document

A document that contains configuration options for application-level security features.

"security": {
  "allowed_request_origins": ["<Origin URL>"]
}
Field Name Description
allowed_request_origins
Array<String>

An array of URLs that incoming requests may originate from. If you define any allowed request origins, then Stitch blocks any incoming request from an origin that is not listed.

Request origins are URLs with the following form:

<scheme>://<host>[:port]
hosting
Document

A document that contains configuration options for all hosted files:

"hosting": {
  "enabled": <boolean>,
  "custom_domain": "<Custom Domain Name>",
  "app_default_domain": "<Default Domain Name>"
}
Field Name Description
enabled
Boolean
If true, indicates that your application can host static files.
custom_domain
String
A custom domain name for your application’s hosted files.
app_default_domain
String
The default domain for your application’s hosted files. Stitch automatically sets this value and you cannot change it.
config_version
Number
The schema version that all configuration files in the application conform to. This value is machine generated and you typically should not manually set or modify it.
custom_user_data_config
Document

A document that contains configuration options for custom user data.

"custom_user_data_config": {
  "enabled": <Boolean>
  "mongo_service_id": "<MongoDB Service ID>",
  "database_name": "<Database Name>",
  "collection_name": "<Collection Name>",
  "user_id_field": "<Field Name>"
}
Field Name Description
enabled
Boolean
If true, Stitch associates each user with a document that contains their data stored in the specified collection.
mongo_service_id
String
The service ID of the linked MongoDB Atlas cluster that contains the custom user data. You can find this value in the id field of the service configuration file.
database_name
String
The name of the database that contains the custom user data collection.
collection_name
String
The name of the collection that contains the custom user data.
user_id_field
String
The name of the field in each custom data document that contains the user ID of the application user the document describes.
deployment_model
String

The application’s deployment model. The following values are valid:

Deployment Model Value
Global Deployment "GLOBAL"
Local Deployment "LOCAL"
location
String

The name of the cloud region that the application is deployed in.

  • Local applications process all
    application requests and database writes in this region.
  • Global applications process all database writes in this region, but serve other application requests in the nearest deployment region.

Authentication Providers

Authentication providers are defined in your application’s /auth_providers directory.

Each provider is defined in its own JSON file named after the provider. For detailed information on configuring and using a specific authentication provider, see that provider’s reference page.

Configuration

<provider name>.json
{
  "id": "<Provider ID>",
  "name": "<Provider Name>",
  "type": "<Provider Type>",
  "disabled": <Boolean>,
  "config": {
    "<Configuration Option>": <Configuration Value>
  },
  "secret_config": {
    "<Configuration Option>": "<Secret Name>"
  },
  "metadata_fields": [{
    "required": <Boolean>,
    "name": "Field Name"
  }]
}
Field Description
id
String
A value that uniquely identifies the authentication provider. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a provider when you create it.
name
String
The name of the authentication provider.
type
String

The type of the authentication provider.

Valid Options:

  • "anon-user"
  • "local-userpass"
  • "api-key"
  • "oauth2-apple"
  • "oauth2-google"
  • "oauth2-facebook"
  • "custom-token"
  • "custom-function"
config
Document
A document that contains configuration values that are specific to the authentication provider. The existence of this field and its exact configuration fields depend on the provider type.
secret_config
Document
A document where each field name is a private configuration field for the provider and the value of each field is the name of a Secret that stores the configuration value.
metadata_fields
Array<Document>
An array of documents where each document defines a metadata field that describes the user. The existence of this field and the exact format of each metadata field document depends on the provider type.
disabled
Boolean
If true, this authentication provider is not enabled for your application and cannot be used.

Functions

Stitch functions are defined in a sub-directory of your application’s /functions directory. Each function maps to its own subdirectory with the same name as the function.

Each function is configured in config.json and has its source code defined in source.js.

Configuration

config.json
{
  "id": "<Function ID>",
  "name": "<Function Name>",
  "private": <Boolean>,
  "can_evaluate": <Rule Expression>,
  "disable_arg_logs": <Boolean>,
  "run_as_system": <Boolean>,
  "run_as_user_id": "<Stitch User ID>",
  "run_as_user_id_script_source": "<Function Source Code>"
}
Field Description
id
String
A value that uniquely identifies the function. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a function when you create it.
name
String
The name of the function. The name must be unique among all functions in your application.
private
Boolean
If true, this function may only be accessed from incoming webhooks, rules, and named functions.
can_evaluate
Document
A rule expression that evaluates to true when the function is allowed to execute in response to a given request.
disable_arg_logs
Boolean
If true, Stitch omits the arguments provided to a function from the function execution log entry.
run_as_system
Boolean
If true, this function runs as the system user. This overrides any values defined for run_as_user_id and run_as_user_id_script_source.
run_as_user_id
String
The unique ID of a Stitch User that the function always executes as. Cannot be used with run_as_user_id_script_source.
run_as_user_id_script_source
String
A stringified function that runs whenever the function is called and returns the unique ID of a Stitch User that the function executes as. Cannot be used with run_as_user_id.

Source Code

source.js
exports = function() {
  // function code
};

External Services

Services, including both MongoDB services and external services, are defined the /services directory. Each service maps to its own sub-directory with the same name as the service.

Each service directory contains a service configuration file (config.json), a sub-directory of service rule configurations (/rules), and a sub-directory of webhook configurations (/incoming_webhooks) if the service supports webhooks.

Service Configuration

config.json
{
  "id": "<Service ID>",
  "name": "<Service Name>",
  "type": "<Service Type>",
  "config": {
    "<Configuration Option>": <Configuration Value>
  },
  "secret_config": {
    "<Configuration Option>": "<Secret Name>"
  },
}
Field Description
id
String
A string that uniquely identifies the service. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a service when you create it.
name
String
The name of the service. The name may be at most 64 characters long and can only contain ASCII letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens.
type
String

The type of the service.

Valid Options:

  • "mongodb-atlas"
  • "http"
  • "aws"
  • "twilio"
  • "github"
  • "gcm"
config
Document

A document with fields that map to additional configuration options for the service. The exact configuration fields depend on the service type.

secret_config
Document
A document where each field name is a private configuration field for the service and the value of each field is the name of a Secret that stores the configuration value.

External Service Rules

Rules for a specific external service are defined in the /<service name>/rules sub-directory.

Each rule maps to its own JSON file with the same name as the rule.

<rule name>.json
{
  "id": "<Rule ID>",
  "name": "<Rule Name>",
  "actions": ["<Service Action Name>"],
  "when": <JSON Rule Expression>
}
Field Description
id
String
A string that uniquely identifies the rule. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a rule when you create it.
name
String
The name of the service rule. The name may be at most 64 characters long and can only contain ASCII letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens.
actions
Array<String>
A list of service actions that the rule applies to. The specific actions available depend on the service type.
when
Document
A rule expression that evaluates to true when the rule applies to a given request.

MongoDB Collection Rules

MongoDB collection rules have a different schema than other service rules. Each collection’s rules are stored in a JSON file with the same name as the collection namespace.

<db.collection>.json
{
  "id": "<Rule ID>",
  "database": "<Database Name>",
  "collection": "<Collection Name>",
  "roles": [<Query Role>],
  "schema": <Document Schema>,
  "filters": [<Query Filter>],
}
Field Description
id
String
A string that uniquely identifies the trigger. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a trigger when you create it.
database
String
The name of the database that holds the collection.
collection
String
The name of the collection.
roles
Array<Document>

An array of Query Role configuration documents, which have the following form:

{
   "name": "<Role Name>",
   "apply_when": <JSON Expression>,
   "insert": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
   "delete": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
   "read": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
   "write": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
   "fields": {
      "<Field Name>": {
         "read": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
         "write": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
         "fields": <Fields Document>
      },
      ...
   },
   "additional_fields": {
     "read": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
     "write": <Boolean|JSON Expression>
   },
}
Field Description
name
String
The name of the role. Role names are useful for identifying and distinguishing between roles. Limited to 100 characters or fewer.
apply_when
Document
A JSON Expression that evaluates to true when this role should be applied.
read
Boolean or Document
Default: false

A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to read all fields in the document.

Document-level read permissions take priority over any field-level permissions. If a role has a document-level read rule, it applies to all fields in the document and cannot be overridden. To define specific field-level rules with a default fallback, use additional_fields instead.

write
Boolean or Document
Default: false

A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to add, modify, or remove all fields in the document.

Document-level write permissions take priority over any field-level permissions. If a role has a document-level write rule, it applies to all fields in the document and cannot be overridden. To define specific field-level rules with a default fallback, use additional_fields instead.

Implicit Read Permission

Any time a role has write permission for a particular scope it also has read permission even if that is not explicitly defined.

MongoDB Expansions

You can use MongoDB expansions, like %%root and %%prevRoot, in write JSON expressions.

insert
Boolean or Document
Default: false

A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to insert a new document into the collection.

Note

Document-level insert permission does not imply that a role can insert any document. The role must also have write permission for all fields in an inserted document for the insert to succeed.

delete
Boolean or Document
Default: false
A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to delete a document from the collection.
fields
Document
Default: {}

A document where the value of each field defines the role’s field-level read and write permissions for the corresponding field in a queried document.

"fields": {
  "<Field Name>": {
     "read": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
     "write": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
     "fields": <Fields Document>
  },
  ...
}

Permission Priority

Document-level read or write permissions override all field-level permissions of the same type. If permissions are defined for a field that contains an embedded document, those permissions override any permissions defined for the document’s embedded fields.

fields.<Field Name>.read
Boolean or Document
Default: false
A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to read the field.
fields.<Field Name>.write
Boolean or Document
Default: false
A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to add, modify, or remove the field.
fields.<Field Name>.fields
Document
Default: {}

A fields document that defines read and write permissions for fields that are embedded within this field in a queried document.

See the Field-level Permissions for Embedded Documents role pattern for more information.

additional_fields
Document
Default: {}

A document that defines the role’s field-level read and write permissions for any fields in a queried document that don’t have explicitly defined permissions.

"additional_fields": {
  "read": <Boolean|JSON Expression>,
  "write": <Boolean|JSON Expression>
}
additional_fields.read
Boolean or Document
Default: false
A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to read any field that does not have a field-level permission definition.
additional_fields.write
Boolean or Document
Default: false
A boolean or JSON Expression that evaluates to true if the role has permission to add, modify, or remove any field that does not have a field-level permission definition.
schema
Document

A Document Schema. The root level schema must be an object schema, which has the following form:

{
  "bsonType": "object",
  "properties": {
    "<Field Name>": <Schema Document>
  }
}
filters
Array<Document>

An array of Query Filter configuration documents, which have the following form:

{
  "name": "<Filter Name>",
  "apply_when": <JSON Expression>,
  "query": <Query Document>,
  "projection": <Projection Document>
}
Field Description
name
String
Required. The name of the filter. Filter names are useful for identifying and distinguishing between filters. Limited to 100 characters or fewer.
apply_when

Required. A JSON expression that determines when this filter applies to a given query.

Important

Stitch evaluates and applies filters before it reads any documents, so you cannot use MongoDB document expansions in a filter’s Apply When expression. However, you can use other expression variables such as %%true, %%user, and %%values.

query
Document

Required. A MongoDB query filter that contains additional query predicates to merge into incoming queries that the filter applies to.

Example

A filter that withholds documents that have a score below 20 could use the following filter query:

{ "score": { "$gt": 20 } }
projection
Document

Required. A MongoDB projection document that specifies additional field projections to merge into incoming queries that the filter applies to.

Projection Conflicts

MongoDB projections can be either inclusive or exclusive, i.e. they can either return only specified fields or withhold fields that are not specified. If multiple filters apply to a query, the filters must all specify the same type of projection or the query will fail.

Example

A filter that withholds the _internal field from all documents could use the following filter projection:

{ "_internal": 0 }

Incoming Webhooks

Incoming webhooks for a specific service are defined in the /<service name>/incoming_webhooks/ sub-directory.

Incoming webhooks use the same configuration format as function but have additional configuration parameters.

Configuration

config.json
{
  "id": "<Function ID>",
  "name": "<Function Name>",
  "private": <Boolean>,
  "can_evaluate": <Rule Expression>,
  "disable_arg_logs": <Boolean>,
  "run_as_system": <Boolean>,
  "run_as_user_id": "<Stitch User ID>",
  "run_as_user_id_script_source": "<Function Source Code>",
  "respond_result": <Boolean>,
  "options": {
    "httpMethod": "<HTTP Method>",
    "validationMethod": "<Webhook Validation Method>",
    "secret": "<Webhook Secret>"
  }
}
Field Description
id
String
A value that uniquely identifies the function. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a function when you create it.
name
String
The name of the function. The name must be unique among all functions in your application.
private
Boolean
If true, this function may only be accessed from incoming webhooks, rules, and named functions.
can_evaluate
Document
A rule expression that evaluates to true when the function is allowed to execute in response to a given request.
disable_arg_logs
Boolean
If true, Stitch omits the arguments provided to a function from the function execution log entry.
run_as_system
Boolean
If true, the webhook function runs as the system user. This overrides any values defined for run_as_user_id and run_as_user_id_script_source.
run_as_user_id
String
The unique ID of a Stitch User that the function always executes as. Cannot be used with run_as_user_id_script_source.
run_as_user_id_script_source
String
A stringified function that runs whenever the webhook is called and returns the unique ID of a Stitch User that the function executes as. Cannot be used with run_as_user_id.
respond_result
Boolean
If true, Stitch includes the webhook function return value as the body of the HTTP response it sends to the client that initiated the webhook request.
options
Document

A document that contains configuration options for the webhook.

{
  "httpMethod": "<HTTP Method>",
  "validationMethod": "<Webhook Validation Method>",
  "secret": "<Webhook Secret>"
}
Field Description
httpMethod
String
The HTTP method type that the webhook accepts. Incoming webhook requests must use this method.
validationMethod
String

The name of the request validation method that the webhook uses.

Valid options:

  • "VERIFY_PAYLOAD"
  • "SECRET_AS_QUERY_PARAM"
  • "NO_VALIDATION"
secret
String
The secret value used to validate incoming webhook requests.

Source Code

source.js
exports = function() {
  // webhook function code
};

Triggers

Triggers are defined in your application’s /triggers directory.

Each trigger is defined in its own JSON file with the same name as the trigger.

Configuration

<trigger name>.json
{
  "id": "<Trigger ID>",
  "name": "<Trigger Name>",
  "type": "<Trigger Type>",
  "function_name": "<Trigger Function Name>",
  "config": {
    "<Configuration Option>": <Configuration Value>
  },
  "disabled": <Boolean>,
}
Field Description
id
String
A string that uniquely identifies the trigger. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a trigger when you create it.
name
String
The name of the trigger. The name may be at most 64 characters long and can only contain ASCII letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens.
type
String

The type of application event that the trigger listens for.

Valid Options:

  • "DATABASE"
  • "AUTHENTICATION"
  • "SCHEDULED"
function_name
String
The name of the Stitch function that the trigger executes whenever it fires. The trigger automatically passes arguments to the function depending on the trigger type.
config
Document

A document with fields that map to additional configuration options for the trigger. The exact configuration fields depend on the trigger type.

disabled
Boolean
If true, the trigger will not listen for any events and will not fire.

Hosting

Files that you want to host on Stitch should be included in your application’s /hosting directory. Each file will be uploaded with the metadata defined in metadata.json.

You can configure the metadata for each hosted file in metadata.json. This metadata configuration file is an array of documents that each correspond to a single hosted file’s metadata attributes.

Metadata Configuration

metadata.json
[
  {
    "path": "<File Resource Path>",
    "attrs": [{
      "name": "<Attribute Type>",
      "value": "<Attribute Value>"
    }]
  }
]
Field Description
path
String
The resource path of the file.
attrs
Array<Document>

An array of documents where each document represents a single metadata attribute. Attribute documents have the following form:

Metadata Attribute Document
{
  "name": "<Attribute Type>",
  "value": "<Attribute Value>"
}
Field Description
name
String
The name of the metadata attribute. This should be one of the file metadata attributes that Stitch supports.
value
String
The value of the metadata attribute.

Note

If you do not specify a Content-Type attribute for a file, Stitch will attempt to automatically add a Content-Type attribute to it based on the file extension.

For example, Stitch would automatically add the attribute Content-Type: application/html to the file myPage.html.

Values

Values are defined in your application’s /values directory.

Each value is defined in its own JSON file named after the value.

Configuration

<value name>.json
{
  "id": "<Value ID>",
  "name": "<Value Name>",
  "from_secret": <boolean>,
  "value": <Stored JSON Value|Secret Name>
}
Field Description
id
String
A string that uniquely identifies the value. Stitch automatically generates a unique ID for a value when you create it.
name
String
A unique name for the value. This name is how you refer to the value in functions and rules.
from_secret
Boolean
Default: false. If true, the value exposes a Secret instead of a plain-text JSON value.
value
String, Array, or Object

The stored data that Stitch exposes when the value is referenced.

If from_secret is false, value can be a standard JSON string, array, or object.

If from_secret is true, value is a string that contains the name of the Secret that the value exposes.