Rack Environment

Actions offer a high level API built on top of Rack. If we need to access raw data from Rack environment we can use params.env.

Rack Middleware

Hanami mounts a very thin default middleware stack. Additional components can be mounted globally, at the application level, or locally.

Global Middleware

If we need a component that wraps all the applications (under apps/), we can edit config.ru at the root of the project.

# config.ru
require './config/environment'
require 'rack/auth/basic'
use Rack::Auth::Basic
run Hanami.app

Project Middleware

There is also another way (the recommended one) to mount a Rack middleware: at the project level:

# config/environment.rb
Hanami.configure do
  # ...
  middleware.use Rack::Auth::Basic
end

Application Middleware

If we need a component that’s only used by a specific application (under apps/), we can add it to the application’s configuration.

# apps/web/application.rb
require 'rack/auth/basic'
module Web
  class Application < Hanami::Application
    configure do
      # ...
      middleware.use Rack::Auth::Basic
    end
  end
end

Action Middleware

Sometimes we need a middleware only to be used for a set of well known resources. If we mount it at the global or application level the performance will start to degrade. Actions allow us to mount a fine grained middleware stack.

# apps/web/controllers/sessions/create.rb
require 'omniauth'
module Web
  module Controllers
    module Sessions
      class Create
        include Web::Action
        use OmniAuth::Builder {
          # ...
        }
        def call(params)
          # ...
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

We can use the following syntax to mount different middleware that require arguments.

# apps/web/controllers/dashboard/index.rb
module Web
  module Controllers
    module Dashboard
      class Index
        include Web::Action
        use XMiddleware.new('x', 123)
        use YMiddleware.new
        use ZMiddleware
        def call(params)
          # ...
        end
      end
    end
  end
end