feat(automation): create global triggers with automations

apps/client/src/common/api/automation.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   AutomationDTO,
   AutomationOutput,
   AutomationSettings,
+  AutomationTriggerDTO,
   Trigger,
   TriggerDTO,
 } from 'ontime-types';
@@ -57,8 +58,11 @@ export function deleteTrigger(id: string): Promise<void> {
 /**
  * HTTP request to create a new automation
  */
-export async function addAutomation(automation: AutomationDTO): Promise<Automation> {
-  const res = await axios.post(`${automationsPath}/automation`, automation);
+export async function addAutomation(
+  automation: AutomationDTO,
+  triggers: AutomationTriggerDTO[] = [],
+): Promise<Automation> {
+  const res = await axios.post(`${automationsPath}/automation`, { ...automation, triggers });
   return res.data;
 }
 

apps/server/src/api-data/automation/__tests__/automation.dao.test.ts

@@ -135,6 +135,27 @@ describe('addAutomation()', () => {
     const automations = getAutomations();
     expect(automations[automation.id]).toMatchObject(testData);
   });
+
+  it('creates an automation and its global triggers together', async () => {
+    const automation = await addAutomation({ title: 'triggered', filterRule: 'all', filters: [], outputs: [] }, [
+      { title: 'triggered — On Start', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart },
+      { title: 'triggered — On Finish', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onFinish },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(getAutomations()[automation.id]).toEqual(automation);
+    expect(getAutomationTriggers()).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        title: 'triggered — On Start',
+        trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart,
+        automationId: automation.id,
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        title: 'triggered — On Finish',
+        trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onFinish,
+        automationId: automation.id,
+      }),
+    ]);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('editAutomation()', () => {
@@ -225,4 +246,44 @@ describe('deleteAutomation()', () => {
     const removed = getAutomations();
     expect(Object.keys(removed).length).toEqual(0);
   });
+
+  it('takes the automation global triggers with it, and leaves the others alone', async () => {
+    const doomed = Object.keys(getAutomations())[0];
+    const survivor = await addAutomation({ title: 'survivor', filterRule: 'all', filters: [], outputs: [] });
+
+    await addTrigger({ title: 'on start', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart, automationId: doomed });
+    await addTrigger({ title: 'on finish', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onFinish, automationId: doomed });
+    await addTrigger({ title: 'keep me', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart, automationId: survivor.id });
+
+    await deleteAutomation({}, doomed);
+
+    // a trigger pointing at nothing never fires, so it must not outlive its automation
+    expect(getAutomationTriggers()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ title: 'keep me' })]);
+    expect(Object.keys(getAutomations())).toEqual([survivor.id]);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses an automation attached to an event, and keeps its triggers', async () => {
+    const automationId = Object.keys(getAutomations())[0];
+    await addTrigger({ title: 'on start', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart, automationId });
+
+    const projectRundowns: ProjectRundowns = {
+      'rundown-1': {
+        id: 'rundown-1',
+        title: 'Rundown 1',
+        order: ['1'],
+        flatOrder: ['1'],
+        entries: {
+          '1': makeOntimeEvent({
+            id: '1',
+            triggers: [{ id: 'trigger-1', title: 'Trigger 1', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onClock, automationId }],
+          }),
+        },
+        revision: 1,
+      },
+    };
+
+    await expect(deleteAutomation(projectRundowns, automationId)).rejects.toThrow(/used in rundown/);
+    expect(getAutomationTriggers()).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(Object.keys(getAutomations())).toEqual([automationId]);
+  });
 });

apps/server/src/api-data/automation/__tests__/automation.validation.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
-import { parseOutput } from '../automation.validation.js';
+import { parseAutomationTriggers, parseOutput } from '../automation.validation.js';
+
+describe('parseAutomationTriggers', () => {
+  it('accepts trigger descriptors without an automation ID', () => {
+    expect(parseAutomationTriggers([{ title: 'Start', trigger: 'onStart' }])).toEqual([
+      { title: 'Start', trigger: 'onStart' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects incomplete or unknown trigger descriptors', () => {
+    expect(() => parseAutomationTriggers([{ trigger: 'onStart' }])).toThrow();
+    expect(() => parseAutomationTriggers([{ title: 'Start', trigger: 'unknown' }])).toThrow();
+  });
+});
 
 describe('parseOutput', () => {
   describe('handles OSC outputs', () => {
@@ -24,6 +37,30 @@ describe('parseOutput', () => {
       };
       expect(() => parseOutput(payload)).toThrow('Unexpected payload type:');
     });
+
+    it('rejects invalid targets and ports', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        parseOutput({ type: 'osc', targetIP: 'not a host', targetPort: 53000, address: '/test', args: '' }),
+      ).toThrow('Invalid OSC target');
+      expect(() =>
+        parseOutput({ type: 'osc', targetIP: '127.0.0.1', targetPort: 70000, address: '/test', args: '' }),
+      ).toThrow('Invalid OSC port');
+      expect(() =>
+        parseOutput({ type: 'osc', targetIP: '127.0.0.1', targetPort: 0, address: '/test', args: '' }),
+      ).toThrow('Invalid OSC port');
+    });
+
+    it('allows runtime templates in a target hostname', () => {
+      expect(
+        parseOutput({
+          type: 'osc',
+          targetIP: '{{eventNow.customFields.oscTarget}}',
+          targetPort: 53000,
+          address: '/test',
+          args: '',
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({ targetIP: '{{eventNow.customFields.oscTarget}}' });
+    });
   });
   describe('handles HTTP outputs', () => {
     it('parses a valid payload', () => {
@@ -41,6 +78,18 @@ describe('parseOutput', () => {
       };
       expect(() => parseOutput(payload)).toThrow('Unexpected payload type:');
     });
+
+    it('rejects malformed and unsupported URLs', () => {
+      expect(() => parseOutput({ type: 'http', url: 'localhost:3000/hook' })).toThrow('Invalid HTTP URL');
+      expect(() => parseOutput({ type: 'http', url: 'ftp://example.com/hook' })).toThrow('Invalid HTTP URL');
+    });
+
+    it('allows runtime templates in HTTP URLs', () => {
+      expect(parseOutput({ type: 'http', url: 'http://{{eventNow.customFields.webhookHost}}/hook' })).toEqual({
+        type: 'http',
+        url: 'http://{{eventNow.customFields.webhookHost}}/hook',
+      });
+    });
   });
   describe('handles Ontime outputs', () => {
     it('parses a valid payload', () => {

apps/server/src/api-data/automation/automation.controller.ts

@@ -75,12 +75,18 @@ export async function deleteTrigger(req: Request, res: Response<void | ErrorResp
 
 export async function postAutomation(req: Request, res: Response<Automation | ErrorResponse>) {
   try {
-    const newAutomation = await automationDao.addAutomation({
-      title: req.body.title,
-      filterRule: req.body.filterRule,
-      filters: req.body.filters,
-      outputs: req.body.outputs,
-    });
+    const newAutomation = await automationDao.addAutomation(
+      {
+        title: req.body.title,
+        filterRule: req.body.filterRule,
+        filters: req.body.filters,
+        outputs: req.body.outputs,
+      },
+      req.body.triggers?.map(({ title, trigger }: { title: string; trigger: Trigger['trigger'] }) => ({
+        title: title.trim(),
+        trigger,
+      })),
+    );
     res.status(201).send(newAutomation);
   } catch (error) {
     const message = getErrorMessage(error);

apps/server/src/api-data/automation/automation.dao.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {
   Automation,
   AutomationDTO,
   AutomationSettings,
+  AutomationTriggerDTO,
   NormalisedAutomation,
   ProjectRundowns,
   Trigger,
@@ -113,11 +114,20 @@ export async function deleteAll() {
 /**
  * Adds a validated automation to the store
  */
-export async function addAutomation(newAutomation: AutomationDTO): Promise<Automation> {
-  const automations = getAutomations();
+export async function addAutomation(
+  newAutomation: AutomationDTO,
+  newTriggers: AutomationTriggerDTO[] = [],
+): Promise<Automation> {
+  const automations = { ...getAutomations() };
   const id = getUniqueAutomationId(automations);
   automations[id] = { ...newAutomation, id };
-  await saveChanges({ automations });
+
+  const triggers = [...getAutomationTriggers()];
+  for (const newTrigger of newTriggers) {
+    triggers.push({ ...newTrigger, id: getUniqueTriggerId(triggers), automationId: id });
+  }
+
+  await saveChanges({ automations, triggers });
   return automations[id];
 }
 
@@ -145,24 +155,18 @@ export async function deleteAutomation(projectRundowns: ProjectRundowns, automat
     return;
   }
 
-  // prevent deleting a automation that is in use in triggers
-  const triggers = getAutomationTriggers().filter((trigger) => trigger.automationId === automationId);
-  if (triggers.length) {
-    const firstTrigger = triggers[0];
-    const triggerTitle = firstTrigger?.title ?? 'Unknown trigger';
-    throw new Error(
-      `Unable to delete automation used in trigger ${triggerTitle}${triggers.length > 1 ? ` and ${triggers.length - 1} more` : ''}`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // prevent deleting a automation that is in use in events
+  // prevent deleting an automation that is in use in events, the user has to unlink it there
   const isInUse = isAutomationUsed(projectRundowns, automationId);
   if (isInUse) {
     throw new Error(`Unable to delete automation used in rundown: ${isInUse[0]}, in event with ID: ${isInUse[1]}`);
   }
 
+  // a global trigger without its automation is dead data, so it goes with it.
+  // Both are written in a single patch, there is no state where one outlived the other
+  const triggers = getAutomationTriggers().filter((trigger) => trigger.automationId !== automationId);
+
   delete automations[automationId];
-  await saveChanges({ automations });
+  await saveChanges({ automations, triggers });
 }
 
 /**

apps/server/src/api-data/automation/automation.validation.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
+import { isIP } from 'node:net';
+
 import { body, oneOf, param } from 'express-validator';
 import {
   Automation,
   AutomationFilter,
   AutomationOutput,
+  AutomationTriggerDTO,
   HTTPOutput,
   OSCOutput,
   OntimeAction,
   SecondarySource,
+  isTimerLifeCycle,
   timerLifecycleValues,
 } from 'ontime-types';
 
@@ -44,7 +48,11 @@ export const validateTriggerPatch = [
   requestValidationFunction,
 ];
 
-export const validateAutomation = [body().custom(parseAutomation), requestValidationFunction];
+export const validateAutomation = [
+  body().custom(parseAutomation),
+  body('triggers').optional().custom(parseAutomationTriggers),
+  requestValidationFunction,
+];
 
 export const validateAutomationPatch = [
   param('id').isString().notEmpty(),
@@ -75,6 +83,20 @@ export function parseAutomation(maybeAutomation: unknown): Automation {
   return maybeAutomation as Automation;
 }
 
+export function parseAutomationTriggers(maybeTriggers: unknown): AutomationTriggerDTO[] {
+  assert.isArray(maybeTriggers);
+  return maybeTriggers.map((maybeTrigger) => {
+    assert.isObject(maybeTrigger);
+    assert.hasKeys(maybeTrigger, ['title', 'trigger']);
+    assert.isString(maybeTrigger.title);
+    assert.isString(maybeTrigger.trigger);
+    if (!maybeTrigger.title.trim() || !isTimerLifeCycle(maybeTrigger.trigger)) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid automation trigger');
+    }
+    return { title: maybeTrigger.title.trim(), trigger: maybeTrigger.trigger };
+  });
+}
+
 function validateFilters(filters: Array<unknown>): filters is AutomationFilter[] {
   filters.forEach((condition) => {
     assert.isObject(condition);
@@ -163,6 +185,21 @@ function parseOSCOutput(maybeOSCOutput: object): OSCOutput {
   assert.isString(maybeOSCOutput.address);
   assert.isString(maybeOSCOutput.args);
 
+  const target = replaceAutomationTemplates(maybeOSCOutput.targetIP.trim(), 'template.local');
+  const isHostname =
+    target === 'localhost' ||
+    /^(?=.{1,253}$)(?:[a-z\d](?:[a-z\d-]{0,61}[a-z\d])?\.)+[a-z\d](?:[a-z\d-]{0,61}[a-z\d])?$/i.test(target);
+  if (isIP(target) === 0 && !isHostname) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid OSC target');
+  }
+  if (
+    !Number.isInteger(maybeOSCOutput.targetPort) ||
+    maybeOSCOutput.targetPort < 1 ||
+    maybeOSCOutput.targetPort > 65535
+  ) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid OSC port');
+  }
+
   return {
     type: 'osc',
     targetIP: maybeOSCOutput.targetIP,
@@ -176,12 +213,25 @@ function parseHTTPOutput(maybeHTTPOutput: object): HTTPOutput {
   assert.hasKeys(maybeHTTPOutput, ['url']);
   assert.isString(maybeHTTPOutput.url);
 
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(replaceAutomationTemplates(maybeHTTPOutput.url, 'template'));
+    if ((url.protocol !== 'http:' && url.protocol !== 'https:') || !url.hostname) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid HTTP URL');
+    }
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error('Invalid HTTP URL');
+  }
+
   return {
     type: 'http',
     url: maybeHTTPOutput.url,
   };
 }
 
+function replaceAutomationTemplates(value: string, replacement: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/{{.*?}}/g, replacement);
+}
+
 function parseOntimeAction(maybeOntimeAction: object): OntimeAction {
   assert.hasKeys(maybeOntimeAction, ['action']);
   assert.isString(maybeOntimeAction.action);