Utility functions

Falafel provides a few utility function to aid with connector development.

Threadneedle

falafel.utils.threadneedle

smartSubstitution

falafel.utils.threadneedle.smartSubstitution

As of Threadneedle v1.11.0 and Falafel v1.25.0, the smartSubstitution exposed by Threadneedle is included as part of Falafel’s utility functions. For documentation, see here.

Protected Service

falafel.utils.protectedService

validateRequestAgainstWhitelistedUrls

falafel.utils.protectedService.validateRequestAgainstWhitelistedUrls

If the service is protected and configured (which is derived from #auth_app from params), then this function will validate the request before allowing it to execute. The function accepts the same arguments as beforeRequest.