pb-hooks

Topics in the source

• PocketBase Server-Side JavaScript (pbhooks)
• Runtime Basics
• Routing
• Adding routes
• Path patterns
• Response methods
• Reading request data
• Middleware

Files go in pbhooks/.pb.js (must end with .pb.js) Engine: goja — ES5.1 + some ES6. No ES6 modules (import/export), no async/await, no arrow functions in older versions. Use function(){} and CommonJS require(). Each file is loaded on app start and on hot-reload hooks — absolute path to the pbhooks directory TypeScript declarations: pbdata/types.d.ts (auto-generated, useful for IDE support) --hooksPool=25 flag controls concurrent JS goroutines (default: 25) Each handler runs in an isolated context — no shared mutable state between requests {name} — named path parameter {path...} — wildcard (matches rest of path) {$} — exact match (no trailing slash) | Method | Usage | |--------|-------| | e.json(status, data) | JSON response | | e.string(status, text) | Plain text | | e.html(status, html) | HTML response | | e.redirect(status, url) | Redirect (301/302) | | e.blob(status, contentType, bytes) | Binary data | | e.stream(status, contentType, reader) | Streaming response | | e.noContent(status) | No body (204) | Priority: middleware runs in order — first registered, first executed. Each record event has 3 variants: onRecordExecute — wraps the default action. Call e.next() to proceed. onRe

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