tools: only fetch previous versions when necessary

Refactor the logic for working out the previous versions of Node.js for
the API documentation so that the parsing (including the potential https
get) happens at most once per build (as opposed to the current once per
generated API doc).

Signed-off-by: Richard Lau <[email protected]>

PR-URL: #32518
Fixes: #32512
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <[email protected]>

Author: richardlau

Makefile

@@ -780,15 +780,22 @@ out/doc/api/assets/%: doc/api_assets/% out/doc/api/assets
 run-npm-ci = $(PWD)/$(NPM) ci
 
 LINK_DATA = out/doc/apilinks.json
+VERSIONS_DATA = out/doc/previous-versions.json
 gen-api = tools/doc/generate.js --node-version=$(FULLVERSION) \
-		--apilinks=$(LINK_DATA) $< --output-directory=out/doc/api
+		--apilinks=$(LINK_DATA) $< --output-directory=out/doc/api \
+		--versions-file=$(VERSIONS_DATA)
 gen-apilink = tools/doc/apilinks.js $(LINK_DATA) $(wildcard lib/*.js)
 
 $(LINK_DATA): $(wildcard lib/*.js) tools/doc/apilinks.js
 	$(call available-node, $(gen-apilink))
 
+# Regenerate previous versions data if the current version changes
+$(VERSIONS_DATA): CHANGELOG.md src/node_version.h tools/doc/versions.js
+	$(call available-node, tools/doc/versions.js $@)
+
 out/doc/api/%.json out/doc/api/%.html: doc/api/%.md tools/doc/generate.js \
-	tools/doc/markdown.js tools/doc/html.js tools/doc/json.js tools/doc/apilinks.js | $(LINK_DATA)
+	tools/doc/markdown.js tools/doc/html.js tools/doc/json.js \
+	tools/doc/apilinks.js $(VERSIONS_DATA) | $(LINK_DATA)
 	$(call available-node, $(gen-api))
 
 out/doc/api/all.html: $(apidocs_html) tools/doc/allhtml.js \

test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const testLinksMapper = {
   }
 };
 
-async function toHTML({ input, filename, nodeVersion }) {
+function toHTML({ input, filename, nodeVersion, versions }) {
   const content = unified()
     .use(replaceLinks, { filename, linksMapper: testLinksMapper })
     .use(markdown)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ async function toHTML({ input, filename, nodeVersion }) {
     .use(htmlStringify)
     .processSync(input);
 
-  return html.toHTML({ input, content, filename, nodeVersion });
+  return html.toHTML({ input, content, filename, nodeVersion, versions });
 }
 
 // Test data is a list of objects with two properties.
@@ -129,16 +129,27 @@ const testData = [
 ];
 
 const spaces = /\s/g;
+const versions = [
+  { num: '10.x', lts: true },
+  { num: '9.x' },
+  { num: '8.x' },
+  { num: '7.x' },
+  { num: '6.x' },
+  { num: '5.x' },
+  { num: '4.x' },
+  { num: '0.12.x' },
+  { num: '0.10.x' }];
 
 testData.forEach(({ file, html }) => {
   // Normalize expected data by stripping whitespace.
   const expected = html.replace(spaces, '');
 
   readFile(file, 'utf8', common.mustCall(async (err, input) => {
     assert.ifError(err);
-    const output = await toHTML({ input: input,
-                                  filename: 'foo',
-                                  nodeVersion: process.version });
+    const output = toHTML({ input: input,
+                            filename: 'foo',
+                            nodeVersion: process.version,
+                            versions: versions });
 
     const actual = output.replace(spaces, '');
     // Assert that the input stripped of all whitespace contains the

test/doctool/test-doctool-versions.js

@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const util = require('util');
-const { versions } = require('../../tools/doc/versions.js');
+
+const debuglog = util.debuglog('test');
+const versionsTool = path.join('../../tools/doc/versions.js');
 
 // At the time of writing these are the minimum expected versions.
 // New versions of Node.js do not have to be explicitly added here.
@@ -21,39 +27,48 @@ const expected = [
   '0.10.x',
 ];
 
-async function test() {
-  const vers = await versions();
-  // Coherence checks for each returned version.
-  for (const version of vers) {
-    const tested = util.inspect(version);
-    const parts = version.num.split('.');
-    const expectedLength = parts[0] === '0' ? 3 : 2;
-    assert.strictEqual(parts.length, expectedLength,
-                       `'num' from ${tested} should be '<major>.x'.`);
-    assert.strictEqual(parts[parts.length - 1], 'x',
-                       `'num' from ${tested} doesn't end in '.x'.`);
-    const isEvenRelease = Number.parseInt(parts[expectedLength - 2]) % 2 === 0;
-    const hasLtsProperty = version.hasOwnProperty('lts');
-    if (hasLtsProperty) {
-      // Odd-numbered versions of Node.js are never LTS.
-      assert.ok(isEvenRelease, `${tested} should not be an 'lts' release.`);
-      assert.ok(version.lts, `'lts' from ${tested} should 'true'.`);
-    }
-  }
+tmpdir.refresh();
+const versionsFile = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'versions.json');
+debuglog(versionsFile);
+const opts = { cwd: tmpdir.path, encoding: 'utf8' };
+const cp = spawnSync(process.execPath, [ versionsTool, versionsFile ], opts);
+debuglog(cp.stderr);
+debuglog(cp.stdout);
+assert.strictEqual(cp.stdout, '');
+assert.strictEqual(cp.signal, null);
+assert.strictEqual(cp.status, 0);
+const versions = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(versionsFile));
+debuglog(versions);
 
-  // Check that the minimum number of versions were returned.
-  // Later versions are allowed, but not checked for here (they were checked
-  // above).
-  // Also check for the previous semver major -- From master this will be the
-  // most recent major release.
-  const thisMajor = Number.parseInt(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]);
-  const prevMajorString = `${thisMajor - 1}.x`;
-  if (!expected.includes(prevMajorString)) {
-    expected.unshift(prevMajorString);
-  }
-  for (const version of expected) {
-    assert.ok(vers.find((x) => x.num === version),
-              `Did not find entry for '${version}' in ${util.inspect(vers)}`);
+// Coherence checks for each returned version.
+for (const version of versions) {
+  const tested = util.inspect(version);
+  const parts = version.num.split('.');
+  const expectedLength = parts[0] === '0' ? 3 : 2;
+  assert.strictEqual(parts.length, expectedLength,
+                     `'num' from ${tested} should be '<major>.x'.`);
+  assert.strictEqual(parts[parts.length - 1], 'x',
+                     `'num' from ${tested} doesn't end in '.x'.`);
+  const isEvenRelease = Number.parseInt(parts[expectedLength - 2]) % 2 === 0;
+  const hasLtsProperty = version.hasOwnProperty('lts');
+  if (hasLtsProperty) {
+    // Odd-numbered versions of Node.js are never LTS.
+    assert.ok(isEvenRelease, `${tested} should not be an 'lts' release.`);
+    assert.ok(version.lts, `'lts' from ${tested} should 'true'.`);
   }
 }
-test();
+
+// Check that the minimum number of versions were returned.
+// Later versions are allowed, but not checked for here (they were checked
+// above).
+// Also check for the previous semver major -- From master this will be the
+// most recent major release.
+const thisMajor = Number.parseInt(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]);
+const prevMajorString = `${thisMajor - 1}.x`;
+if (!expected.includes(prevMajorString)) {
+  expected.unshift(prevMajorString);
+}
+for (const version of expected) {
+  assert.ok(versions.find((x) => x.num === version),
+            `Did not find entry for '${version}' in ${util.inspect(versions)}`);
+}

tools/doc/generate.js

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ let filename = null;
 let nodeVersion = null;
 let outputDir = null;
 let apilinks = {};
+let versions = {};
 
 async function main() {
   for (const arg of args) {
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@ async function main() {
         throw new Error(`${linkFile} is empty`);
       }
       apilinks = JSON.parse(data);
+    } else if (arg.startsWith('--versions-file=')) {
+      const versionsFile = arg.replace(/^--versions-file=/, '');
+      const data = await fs.readFile(versionsFile, 'utf8');
+      if (!data.trim()) {
+        throw new Error(`${versionsFile} is empty`);
+      }
+      versions = JSON.parse(data);
     }
   }
 
@@ -84,7 +92,8 @@ async function main() {
     .use(htmlStringify)
     .process(input);
 
-  const myHtml = await html.toHTML({ input, content, filename, nodeVersion });
+  const myHtml = await html.toHTML({ input, content, filename, nodeVersion,
+                                     versions });
   const basename = path.basename(filename, '.md');
   const htmlTarget = path.join(outputDir, `${basename}.html`);
   const jsonTarget = path.join(outputDir, `${basename}.json`);

tools/doc/html.js

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 const common = require('./common.js');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const getVersions = require('./versions.js');
 const unified = require('unified');
 const find = require('unist-util-find');
 const visit = require('unist-util-visit');
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ const gtocHTML = unified()
 const templatePath = path.join(docPath, 'template.html');
 const template = fs.readFileSync(templatePath, 'utf8');
 
-async function toHTML({ input, content, filename, nodeVersion }) {
+function toHTML({ input, content, filename, nodeVersion, versions }) {
   filename = path.basename(filename, '.md');
 
   const id = filename.replace(/\W+/g, '-');
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ async function toHTML({ input, content, filename, nodeVersion }) {
   const docCreated = input.match(
     /<!--\s*introduced_in\s*=\s*v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.[0-9]+\s*-->/);
   if (docCreated) {
-    HTML = HTML.replace('__ALTDOCS__', await altDocs(filename, docCreated));
+    HTML = HTML.replace('__ALTDOCS__', altDocs(filename, docCreated, versions));
   } else {
     console.error(`Failed to add alternative version links to ${filename}`);
     HTML = HTML.replace('__ALTDOCS__', '');
@@ -391,10 +390,9 @@ function getId(text, idCounters) {
   return text;
 }
 
-async function altDocs(filename, docCreated) {
+function altDocs(filename, docCreated, versions) {
   const [, docCreatedMajor, docCreatedMinor] = docCreated.map(Number);
   const host = 'https://nodejs.org';
-  const versions = await getVersions.versions();
 
   const getHref = (versionNum) =>
     `${host}/docs/latest-v${versionNum}/api/${filename}.html`;

tools/doc/versions.js

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
+const { readFileSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const srcRoot = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
 
-let _versions;
-
 const isRelease = () => {
   const re = /#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0/;
   const file = path.join(srcRoot, 'src', 'node_version.h');
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ const isRelease = () => {
 const getUrl = (url) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const https = require('https');
-    const request = https.get(url, { timeout: 5000 }, (response) => {
+    const request = https.get(url, { timeout: 30000 }, (response) => {
       if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
         reject(new Error(
           `Failed to get ${url}, status code ${response.statusCode}`));
@@ -32,45 +30,51 @@ const getUrl = (url) => {
 };
 
 const kNoInternet = !!process.env.NODE_TEST_NO_INTERNET;
+const outFile = (process.argv.length > 2 ? process.argv[2] : undefined);
 
-module.exports = {
-  async versions() {
-    if (_versions) {
-      return _versions;
-    }
-
-    // The CHANGELOG.md on release branches may not reference newer semver
-    // majors of Node.js so fetch and parse the version from the master branch.
-    const url =
-      'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/master/CHANGELOG.md';
-    let changelog;
-    const file = path.join(srcRoot, 'CHANGELOG.md');
-    if (kNoInternet) {
-      changelog = readFileSync(file, { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    } else {
-      try {
-        changelog = await getUrl(url);
-      } catch (e) {
-        // Fail if this is a release build, otherwise fallback to local files.
-        if (isRelease()) {
-          throw e;
-        } else {
-          console.warn(`Unable to retrieve ${url}. Falling back to ${file}.`);
-          changelog = readFileSync(file, { encoding: 'utf8' });
-        }
+async function versions() {
+  // The CHANGELOG.md on release branches may not reference newer semver
+  // majors of Node.js so fetch and parse the version from the master branch.
+  const url =
+    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/master/CHANGELOG.md';
+  let changelog;
+  const file = path.join(srcRoot, 'CHANGELOG.md');
+  if (kNoInternet) {
+    changelog = readFileSync(file, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+  } else {
+    try {
+      changelog = await getUrl(url);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Fail if this is a release build, otherwise fallback to local files.
+      if (isRelease()) {
+        throw e;
+      } else {
+        console.warn(`Unable to retrieve ${url}. Falling back to ${file}.`);
+        changelog = readFileSync(file, { encoding: 'utf8' });
       }
     }
-    const ltsRE = /Long Term Support/i;
-    const versionRE = /\* \[Node\.js ([0-9.]+)\]\S+ (.*)\r?\n/g;
-    _versions = [];
-    let match;
-    while ((match = versionRE.exec(changelog)) != null) {
-      const entry = { num: `${match[1]}.x` };
-      if (ltsRE.test(match[2])) {
-        entry.lts = true;
-      }
-      _versions.push(entry);
+  }
+  const ltsRE = /Long Term Support/i;
+  const versionRE = /\* \[Node\.js ([0-9.]+)\]\S+ (.*)\r?\n/g;
+  const _versions = [];
+  let match;
+  while ((match = versionRE.exec(changelog)) != null) {
+    const entry = { num: `${match[1]}.x` };
+    if (ltsRE.test(match[2])) {
+      entry.lts = true;
     }
-    return _versions;
+    _versions.push(entry);
   }
-};
+  return _versions;
+}
+
+versions().then((v) => {
+  if (outFile) {
+    writeFileSync(outFile, JSON.stringify(v));
+  } else {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(v));
+  }
+}).catch((err) => {
+  console.error(err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});