[dove] around hook

[anonimusprogramus]

No issue here, just need a clear understanding.

I thought around hook was first & last executed hook; turns out it wraps every before-after-error hook or service, so it will be executed more than once.

If I need an app-level "setup & teardown" that only run once upon user request (via socket) -- where is the proper place to put it, can it be inside a hook?

Thanks

[daffl]

around hooks will only be executed once per method call. This usually is the same as a user request (you can check where the request came from in params.provider). setup and teardown will only be executed once on server startup and shutdown.

[anonimusprogramus]

Please cmiiw, to my understanding, if an outlet page has

1. outlet's name & tag (will call outlet service)
2. outlet's product list (will call product service)
3. client's total items in cart (will call order service)

then a user request will execute around hook three times and then sending the response.

Is that right?

So if we want to run something before 1 and after 3, where can we do that?

(It's like wrapping a user request, that's why I said "setup & teardown"-like 😅)

[daffl]

It sounds like you want a custom service that can do those multiple steps with one user request.

[anonimusprogramus]

Yes, you're right, I wrap those 3 service calls within another custom service 😅

And set a before hook for checking JWT. So total will be 5 times around hook calls.

I don't know if this (creating a custom method service only to do multiple calls) is a good or bad practice.

Anyway, it's running well. Thanks.