---
title: Plugins
tags: ["documentation"]
---
import { TypeTable } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/type-table';


bknd allows you to extend its functionality by creating plugins. These allows to hook into the app lifecycle and to provide a data structure that is guaranteed to be merged. A plugin is a function that takes in an instance of `App` and returns the following structure:

<AutoTypeTable path="../app/src/App.ts" name="AppPluginConfig" />

## Creating a simple plugin

To create a simple plugin which guarantees an entity `pages` to be available and an additioanl endpoint to render a html list of pages, you can create it as follows:

```tsx title="myPagesPlugin.tsx"
/** @jsxImportSource hono/jsx */
import { type App, type AppPlugin, em, entity, text } from "bknd";

export const myPagesPlugin: AppPlugin = (app) => ({
   name: "my-pages-plugin",
   // define the schema of the plugin
   // this will always be merged into the app's schema
   schema: () => em({
      pages: entity("pages", {
         title: text(),
         content: text(),
      }),
   }),
   // execute code after the app is built
   onBuilt: () => {
      // register a new endpoint, make sure that you choose an endpoint that is reachable for bknd
      app.server.get("/my-pages", async (c) => {
         const { data: pages } = await app.em.repo("pages").findMany({});
         return c.html(
            <body>
               <h1>Pages: {pages.length}</h1>
               <ul>
                  {pages.map((page: any) => (
                     <li key={page.id}>{page.title}</li>
                  ))}
               </ul>
            </body>,
         );
      });
   },
});

```

And then register it in your `bknd.config.ts` file:

```typescript
import type { BkndConfig } from "bknd/adapter";
import { myPagesPlugin } from "./myPagesPlugin";

export default {
   options: {
      plugins: [myPagesPlugin],
   }
} satisfies BkndConfig;
```

The schema returned from the plugin will be merged into the schema of the app.


## Built-in plugins

bknd comes with a few built-in plugins that you can use.

### `syncTypes`

A simple plugin that writes down the TypeScript types of the data schema on boot and each build. The output is equivalent to running `npx bknd types`.

```typescript title="bknd.config.ts"
import { syncTypes } from "bknd/plugins";
import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";

export default {
   options: {
      plugins: [
         syncTypes({ 
            // whether to enable the plugin, make sure to disable in production
            enabled: true,
            // your writing function (required)
            write: async (et) => {
               await writeFile("bknd-types.d.ts", et.toString(), "utf-8");
            }
         }),
      ]
   },
} satisfies BkndConfig;
```

### `syncConfig`

A simple plugin that writes down the app configuration on boot and each build.

```typescript title="bknd.config.ts"
import { syncConfig } from "bknd/plugins";
import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";

export default {
   options: {
      plugins: [
         syncConfig({ 
            // whether to enable the plugin, make sure to disable in production
            enabled: true,
            // your writing function (required)
            write: async (config) => {
               await writeFile("config.json", JSON.stringify(config, null, 2), "utf-8");
            },
         }),
      ]
   },
} satisfies BkndConfig;
```

### `syncSecrets`

A simple plugin that writes down the app secrets on boot and each build.

```typescript title="bknd.config.ts"
import { syncSecrets } from "bknd/plugins";
import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";

export default {
   options: {
      plugins: [
         syncSecrets({ 
            // whether to enable the plugin, make sure to disable in production
            enabled: true,
            // your writing function (required)
            write: async (secrets) => {
               // apply your writing logic, e.g. writing a template file in an env format
               await writeFile(
                  ".env.example",
                  Object.entries(secrets)
                     .map(([key]) => `${key}=`)
                     .join("\n")
               );
            },
         }),
      ]
   },
} satisfies BkndConfig;
```

### `showRoutes`

A simple plugin that logs the routes of your app in the console.

```typescript title="bknd.config.ts"
import { showRoutes } from "bknd/plugins";

export default {
   options: {
      plugins: [
         showRoutes({ 
            // whether to show the routes only once (on first build)
            once: true 
         })
      ],
   },
} satisfies BkndConfig;
```

### `cloudflareImageOptimization`

<Callout type="info">
  This plugin doesn't work on the development server, or on workers deployed with a `workers.dev` subdomain. It requires [Cloudflare Image transformations to be enabled](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/get-started/#enable-transformations-on-your-zone) on your zone.
</Callout>

A plugin that add Cloudflare Image Optimization to your app's media storage.

```typescript title="bknd.config.ts"
import { cloudflareImageOptimization } from "bknd/plugins";

export default {
   options: {
      plugins: [
         cloudflareImageOptimization({
            // the url to access the image optimization plugin
            accessUrl: "/api/plugin/image/optimize",
            // the path to resolve the image from, defaults to `/api/media/file`
            resolvePath: "/api/media/file",
            // for example, you may want to have default option to limit to a width of 1000px
            defaultOptions: {
               width: 1000,
            }
         })
      ],
   },
} satisfies BkndConfig;
```

Here is a break down of all configuration options:

<AutoTypeTable path="../app/src/plugins/cloudflare/image-optimization.plugin.ts" name="CloudflareImageOptimizationOptions" />

When enabled, you can now access your images at your configured `accessUrl`. For example, if you have a media file at `/api/media/file/image.jpg`, you can access the optimized image at `/api/plugin/image/optimize/image.jpg` for optimization.

Now you can add query parameters for the transformations, e.g. `?width=1000&height=1000`.

<TypeTable
  type={{
    dpr: {
      description:
        'The device pixel ratio to use',
      type: 'number',
      default: 1,
    },
    fit: {
      description: 'The fit mode to use',
      type: '"scale-down" | "contain" | "cover" | "crop" | "pad"',
    },
    format: {
      description: 'The format to use',
      type: '"auto" | "avif" | "webp" | "jpeg" | "baseline-jpeg" | "json"'
    },
    height: {
      description: 'The height to use',
      type: 'number',
    },
    width: {
      description: 'The width to use',
      type: 'number',
    },
    metadata: {
      description: 'The metadata to use',
      type: '"copyright" | "keep" | "none"',
      default: 'copyright'
    },
    quality: {
      description: 'The quality to use',
      type: 'number',
      default: 85
    },
  }}
/>

### `timestamps`

A plugin that adds `created_at` and `updated_at` fields to the specified entities.

```typescript title="bknd.config.ts"
import { timestamps } from "bknd/plugins";

export default {
   options: {
      plugins: [
         timestamps({ 
            // the entities to add timestamps to
            entities: ["pages"],
            // whether to set the `updated_at` field on create, defaults to true
            setUpdatedOnCreate: true,
         })
      ],
   },
} satisfies BkndConfig;
```


