v1.43 - Date support in Encore.ts

[eandre]

We're excited to announce that Encore.ts now supports using Date types in API schemas, Pub/Sub topic messages, streaming APIs, and more! As always, update with encore version update!

That means you can now do things like this:

export interface CreateBlogPostParams {
  body: string;
  publishAt?: Date; // set to schedule the publish in the future
}

export const createBlogPost = api(
  {expose: true, method: "POST", path: "/blogpost" },
  async (params: CreateBlogPostParams): Promise<BlogPost> {
    // ...
  }
)

Encore.ts will automatically validate the incoming request, ensuring the provided data is a valid RFC3339 timestamp,
and pass the data to the API handler as a fully constructed Date object. No need to manually parse dates ever again. Additionally, Encore.ts's built-in API Explorer and Service Catalogs have also been updated to fully support dates.

Hiding internal messages in public errors

Encore.ts's errors can contain additional information in the internal_message field. This field is now stripped when calling from the outside, ensuring private information about the error isn't leaked to external users. (This functionality is disabled when developing locally, to aid development.)

All changes

• cli: Move tutorial config flag to example repo by @ekerfelt in cli: Move tutorial config flag to example repo #1519
• runtimes/core+js: hide error internal message in responses by @fredr in runtimes/core+js: hide error internal message in responses #1518
• date handling by @eandre in date handling #1504
• Include internal_message in all errors for local dev by @eandre in Include internal_message in all errors for local dev #1522
• runtimes/core: don't run gateway during tests by @fredr in runtimes/core: don't run gateway during tests #1524
• dashproxy caching by @eandre in dashproxy caching #1523
• cli: improve app create form responsiveness by @eandre in cli: improve app create form responsiveness #1525
• pkg/dockerbuild: handle junction points by @eandre in pkg/dockerbuild: handle junction points #1526

Full Changelog: v1.42.3...v1.43.3

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