@push.rocks/smartcontext

A module to enrich logs with context, featuring async log contexts and scope management.

Special thanks to Ilias Bhallil for his awesome simple-async-context library.

Install

Make sure you have Node.js and npm installed, then run:

npm install @push.rocks/smartcontext

This will install the library and its dependencies into your local node_modules folder.

Usage

The @push.rocks/smartcontext module provides an efficient way to enrich your code (often for logging) with contextual information. It uses asynchronous context management to support hierarchical scopes—particularly helpful in complex or nested asynchronous operations in Node.js.

Basic Setup

import { AsyncContext } from '@push.rocks/smartcontext';

const asyncContext = new AsyncContext();

// The parent store is always accessible through `asyncContext.store`
asyncContext.store.add('username', 'john_doe');
console.log(asyncContext.store.get('username')); // 'john_doe'

runScoped

When you call asyncContext.runScoped(async () => { ... }), the library automatically creates a child AsyncStore. Inside that scoped function, asyncContext.store refers to the child store. Any data you add or delete there is isolated from the parent store. However, you can still read parent data if it hasn’t been overridden.

await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
  // Inside this callback, `asyncContext.store` is a *child* store
  asyncContext.store.add('transactionId', 'txn_abc123');
  console.log(asyncContext.store.get('transactionId')); // 'txn_abc123'

  // We can also see parent data like 'username'
  console.log(asyncContext.store.get('username'));       // 'john_doe'
});

// Outside `runScoped`, asyncContext.store reverts to the parent store
console.log(asyncContext.store.get('transactionId'));    // undefined

Isolating Data

Because each call to runScoped returns control to the parent store afterward, any keys added in a child scope disappear once the scope completes (unless you explicitly move them to the parent). This mechanism keeps data from leaking between scopes.

// Parent store
asyncContext.store.add('someParentKey', 'parentValue');

// Child scope
await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
  asyncContext.store.add('scopedKey', 'childValue');
  console.log(asyncContext.store.get('scopedKey'));    // 'childValue'
});

// Outside, the child key is gone
console.log(asyncContext.store.get('scopedKey'));      // undefined

Deleting Data

If the child deletes a key that exists in the parent, it will only remove it from the child’s view of the store. Once the scope completes, the parent store is unaffected.

asyncContext.store.add('deletableKey', 'originalValue');

await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
  console.log(asyncContext.store.get('deletableKey')); // 'originalValue'
  asyncContext.store.delete('deletableKey');
  console.log(asyncContext.store.get('deletableKey')); // undefined in child
});

console.log(asyncContext.store.get('deletableKey'));   // 'originalValue' remains in parent

Parallel or Sequential Scopes

You can call runScoped multiple times, whether sequentially or in parallel (with Promise.all). Each invocation creates its own isolated child store, preventing data collisions across asynchronous tasks.

await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
  asyncContext.store.add('childKey1', 'childValue1');
  console.log(asyncContext.store.get('childKey1')); // 'childValue1'
});

await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
  asyncContext.store.add('childKey2', 'childValue2');
  console.log(asyncContext.store.get('childKey2')); // 'childValue2'
});

// Both keys were added in separate scopes, so they won't exist in the parent
console.log(asyncContext.store.get('childKey1'));   // undefined
console.log(asyncContext.store.get('childKey2'));   // undefined

Testing Example

The following is a complete test script (using tapbundle) demonstrating how child stores inherit data from the parent but remain isolated. After each scoped block, new child keys vanish, and any parent keys deleted inside the child remain intact in the parent.

import { tap, expect } from '@push.rocks/tapbundle';
import { AsyncContext } from '../ts/logcontext.classes.asynccontext.js';

const asyncContext = new AsyncContext();

tap.test('should run a scoped function and add data to a child store', async () => {
  // Add some default data to the parent store
  asyncContext.store.add('parentKey', 'parentValue');
  expect(asyncContext.store.get('parentKey')).toEqual('parentValue');

  // Now run a child scope, add some data, and check that parent data is still accessible
  await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
    asyncContext.store.add('childKey', 'childValue');

    // Child sees its own data
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('childKey')).toEqual('childValue');
    // Child also sees parent data
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('parentKey')).toEqual('parentValue');
  });
});

tap.test('should not contaminate the parent store with child-only data', async () => {
  // Create a new child scope
  await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
    asyncContext.store.add('temporaryKey', 'temporaryValue');
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('temporaryKey')).toEqual('temporaryValue');
  });
  // After scope finishes, 'temporaryKey' won't exist in the parent
  expect(asyncContext.store.get('temporaryKey')).toBeUndefined();
});

tap.test('should allow adding data in multiple scopes independently', async () => {
  // Add data in the first scope
  await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
    asyncContext.store.add('childKey1', 'childValue1');
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('childKey1')).toEqual('childValue1');
  });

  // Add data in the second scope
  await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
    asyncContext.store.add('childKey2', 'childValue2');
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('childKey2')).toEqual('childValue2');
  });

  // Neither childKey1 nor childKey2 should exist in the parent store
  expect(asyncContext.store.get('childKey1')).toBeUndefined();
  expect(asyncContext.store.get('childKey2')).toBeUndefined();
});

tap.test('should allow deleting data in a child store without removing it from the parent store', async () => {
  // Ensure parent has some data
  asyncContext.store.add('deletableKey', 'iShouldStayInParent');

  await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
    // Child sees the parent's data
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('deletableKey')).toEqual('iShouldStayInParent');
    // Delete it in the child
    asyncContext.store.delete('deletableKey');
    // Child no longer sees it
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('deletableKey')).toBeUndefined();
  });
  // Parent still has it
  expect(asyncContext.store.get('deletableKey')).toEqual('iShouldStayInParent');
});

tap.test('should allow multiple child scopes to share the same parent store data', async () => {
  // Add a key to the parent store
  asyncContext.store.add('sharedKey', 'sharedValue');
  expect(asyncContext.store.get('sharedKey')).toEqual('sharedValue');

  // First child scope
  await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('sharedKey')).toEqual('sharedValue');
  });

  // Second child scope
  await asyncContext.runScoped(async () => {
    expect(asyncContext.store.get('sharedKey')).toEqual('sharedValue');
  });
});

export default tap.start();

With this updated runScoped design, there’s no need to explicitly instantiate or manage child stores. The context automatically switches from the parent store to the child store while within the callback, then reverts back to the parent store afterwards. This structure makes it easy to:

• Keep each async operation’s state isolated
• Preserve read-access to parent context data
• Avoid overwriting or polluting other operations’ data

This pattern works particularly well for logging or any scenario where you need to pass metadata through deeply nested async calls without manually juggling that data everywhere in your code.

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