@sourceregistry/node-opa – Lightweight TypeScript Client for OPA REST API

A minimal, dependency-free TypeScript client for interacting with the Open Policy Agent (OPA) REST API. Built with native fetch, supports modern browser and Node.js environments (v18+), and includes optional gzip compression for large payloads.

Note: This library is still a work in progress

✨ Features

• Zero dependencies – uses only native fetch and CompressionStream
• Full coverage of OPA REST API:
  • Policy API: List, get, create/update, delete policies
  • Data API: Read/write/query OPA data documents
  • Query API: Execute default and ad-hoc Rego queries
  • Compile API: Partial evaluation and SQL/data filter generation
  • Health, Config & Status APIs: Monitor and inspect OPA instance
• TypeScript-first – fully typed request/response interfaces
• Automatic gzip compression for JSON bodies (when supported)
• Configurable base URL and headers
• Detailed error handling with OPA error messages

📦 Installation

npm install @sourceregistry/node-opa

Note: Requires a runtime that supports fetch and (optionally) CompressionStream. In Node.js, use version 18+ or polyfill fetch.

🚀 Quick Start

import { OPAClient } from '@sourceregistry/node-opa';

// Initialize client
const opa = new OPAClient({
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8181',
  headers: {
    // Optional: add auth or custom headers
    // 'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>'
  }
});

// List all policies
const policies = await opa.policy.list();
console.log(policies.result);

// Evaluate a policy decision
const result = await opa.data.post('example/allow', {
  input: { user: 'alice', action: 'read' }
});
console.log(result.result); // true / false / data

// Add a new policy
await opa.policy.put('authz.rego', `
  package example
  allow if {
    input.user == "admin"
  }
`);

🔧 API Reference

The client exposes grouped methods under intuitive namespaces:

Policy Management

• opa.policy.list() – list all policies
• opa.policy.get(id) – retrieve a policy by ID
• opa.policy.put(id, rego) – create or update a policy
• opa.policy.delete(id) – remove a policy

Data Operations

• opa.data.get(path, options) – read a document (GET with query params)
• opa.data.post(path, { input }) – read with input in body (POST)
• opa.data.webhook(path, input) – webhook-style evaluation (/v0)
• opa.data.put(path, doc) – create/overwrite a document
• opa.data.patch(path, ops) – apply JSON Patch (RFC 6902)
• opa.data.delete(path) – delete a document

Query Execution

• opa.query.default(input) – evaluate default decision (POST /)
• opa.query.adhoc(query, input?) – run ad-hoc Rego query

Compile & Optimize

• opa.compile.partialEval(req) – partial evaluation for optimization
• opa.compile.filter(path, req, accept) – compile to SQL or other filters

Observability

• opa.health.check() – standard health check
• opa.health.custom('ready') – custom /health/<name> endpoints
• opa.config.get() – retrieve active configuration
• opa.status.get() – get operational status

See OPA REST API docs for full endpoint details.

⚙️ Configuration

new OPAClient({
  baseUrl: 'http://opa:8181', // required
  headers: {
    // Custom headers (avoid overriding Content-Type, Accept, etc.)
    'X-Custom-Header': 'value'
  }
})

Warning: Avoid setting Accept, Content-Type or encoding headers in headers they are managed internally.

🛡️ Authentication

If your OPA instance uses token authentication:

const opa = new OPAClient({
  baseUrl: 'https://opa.example.com',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer your-secret-token'
  }
});

Ensure OPA is started with --authentication=token.

📄 Types

All responses are strongly typed. Common types include:

• Document = any – generic JSON-like data
• PolicyModule – policy metadata with raw and ast
• GetDataResponse<T> – includes result, metrics, provenance, etc.
• Request/response types for compile, query, config, and status APIs

🧪 Testing & Compatibility

• Works in modern browsers and Node.js ≥18
• Gzip compression automatically disabled if CompressionStream is unavailable
• All methods return native Promises

📄 License

MIT

Note: This client is community-maintained and not officially affiliated with the Open Policy Agent project. Refer to OPA’s official documentation for API semantics and behavior.