Facade

The wippy/facade module provides a portable iframe facade that loads and configures the Wippy frontend from a CDN. It serves an HTML shell that creates an iframe pointing to the frontend bundle, handles authentication, and bridges configuration between the backend and frontend.

Setup

Add the module to your project:

wippy add wippy/facade
wippy install

Declare the dependency:

version: "1.0"
namespace: app

entries:
  - name: gateway
    kind: http.service
    addr: :8090
    lifecycle:
      auto_start: true

  - name: api
    kind: http.router
    meta:
      server: app:gateway
    prefix: /api/public

  - name: dep.facade
    kind: ns.dependency
    component: wippy/facade
    version: "*"
    parameters:
      - name: server
        value: app:gateway
      - name: router
        value: app:api

Configuration Parameters

Parameter Required Default Description
server yes — HTTP server for static and iframe serving
router yes — Public API router for config endpoint
fe_facade_url no https://web-host.wippy.ai/webcomponents-1.0.21 Base URL for iframe frontend bundle
fe_entry_path no /iframe.html Iframe HTML entry point path

App Identity

Parameter Default Description
app_title Wippy Title shown in sidebar
app_name Wippy AI Full application name
app_icon wippy:logo Iconify icon reference

Feature Flags

Parameter Default Description
hide_nav_bar false Hide the left navigation sidebar
disable_right_panel false Disable the right sidebar panel
start_nav_open false Navigation drawer open by default
show_admin true Show admin panel toggle
allow_select_model false Allow user to select LLM model
session_type non-persistent Chat session persistence: non-persistent or persistent
history_mode hash Browser history mode: hash or history
hide_session_selector false Blendet die Sitzungsauswahl-UI aus

Theming

Drei Bereiche gelten: global (ueberall), host (das Chrome um den iframe) und children (Inhalte innerhalb des iframe).

Parameter Bereich Standard Beschreibung
custom_css global Google Fonts Import CSS auf jeder Ebene injiziert
css_variables global {} JSON-Map von CSS-Custom-Properties
icon_sets global [] Iconify-Icon-Set-URLs
host_custom_css host "" CSS nur fuer Host-Chrome
host_css_variables host {} CSS-Custom-Properties nur fuer Host
host_icon_sets host [] Icon-Sets nur fuer Host
children_custom_css children "" CSS nur fuer iframe-Inhalte
children_css_variables children {} CSS-Custom-Properties nur fuer iframe-Inhalte
login_path — /login.html Weiterleitungspfad fuer nicht authentifizierte Benutzer

Optionales hostConfig-JSON

Jeder der folgenden Parameter ist ein JSON-kodierter String; Standardwerte sind leer ({} oder []). Sie werden unveraendert unter hostConfig an das Frontend weitergegeben.

Parameter Standard Beschreibung
api_routes {} Routen-Ueberschreibungen fuer das Frontend
additional_nav_items [] Zusaetzliche Sidebar-Eintraege
state_cache {} Konfiguration des Frontend-State-Caches
allow_additional_tags [] Zusaetzlich im Chat erlaubte HTML-Tags
chat {} Chat-UI-Ueberschreibungen
axios_defaults {} Frontend-Axios-HTTP-Client-Standardwerte

Config Endpoint

The facade registers GET /facade/config on the configured router. The frontend fetches this on load:

{
    "facade_url": "https://web-host.wippy.ai/webcomponents-...",
    "iframe_origin": "https://web-host.wippy.ai",
    "iframe_url": "https://web-host.wippy.ai/webcomponents-.../iframe.html?waitForCustomConfig",
    "login_path": "/login.html",
    "env": {
        "APP_API_URL": "https://api.example.com",
        "APP_AUTH_API_URL": "https://api.example.com",
        "APP_WEBSOCKET_URL": "wss://api.example.com"
    },
    "routePrefix": "https://api.example.com",
    "axiosDefaults": { "...": "..." },
    "theming": {
        "global":  { "customCSS": "...", "cssVariables": {}, "iconSets": {} },
        "host":    { "customCSS": "...", "cssVariables": {}, "iconSets": {}, "i18n": { "app": { "title": "Wippy", "icon": "wippy:logo", "appName": "Wippy AI" } } },
        "children": { "customCSS": "...", "cssVariables": {} }
    },
    "hostConfig": {
        "session": { "type": "non-persistent" },
        "history": "hash",
        "showAdmin": true,
        "allowSelectModel": false,
        "startNavOpen": false,
        "hideNavBar": false,
        "disableRightPanel": false,
        "hideSessionSelector": false,
        "apiRoutes":         { "...": "..." },
        "additionalNavItems": [],
        "stateCache":        { "...": "..." },
        "allowAdditionalTags": [],
        "chat":              { "...": "..." }
    }
}

Die API-URL wird aus der Umgebungsvariable PUBLIC_API_URL gelesen; APP_WEBSOCKET_URL wird durch Ersetzen von http:// mit ws:// oder https:// mit wss:// abgeleitet. Theming hat drei Bereiche (global, host, children) — host.i18n enthaelt das App-Branding. hostConfig-Schluessel sind in camelCase und werden aus Facade-Parametern zusammengesetzt: session_type, history_mode, show_admin, allow_select_model, start_nav_open, hide_nav_bar, disable_right_panel, hide_session_selector, plus optional api_routes, additional_nav_items, state_cache, allow_additional_tags, chat und axios_defaults.

Pages registered via wippy/views appear in the sidebar automatically based on their metadata:

entries:
  - name: dashboard
    kind: registry.entry
    meta:
      type: view.page
      name: dashboard
      title: Dashboard
      icon: tabler:chart-bar
      group: Analytics
      group_icon: tabler:chart-dots
      group_order: 10
      order: 1
      announced: true
      secure: true
      url: https://cdn.example.com/dashboard/

Pages with the same group value are collected into collapsible sections. Groups are sorted by group_order (lower first), pages within groups by order.

Field Description
group Category name displayed in sidebar
group_icon Icon for the category header
group_order Sort position of the group (lower = higher)
group_placement "sidebar" (in sidebar) or "default" (main area only)

Pages without a group appear as top-level items.

Controlling Visibility

Field Effect
announced: true Page appears in sidebar navigation
announced: false Page hidden from navigation but still accessible via URL
inline: true Internal page, hidden from all UI listings
hide_nav_bar: true Facade parameter — hides the entire left sidebar

Publishing with Embedded Assets

When publishing a component that includes static files (like the facade's public/ directory), use --embed to include fs.directory entries in the package:

wippy publish --embed facade:public_files

Without --embed, fs.directory entries are excluded from the published package. The --embed flag accepts entry IDs or names matching fs.directory entries.

See Also