allow apps to push variables from the server to the client

src/plugins/kibana/index.js

@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ module.exports = function (kibana) {
           'leaflet'
         ),
 
-        constants: function (server, options) {
+        injectVars: function (server, options) {
+          let config = server.config();
+
           return {
-            defaultAppId: options.defaultAppId
+            kbnIndex: config.get('kibana.index'),
+            esShardTimeout: config.get('elasticsearch.shardTimeout')
           };
         }
       }

src/plugins/kibana/public/kibana.js

@@ -49,3 +49,14 @@ require('ui/chrome')
     courier.start();
   });
 });
+
+var vars = require('ui/chrome').getInjectedVars();
+require('ui/modules').get('kibana')
+.constant('kbnIndex', vars.kbnIndex)
+.constant('esShardTimeout', vars.esShardTimeout)
+.constant('esUrl', (function () {
+  var a = document.createElement('a');
+  a.href = '/elasticsearch';
+  return a.href;
+}()));
+

src/server/plugins/Plugin.js

@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ module.exports = class Plugin {
     let register = (server, options, next) => {
       this.server = server;
 
+      // bind the server and options to all
+      // apps created by this plugin
+      for (let app of this.apps) {
+        app.getInjectedVars = _.partial(app.getInjectedVars, server, options);
+      }
+
       server.log(['plugins', 'debug'], {
         tmpl: 'Initializing plugin <%= plugin.id %>',
         plugin: this

src/ui/UiApp.js

@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ class UiApp {
     this.hidden = this.spec.hidden;
     this.autoloadOverrides = this.spec.autoload;
     this.templateName = this.spec.templateName || 'uiApp';
+
+    // once this resolves, no reason to run it again
     this.getModules = _.once(this.getModules);
+
+    // variables that are injected into the browser, must serialize to JSON
+    this.getInjectedVars = this.spec.injectVars || _.noop;
   }
 
   getModules() {

src/ui/UiExports.js

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class UiExports {
   }
 
   consumePlugin(plugin) {
+    plugin.apps = new UiAppCollection(this);
+
     var types = _.keys(plugin.uiExportsSpecs);
     if (!types) return false;
 
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ class UiExports {
       case 'apps':
         return (plugin, specs) => {
           for (let spec of [].concat(specs || [])) {
-            this.apps.new(_.defaults({}, spec, { id: plugin.id }));
+            let app = this.apps.new(_.defaults({}, spec, { id: plugin.id }));
+            plugin.apps.add(app);
           }
         };
 

src/ui/index.js

@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ module.exports = async (kbnServer, server, config) => {
       buildSha: _.get(kbnServer, 'build.sha', '@@buildSha'),
       buildNumber: _.get(kbnServer, 'build.number', '@@buildNum'),
       cacheBust: _.get(kbnServer, 'build.number', ''),
-      kbnIndex: config.get('kibana.index'),
-      esShardTimeout: config.get('elasticsearch.shardTimeout'),
+      vars: app.getInjectedVars()
     };
 
     return this.view(app.templateName, {

src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js

@@ -6,21 +6,11 @@ module.exports = function (chrome, internals) {
   chrome.setupAngular = function () {
     var kibana = modules.get('kibana');
 
-    var esUrl = (function () {
-      var a = document.createElement('a');
-      a.href = '/elasticsearch';
-      return a.href;
-    }());
-
     kibana
     .constant('kbnVersion', internals.version)
     .constant('buildNum', internals.buildNumber)
-    .constant('kbnIndex', internals.kbnIndex)
-    .constant('esShardTimeout', internals.esShardTimeout)
-    .constant('esUrl', esUrl)
     .constant('commitSha', internals.buildSha)
     .constant('cacheBust', internals.cacheBust)
-    .constant('minimumElasticsearchVersion', '2.0.0')
     .constant('sessionId', Date.now())
     .directive('kbnChrome', function ($rootScope) {
       return {

src/ui/public/chrome/api/apps.js

@@ -31,4 +31,8 @@ module.exports = function (chrome, internals) {
     return internals.app.id;
   };
 
+  chrome.getInjectedVars = function () {
+    return internals.vars;
+  };
+
 };