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@marshallswain marshallswain commented Jan 10, 2026 •
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Summary

This PR adds support for the externalMethods option to control which service methods are exposed via transports (HTTP/WebSockets), addressing #3457.

Changes

@feathersjs/feathers

  • Added externalMethods to ServiceOptions interface
  • Added getExternalMethods() helper function
  • Updated normalizeServiceOptions() to include externalMethods (defaults to methods for backwards compatibility)

@feathersjs/transport-commons

  • Updated socket/utils.ts to use externalMethods for method validation
  • Updated socket/index.ts to use externalMethods for handler registration

Usage

app.use('myService', new MyService(), {
  // Methods that receive 'all' hooks
  methods: ['find', 'get', 'create', 'internalAction'],
  // Methods exposed via transports (defaults to methods if not specified)
  externalMethods: ['find', 'get', 'create']
})

Backwards Compatibility

  • If externalMethods is not specified, it defaults to methods
  • Existing code works without modification

Related

  • Fixes Hooks should run on non-enabled methods #3457
  • Companion PR for v6: (to be created from v6-hooks-all-methods branch)

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@marshallswain
feat: Add externalMethods option for transport exposure (#3457)
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- Add externalMethods to ServiceOptions to control transport exposure
- Add getExternalMethods() helper function
- Update transport-commons socket transport to use externalMethods
- Backwards compatible: externalMethods defaults to methods
@marshallswain marshallswain mentioned this pull request Jan 10, 2026
feat: Allow hooks on all methods and add externalMethods option (#3457) #3638
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@marshallswain marshallswain closed this Feb 8, 2026
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