fix: allow the asset directory to be omitted in Wrangler config for c…

…ommands that don't need it (#7426)

.changeset/forty-gifts-grab.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: allow the asset directory to be omitted in Wrangler config for commands that don't need it

packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/configuration.test.ts

@@ -1792,7 +1792,6 @@ describe("normalizeAndValidateConfig()", () => {
 				`);
 				expect(diagnostics.renderErrors()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 					"Processing wrangler configuration:
-					  - \\"assets.directory\\" is a required field.
 					  - Expected \\"assets.binding\\" to be of type string but got 2."
 				`);
 			});
@@ -1845,27 +1844,6 @@ describe("normalizeAndValidateConfig()", () => {
 				expect(diagnostics.hasErrors()).toBe(false);
 			});
 
-			it("should error if `directory` is an empty string", () => {
-				const expectedConfig = {
-					assets: {
-						directory: "",
-					},
-				};
-
-				const { config, diagnostics } = normalizeAndValidateConfig(
-					expectedConfig as unknown as RawConfig,
-					undefined,
-					{ env: undefined }
-				);
-
-				expect(config).toEqual(expect.objectContaining(expectedConfig));
-				expect(diagnostics.hasWarnings()).toBeFalsy();
-				expect(diagnostics.renderErrors()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-					"Processing wrangler configuration:
-					  - Expected \\"assets.directory\\" to be a non-empty string."
-				`);
-			});
-
 			it("should error on invalid additional fields", () => {
 				const expectedConfig = {
 					assets: {

packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts

@@ -4291,7 +4291,7 @@ addEventListener('fetch', event => {});`
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe("--assets", () => {
+	describe("assets", () => {
 		it("should use the directory specified in the CLI over wrangler.toml", async () => {
 			const cliAssets = [
 				{ filePath: "cliAsset.txt", content: "Content of file-1" },
@@ -4326,6 +4326,36 @@ addEventListener('fetch', event => {});`
 			});
 		});
 
+		it("should use the directory specified in the CLI and allow the directory to be missing in the configuration", async () => {
+			const cliAssets = [
+				{ filePath: "cliAsset.txt", content: "Content of file-1" },
+			];
+			writeAssets(cliAssets, "cli-assets");
+			writeWranglerConfig({
+				assets: {},
+			});
+			const bodies: AssetManifest[] = [];
+			await mockAUSRequest(bodies);
+			mockSubDomainRequest();
+			mockUploadWorkerRequest({
+				expectedAssets: {
+					jwt: "<<aus-completion-token>>",
+					config: {},
+				},
+				expectedType: "none",
+			});
+			await runWrangler("deploy --assets cli-assets");
+			expect(bodies.length).toBe(1);
+			expect(bodies[0]).toEqual({
+				manifest: {
+					"/cliAsset.txt": {
+						hash: "0de3dd5df907418e9730fd2bd747bd5e",
+						size: 17,
+					},
+				},
+			});
+		});
+
 		it("should error if config.site and config.assets are used together", async () => {
 			writeWranglerConfig({
 				main: "./index.js",
@@ -4367,6 +4397,28 @@ addEventListener('fetch', event => {});`
 			);
 		});
 
+		it("should error if the directory path specified by the assets config is undefined", async () => {
+			writeWranglerConfig({
+				assets: {},
+			});
+			await expect(
+				runWrangler("deploy")
+			).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+				`[Error: The \`assets\` property in your configuration is missing the required \`directory\` property.]`
+			);
+		});
+
+		it("should error if the directory path specified by the assets config is an empty string", async () => {
+			writeWranglerConfig({
+				assets: { directory: "" },
+			});
+			await expect(
+				runWrangler("deploy")
+			).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+				`[Error: \`The assets directory cannot be an empty string.]`
+			);
+		});
+
 		it("should error if directory specified by config assets does not exist", async () => {
 			writeWranglerConfig({
 				assets: { directory: "abc" },

packages/wrangler/src/api/integrations/platform/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { kCurrentWorker, Miniflare } from "miniflare";
-import { processAssetsArg } from "../../../assets";
+import { getAssetsOptions } from "../../../assets";
 import { readConfig } from "../../../config";
 import { DEFAULT_MODULE_RULES } from "../../../deployment-bundle/rules";
 import { getBindings } from "../../../dev";
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ export function unstable_getMiniflareWorkerOptions(
 		? getLegacyAssetPaths(config, undefined)
 		: getSiteAssetPaths(config);
 	const sitesOptions = buildSitesOptions({ legacyAssetPaths });
-	const processedAssetOptions = processAssetsArg({ assets: undefined }, config);
+	const processedAssetOptions = getAssetsOptions({ assets: undefined }, config);
 	const assetOptions = processedAssetOptions
 		? buildAssetOptions({ assets: processedAssetOptions })
 		: {};

packages/wrangler/src/api/startDevWorker/ConfigController.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 	getScriptName,
 	isLegacyEnv,
 } from "../..";
-import { processAssetsArg, validateAssetsArgsAndConfig } from "../../assets";
+import { getAssetsOptions, validateAssetsArgsAndConfig } from "../../assets";
 import { printBindings, readConfig } from "../../config";
 import { getEntry } from "../../deployment-bundle/entry";
 import {
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ async function resolveConfig(
 
 	const { bindings, unsafe } = await resolveBindings(config, input);
 
-	const assetsOptions = processAssetsArg(
+	const assetsOptions = getAssetsOptions(
 		{
 			assets: input?.assets,
 			script: input.entrypoint,

packages/wrangler/src/assets.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { dedent } from "./utils/dedent";
 import { createPatternMatcher } from "./utils/filesystem";
 import type { StartDevWorkerOptions } from "./api";
 import type { Config } from "./config";
-import type { Assets } from "./config/environment";
 import type { DeployArgs } from "./deploy";
 import type { StartDevOptions } from "./dev";
 import type { AssetConfig, RoutingConfig } from "@cloudflare/workers-shared";
@@ -310,12 +309,14 @@ function getAssetsBasePath(
 		: path.resolve(path.dirname(config.configPath ?? "wrangler.toml"));
 }
 
-export type AssetsOptions = Pick<Assets, "directory" | "binding"> & {
+export type AssetsOptions = {
+	directory: string;
+	binding?: string;
 	routingConfig: RoutingConfig;
 	assetConfig: AssetConfig;
 };
 
-export function processAssetsArg(
+export function getAssetsOptions(
 	args: { assets: string | undefined; script?: string },
 	config: Config
 ): AssetsOptions | undefined {
@@ -325,8 +326,20 @@ export function processAssetsArg(
 		return;
 	}
 
+	const { directory, binding } = assets;
+
+	if (directory === undefined) {
+		throw new UserError(
+			"The `assets` property in your configuration is missing the required `directory` property."
+		);
+	}
+
+	if (directory === "") {
+		throw new UserError("`The assets directory cannot be an empty string.");
+	}
+
 	const assetsBasePath = getAssetsBasePath(config, args.assets);
-	const resolvedAssetsPath = path.resolve(assetsBasePath, assets.directory);
+	const resolvedAssetsPath = path.resolve(assetsBasePath, directory);
 
 	if (!existsSync(resolvedAssetsPath)) {
 		const sourceOfTruthMessage = args.assets
@@ -339,7 +352,6 @@ export function processAssetsArg(
 		);
 	}
 
-	assets.directory = resolvedAssetsPath;
 	const routingConfig = {
 		has_user_worker: Boolean(args.script || config.main),
 	};
@@ -351,7 +363,8 @@ export function processAssetsArg(
 	};
 
 	return {
-		...assets,
+		directory: resolvedAssetsPath,
+		binding,
 		routingConfig,
 		assetConfig,
 	};

packages/wrangler/src/config/environment.ts

@@ -940,14 +940,21 @@ export interface UserLimits {
 
 export type Assets = {
 	/** Absolute path to assets directory */
-	directory: string;
+	directory?: string;
+	/** Name of `env` binding property in the User Worker. */
 	binding?: string;
+	/** How to handle HTML requests. */
 	html_handling?:
 		| "auto-trailing-slash"
 		| "force-trailing-slash"
 		| "drop-trailing-slash"
 		| "none";
+	/** How to handle requests that do not match an asset. */
 	not_found_handling?: "single-page-application" | "404-page" | "none";
+	/**
+	 * If true, then respond to requests that match an asset with that asset directly.
+	 * If false, route every request to the User Worker, whether or not it matches an asset.
+	 * */
 	experimental_serve_directly?: boolean;
 };
 

packages/wrangler/src/config/validation-helpers.ts

@@ -231,27 +231,6 @@ export const isString: ValidatorFn = (diagnostics, field, value) => {
 	return true;
 };
 
-/**
- * Validate that the field is a non-empty string.
- */
-export const isNonEmptyString: ValidatorFn = (
-	diagnostics,
-	field,
-	value,
-	topLevelEnv
-) => {
-	if (!isString(diagnostics, field, value, topLevelEnv)) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if ((value as string)?.trim() === "") {
-		diagnostics.errors.push(`Expected "${field}" to be a non-empty string.`);
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	return true;
-};
-
 /**
  * Validate that the `name` field is compliant with EWC constraints.
  */

packages/wrangler/src/config/validation.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
 	inheritableInLegacyEnvironments,
 	isBoolean,
 	isMutuallyExclusiveWith,
-	isNonEmptyString,
 	isObjectWith,
 	isOneOf,
 	isOptionalProperty,
@@ -2122,22 +2121,14 @@ const validateAssetsConfig: ValidatorFn = (diagnostics, field, value) => {
 	// ensure we validate all props before we show the validation errors
 	// this way users have all the necessary info to fix all errors in one go
 	isValid =
-		validateRequiredProperty(
+		validateOptionalProperty(
 			diagnostics,
 			field,
 			"directory",
 			(value as Assets).directory,
 			"string"
 		) && isValid;
 
-	isValid =
-		isNonEmptyString(
-			diagnostics,
-			`${field}.directory`,
-			(value as Assets).directory,
-			undefined
-		) && isValid;
-
 	isValid =
 		validateOptionalProperty(
 			diagnostics,

packages/wrangler/src/deploy/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import assert from "node:assert";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { processAssetsArg, validateAssetsArgsAndConfig } from "../assets";
+import { getAssetsOptions, validateAssetsArgsAndConfig } from "../assets";
 import { configFileName, findWranglerConfig, readConfig } from "../config";
 import { getEntry } from "../deployment-bundle/entry";
 import { UserError } from "../errors";
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ async function deployWorker(args: DeployArgs) {
 
 	validateAssetsArgsAndConfig(args, config);
 
-	const assetsOptions = processAssetsArg(args, config);
+	const assetsOptions = getAssetsOptions(args, config);
 
 	if (args.latest) {
 		logger.warn(

packages/wrangler/src/triggers/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { processAssetsArg } from "../assets";
+import { getAssetsOptions } from "../assets";
 import { readConfig } from "../config";
 import { getScriptName, isLegacyEnv, printWranglerBanner } from "../index";
 import * as metrics from "../metrics";
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function triggersDeployHandler(
 	await printWranglerBanner();
 
 	const config = readConfig(undefined, args);
-	const assetsOptions = processAssetsArg({ assets: undefined }, config);
+	const assetsOptions = getAssetsOptions({ assets: undefined }, config);
 	await metrics.sendMetricsEvent(
 		"deploy worker triggers",
 		{},

packages/wrangler/src/versions/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import assert from "node:assert";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { processAssetsArg, validateAssetsArgsAndConfig } from "../assets";
+import { getAssetsOptions, validateAssetsArgsAndConfig } from "../assets";
 import { configFileName, findWranglerConfig, readConfig } from "../config";
 import { getEntry } from "../deployment-bundle/entry";
 import { UserError } from "../errors";
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ async function versionsUploadHandler(
 		config
 	);
 
-	const assetsOptions = processAssetsArg(args, config);
+	const assetsOptions = getAssetsOptions(args, config);
 
 	if (args.latest) {
 		logger.warn(