APM CLI TOOL

The apm-tool is a command line interface for ao package manager to:

• Initialise new package boilerplate
• Register a new vendor name
• Register/Update packages
• Download a package locally

Installation

npm i -g apm-tool

Usage

apm <command> [arguments]
# or
npx apm-tool <command> [arguments]

Commands

• init - Create a new package boilerplate
• register-vendor - Register a new vendor name or package
• publish - Publish a new package
• update - Update an existing package
• download - Download a package locally
• bundle - Bundle a package (creates a dist folder that can be uploaded to apm web)

Interactive Menu

apm
# or
npx apm-tool

This will display an interactive menu with all the different commands that can be used.

init

apm init

Similar to npm init this will create a new package boilerplate. It will ask for the following information:

• Vendor name
• Package name
• version
• description
• keywords
• license
• repository

An apm.json file will be created containing all the details of the package to be published

register-vendor

apm register-vendor

Registers a new vendor name for packages to be published in.

publish

apm publish

Reads the apm.json file for package details and publishes the package to the apm registry.

download

apm download <@vendor/package@version>

this will download the package locally in the apm_modules directory.

bundle

apm bundle

this will bundle your soruce code and create a dist folder that can be uploaded to apm web.