Template (TP) CLI
A stupid simple way to generate and share template files locally and with your team.
Think in this CLI like @angular/schematics
but way more simpler to configure and use.
If you work on a project that needs to generate a lot of boilerplate code, like when you work with NestJS
APIs,
instead use nest g controller cat
and modify the contents to add authentication and other boilerplate code, just create a template for that project
and customize it to your needs, then you can just generate with tp g controller cat
.
Usage
First, install the CLI with:
npm i -g @h4ad/tp-cli
Then, start your first template with:
tp start my-template
This will create a simple template configuration, to be able to use, first let's make this template accessible via the CLI in this folder by running:
tp local my-template
This will create a file called .tp.yml
in your repository, you can commit this file so you can share this template with others.
So, let's see the resources available in this template:
tp ls
You will see a command called setup
, to use it, just run:
tp g setup cats
In this point, tp
will look at your template's configuration looking for how to generate the setup
, then it will generate the resource and change all wildcards to the name you passed, which is cats
.
Now, you will see some files in your current folder:
cats.api.js
index.js
README.md
That's it!
Creating Templates
The template file configuration looks like this:
description: "My simple template"
generate:
setup:
description: "Initialize the API with some files"
structure:
src/index.js:
content: |-
console.log('Potato');
README.md:
content: |-
# Hello world
controller:
description: "Create a controller file"
structure:
src/$PARAM_SINGULAR_NAME$.controller.js:
content: |-
// put the code you want
To customize the previously created template, you can run:
tp open my-template
Then, edit the tp.yml
with the boilerplate that you need and just save the file.
By saving the file, you already can use the resources that you have added in any project you want.
Don't forget to run tp local my-template
after making changes if you haven't published your template somewhere.
Wildcards
With wildcards you can customize the way you output your files, if you need the name to be pascal case you can use wildcards.
Terrible name by the way but I couldn't think of anything better.
Well, let's imagine that we generate two resources with the names cats
and cat-owners
, then we will have:
$NAME$
: cats
and cat owners
$PASCAL_SINGULAR_NAME$
: Cat
and CatOwner
$PARAM_SINGULAR_NAME$
: cat
and cat-owner
$CAMEL_SINGULAR_NAME$
: cat
and catOwner
$CAPITAL_SINGULAR_NAME$
: Cat
and Cat Owner
$CONSTANT_SINGULAR_NAME$
: CAT
and CAT_OWNER
$HEADER_SINGULAR_NAME$
: Cat
and Cat-Owner
$DOT_SINGULAR_NAME$
: cat
and cat.owner
$PATH_SINGULAR_NAME$
: cat
and cat/owner
$SNAKE_SINGULAR_NAME$
: cat
and cat_owner
$PASCAL_PLURAL_NAME$
: Cats
and Cat Owners
$PARAM_PLURAL_NAME$
: cats
and cat-owners
$CAMEL_PLURAL_NAME$
: cats
and catOwners
$CAPITAL_PLURAL_NAME$
: Cats
and Cats Owners
$CONSTANT_PLURAL_NAME$
: CATS
and CATS_OWNERS
$HEADER_PLURAL_NAME$
: Cats
and Cats-Owners
$DOT_PLURAL_NAME$
: cats
and cats.owners
$PATH_PLURAL_NAME$
: cats
and cats/owners
$SNAKE_PLURAL_NAME$
: cats
and cats_owners
$PASCAL_NAME$
: Cats
and CatOwners
$PARAM_NAME$
: cats
and cat owners
$CAMEL_NAME$
: cats
and catOwners
$CAPITAL_NAME$
: Cat
and Cat Owners
$CONSTANT_NAME$
: CAT
and CAT_OWNERS
$HEADER_NAME$
: Cat
and Cat-Owners
$DOT_NAME$
: Cat
and Cat-Owners
$PATH_NAME$
: cat
and cat/owners
$SNAKE_NAME$
: cat
and cat_owners
You can use those wildcards in filename
and within content
, so with those wildcards, I think it will cover almost all your cases.
Examples
Below, some examples files that you can use to get inspiration to create your own templates:
Saving Local and Restoring Templates
In order to be able to share the templates with your team, I create two commands:
tp local <template>
: To save <template>
inside the current folder, I'll create a file called .tp.yml
.tp restore
: Read .tp.yml
to learn to bootstrap the templates.
If you created the template using tp create
and didn't host it anywhere, when you call tp local <template>
it will copy the entire template to .tp.yml
.
When you set installUrl
inside the template, it will just copy installUrl
to .tp.yml
so that you can update that template without having to modify .tp.yml
.
Also, you can force copy the entire template by passing a flag like tp local <template> --full
, I personally like this option because almost all the templates will be just for that project, you won't share it with more projects.
Then, after saving locally, commit that change and push, on another machine, you can clone those changes and run tp restore
to install those templates on that machine.
Installing Templates
You can install templates from anywhere, you just need a link to a valid yaml
file with the correct syntax (see here).
To test it out, you can run the install
command with a file hosted inside Github Gist:
tp install from-internet https://gist.githubusercontent.com/H4ad/bc6e6f2af449942b8cd1b8220aa4adb9/raw/82afb3493454f18f5aa2a0abd408307c4a7b4c6c/tp.yml
The first argument will be the template name and the second is the template URL.
For this first release I only support installing from simple URLs, but I have plans to support repositories as well.
Generating Resources
Each template will export some resources, you can use the name of that resource so you can create some boilerplate code.
To know what resources you can create, based on the installed templates you have, you can run:
tp ls
If you want to know which resources for a specific model, you can use pass the name like:
tp ls my-model
Or, if you want to limit the visualization to just listing the resources you can generate locally, you can run:
tp ls -l
Knowing which feature you want to create, first, make sure the template is installed locally using:
tp local my-template
tp
only looks for templates that are installed locally when generating new resources, this ensures that your colleague doesn't create things inside the project and doesn't share it with other people.
So, you can just run:
tp generate <resource> <name>
Every resource needs to pass a name, even if the resource doesn't actually use it (which I think is unlikely but could happen).
Removing Templates
If you don't use anymore some template, you can remove it with:
tp rm my-template
Take care when running this command, this is an IRREVERSIBLE action.
Reference
tp autocomplete [SHELL]
display autocomplete installation instructions
USAGE
$ tp autocomplete [SHELL] [-r]
ARGUMENTS
SHELL shell type
FLAGS
-r, --refresh-cache Refresh cache (ignores displaying instructions)
DESCRIPTION
display autocomplete installation instructions
EXAMPLES
$ tp autocomplete
$ tp autocomplete bash
$ tp autocomplete zsh
$ tp autocomplete --refresh-cache
See code: @oclif/plugin-autocomplete
tp g RESOURCE NAME
Generate some resource from templates.
USAGE
$ tp g RESOURCE NAME [--json] [--force] [--template <value>] [--path <value>]
ARGUMENTS
RESOURCE Specify the resource that will be generated.
NAME Specify the name of this new resource.
FLAGS
--force If the files already generated, override the content.
--path=<value> Specify the base path that will be used during creation.
--template=<value> Specify the template we will look for to generate the feature.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Generate some resource from templates.
ALIASES
$ tp g
EXAMPLES
$ tp generate <resource> <name>
$ tp g <resource> <name>
$ tp g <resource> <name> --template <my-template>
tp generate RESOURCE NAME
Generate some resource from templates.
USAGE
$ tp generate RESOURCE NAME [--json] [--force] [--template <value>] [--path <value>]
ARGUMENTS
RESOURCE Specify the resource that will be generated.
NAME Specify the name of this new resource.
FLAGS
--force If the files already generated, override the content.
--path=<value> Specify the base path that will be used during creation.
--template=<value> Specify the template we will look for to generate the feature.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Generate some resource from templates.
ALIASES
$ tp g
EXAMPLES
$ tp generate <resource> <name>
$ tp g <resource> <name>
$ tp g <resource> <name> --template <my-template>
See code: dist/commands/generate/index.ts
tp help [COMMANDS]
Display help for tp.
USAGE
$ tp help [COMMANDS] [-n]
ARGUMENTS
COMMANDS Command to show help for.
FLAGS
-n, --nested-commands Include all nested commands in the output.
DESCRIPTION
Display help for tp.
See code: @oclif/plugin-help
tp install NAME URL
Install a tp template from an URL.
USAGE
$ tp install NAME URL [--json] [--force]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the template name that will be installed.
URL Specify the URL where the template are hosted.
FLAGS
--force If the template already installed, override the current installation.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Install a tp template from an URL.
EXAMPLES
$ tp install <name> <url>
See code: dist/commands/install/index.ts
tp l NAME
Save the template reference inside ".tp.yml" so you can restore it later to use the same template on other machines.
USAGE
$ tp l NAME [--json] [--full]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the template name that will be saved locally.
FLAGS
--full Instead use "installUrl", save the entire template locally.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Save the template reference inside ".tp.yml" so you can restore it later to use the same template on other machines.
ALIASES
$ tp l
EXAMPLES
$ tp l test
$ tp local test
tp list [NAME]
List installed templates
USAGE
$ tp list [NAME] [--json] [--columns <value> | -x] [--sort <value>] [--filter <value>] [--output
csv|json|yaml | | [--csv | --no-truncate]] [--no-header | ] [--locally]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the model name to list what this template can generate.
FLAGS
-x, --extended show extra columns
--columns=<value> only show provided columns (comma-separated)
--csv output is csv format [alias: --output=csv]
--filter=<value> filter property by partial string matching, ex: name=foo
--locally Just list the templates that are installed locally.
--no-header hide table header from output
--no-truncate do not truncate output to fit screen
--output=<option> output in a more machine friendly format
<options: csv|json|yaml>
--sort=<value> property to sort by (prepend '-' for descending)
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
List installed templates
ALIASES
$ tp ls
EXAMPLES
$ tp ls
$ tp list
$ tp ls my-api
$ tp list my-api
See code: dist/commands/list/index.ts
tp local NAME
Save the template reference inside ".tp.yml" so you can restore it later to use the same template on other machines.
USAGE
$ tp local NAME [--json] [--full]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the template name that will be saved locally.
FLAGS
--full Instead use "installUrl", save the entire template locally.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Save the template reference inside ".tp.yml" so you can restore it later to use the same template on other machines.
ALIASES
$ tp l
EXAMPLES
$ tp l test
$ tp local test
See code: dist/commands/local/index.ts
tp ls [NAME]
List installed templates
USAGE
$ tp ls [NAME] [--json] [--columns <value> | -x] [--sort <value>] [--filter <value>] [--output
csv|json|yaml | | [--csv | --no-truncate]] [--no-header | ] [--locally]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the model name to list what this template can generate.
FLAGS
-x, --extended show extra columns
--columns=<value> only show provided columns (comma-separated)
--csv output is csv format [alias: --output=csv]
--filter=<value> filter property by partial string matching, ex: name=foo
--locally Just list the templates that are installed locally.
--no-header hide table header from output
--no-truncate do not truncate output to fit screen
--output=<option> output in a more machine friendly format
<options: csv|json|yaml>
--sort=<value> property to sort by (prepend '-' for descending)
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
List installed templates
ALIASES
$ tp ls
EXAMPLES
$ tp ls
$ tp list
$ tp ls my-api
$ tp list my-api
tp open [NAME]
Open the folder where templates are saved.
USAGE
$ tp open [NAME] [--json]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the template name that will be opened.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Open the folder where templates are saved.
EXAMPLES
$ tp open test
See code: dist/commands/open/index.ts
tp remove [NAME]
Remove an installed template.
USAGE
$ tp remove [NAME] [--json]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the template name that will be removed.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Remove an installed template.
ALIASES
$ tp rm
EXAMPLES
$ tp remove <name>
See code: dist/commands/remove/index.ts
tp restore [NAME]
Restore saved templates from ".tp.yml"
USAGE
$ tp restore [NAME] [--json] [--force]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the template name that will be restored.
FLAGS
--force If the template already installed, override the current installation.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Restore saved templates from ".tp.yml"
EXAMPLES
$ tp restore
See code: dist/commands/restore/index.ts
tp rm [NAME]
Remove an installed template.
USAGE
$ tp rm [NAME] [--json]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Specify the template name that will be removed.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Remove an installed template.
ALIASES
$ tp rm
EXAMPLES
$ tp remove <name>
tp start NAME
Start a new template.
USAGE
$ tp start NAME [--json] [--force]
ARGUMENTS
NAME Name of the template
FLAGS
--force If the template already exist, it removes and start a new one.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--json Format output as json.
DESCRIPTION
Start a new template.
EXAMPLES
$ tp start my-api
See code: dist/commands/start/index.ts