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OpenFin-Launcher is an Node.js module that automates the downloading and launching of The OpenFin Runtime. This module asumes you have an application config file. You can read up on application config options on the OpenFin config file API docs, or generate it automatically with the openfin-config-builder.
$ npm install --save openfin-launcher
var openfinLauncher = require('openfin-launcher');
openfinLauncher.launchOpenFin({
//Launch a hosted application
configPath: 'http://localhost:5000/app.json'
//Or a file path
//configPath: 'C:/helloWorld/app.json'
})
.then(function() {
console.log('success!');
})
.fail(function(error) {
console.log('error!', error);
});
//you can also specify the location of the OpenFin Runtime rvm and the download url
openfinLauncher.launchOpenFin({
configPath: 'http://localhost:5000/app.json',
rvmPath: 'C:/helloWorld/OpenFinRMV.exe',
rvmUrl: 'https://developer.openfin.co/release/rvm/latest'
})
.then(function() {
console.log('success!');
})
.fail(function(error) {
console.log('error!', error);
});
##Options
####configPath
Type: String
Default Value: ''
OpenFin Application Configuration file path as described in the OpenFin config file API docs.
Examples:
'http://localhost:3000/app.json'
'C:/helloWorld/app.json'
'/home/userx/app.json'
####rvmPath
Type: String
Default Value: path.resolve('OpenFinRVM.exe');
OpenFin RVM location, if not found at the specified path the latest version will be downloaded.
###rvmUrl
Type: String
Default Value: https://developer.openfin.co/release/rvm/latest
Location to the OpenFin RVM downoad URL, if the OpenFin RVM is not found this URL will be used to download the binary.
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OpenFin launcher
The npm package openfin-launcher receives a total of 8 weekly downloads. As such, openfin-launcher popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that openfin-launcher demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 14 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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