Node.js CLI

The next generation Command-Line-Interface for SPHERE.IO.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Usage
• Credentials
• Docker
  • Examples
• Commands
  • sphere-import
• Contributing

Features

• import of stock, product, price, category, discount
• Docker support
• Custom plugin

Requirements

Make sure you have installed all of the following prerequisites on your development machine:

• Git - Download & Install Git. MacOS and Linux machines typically have this already installed.
• Node.js - Download & Install Node.js and the npm package manager. Make sure to get the latest active LTS version. You could also use a Node.js version manager such as n or nvm.

If you were using the old ruby CLI make sure to uninstall it first.

Usage

$ npm install -g sphere-node-cli

# show general help
$ sphere -h

# show help for a command (e.g.: import)
$ sphere help <cmd>

The CLI is still under development but already provides a bunch of commands.
The idea behind it is to operate as a proxy for the different libraries that are used underneath. For example the import command will stream chunks from a given JSON file and pass them to the related library that will handled the rest.

Credentials

The CLI has a lookup mechanism to load SPHERE.IO project credentials.
If you specify a -p, --project option, the CLI will try to load the credentials for that project from the following locations:

./.sphere-project-credentials
./.sphere-project-credentials.json
~/.sphere-project-credentials
~/.sphere-project-credentials.json
/etc/sphere-project-credentials
/etc/sphere-project-credentials.json

There are 2 supported formats: csv and json.

• csv: project_key:client_id:client_secret
• json: { "project_key": { "client_id": "", "client_secret": "" } }

If no -p, --project option is provided, the CLI tries to read the credentials from ENV variables:

export SPHERE_PROJECT_KEY=""
export SPHERE_CLIENT_ID=""
export SPHERE_CLIENT_SECRET=""

Docker

You need to have a working docker client! The Docker Toolbox is an installer to quickly and easily install and setup a Docker environment on your computer. Available for both Windows and Mac, the Toolbox installs Docker Client, Machine, Compose, Kitematic and VirtualBox.

Examples

Show help

docker run \
sphereio/sphere-node-cli -h

Import a product (host folder /sample_dir/ mounted as docker volume)

docker run \
-e SPHERE_PROJECT_KEY=<KEY>
-e SPHERE_CLIENT_ID=<ID>
-e SPHERE_CLIENT_SECRET=<SECRET>
-v /sample_dir/:/sample_dir/ \
sphereio/sphere-node-cli
import -p my-project-key -t product -f /sample_dir/products.json'

You can also set an alias for repeated calls:

alias sphere='docker run \
-v /etc/sphere-project-credentials.json:/etc/sphere-project-credentials.json \
sphereio/sphere-node-cli'

Commands

The CLI has git-like sub-commands which can be invoked as sphere <cmd>.

Current available commands:

• import (stock, product, price, category, discount)

Commands expects at least a -t, --type option which may vary for each command.

sphere-import

Imports a resource type by streaming the input JSON file.

$ sphere import -p my-project-key -t product \
  -f sample_dir/products.json \
  -c '{"errorDir": "./productErrors"}'

The input must be a valid JSON following a specific schema (import-type-key is the plural form of the type option, e.g.: products, stocks, etc.).

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
  "title": "SPHERE.IO CLI import schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "<import-type-key>": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "https://github.com/sphereio/sphere-json-schemas/tree/master/schema"
      }
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": ["<import-type-key>"]
}

If you don't provide a file to read from, the CLI listens from stdin so you can i.e. pipe in something.

Each import type might have / expect some extra specific configuration. In that case you have to refer to the related documentation.

• Product import
• Product Type import
• Price import
• Category import
• Product Discount import
• Customer import
• Stock import TBD

Contributing

See Contribution guidelines