ownCloud developer tools

This is a Python 3 library. Every pip and python command in the following code samples should be, if needed, replaced by the appropriate command on your system (e.g. python3, pip3)

Developer Info:

To test your changes locally without globally installing the tool on your machine run:

python3 -m ocdev COMMAND

inside the cloned folder.

The -m option tells python to run the ocdev/__main__.py file. This is needed to have working imports in both installed and local versions.

Note

If the library is also installed the installed version imports will be used and local changes will be ignored. Make sure to uninstall the global version first before running the local version!

Installation

If Python 3 and pip are not yet installed on the system, install it from your package manager, e.g.:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip

Verify the Python version using:

python --version

If it outputs Python 3.2 or lower (e.g. on Ubuntu 12.04) you will need to install jinja from your package manager first, e.g.:

sudo apt-get install python3-jinja2

Then install the tool:

sudo pip-3.2 install ocdev

For the setup command, git has to be installed.

Updating

To update the library run:

sudo pip-3.2 install --upgrade ocdev

Setting up a development environment

To set up your development environment run:

ocdev setup core

or:

ocdev setup base

If you use base the following additional apps will be installed:

• activity
• bookmarks
• calendar
• chat
• contacts
• documents
• gallery
• music
• notes
• news

If at least core is set up, you can use:

ocdev setup <repositoryname>

to clone a repository from ownCloud organization. To see all available repositories, click [here](https://github.com/owncloud).

The following optional commandline options are available:

• --dir: sets the name of the owncloud directory, defaults to core/
• --branch: sets the branch which should be cloned, defaults to master
• --type: sets the type that should be cloned, ssh or https. Defaults to https since you need access to the repository to use ssh

For a more verbose output run:

ocdev setup -h

Creating apps

To create an app in the current directory:

ocdev startapp --author "Bernhard Posselt" --mail dev@bernhard-posselt.com MyApp

The following optional commandline options are available:

• --version: defaults to 0.0.1
• --description: sets the app description in the appinfo/info.xml
• --homepage: sets the author's homepage in the AUTHORS.md file
• --license: agpl or mit, defaults to agpl
• --owncloud: the minimum ownCloud version, defaults to the currently active version
• --output: The directory where the generated files should be written to. Defaults to the current directory

For a more verbose output run:

ocdev startapp -h

Setting up a test instance for continuous integration

To set up a test instance for continuous integration (e.g. on Travis-CI) run:

ocdev setup core
cd core
ocdev ci mysql

The following databases can be chosen:

• mysql
• sqlite
• postgresql

The script requires php to be available from commandline.

Interfacing with the app generator

To use the app generator in your python app use:

Setting up development environment

from ocdev.plugins.setup.setup import SetUp, Arguments

arguments = Arguments(level='base',          # defaults to 'core'
                      branch='stable6',      # defaults to 'master'
                      type='ssh',            # defaults to 'https'
                      directory='owncloud'   # defaults to 'core'
            )

write_directory = '/srv/http/owncloud/apps/'

app = SetUp()
app.run(arguments, write_directory)

Creating apps

from ocdev.plugins.startapp.startapp import StartApp, Author, Arguments

author = Author(name='Bernhard Posselt', email='dev@bernhard-posselt.com',
                homepage='http://bernhard-posselt.com')

arguments = Arguments(name='MyApp',
                      description='My App Yeah!',    # defaults to ''
                      license='mit',                 # defaults to 'agpl'
                      owncloud='6.0.3',              # defaults to '6.0.3'
                      version='0.0.1',               # defaults to '0.0.1'
                      authors=[author],              # defaults to []
            )

write_directory = '/srv/http/owncloud/apps/'

app = StartApp()
app.run(arguments, write_directory)

Setting up a test instance for continuous integration

from ocdev.plugins.ci.ci import ContinousIntegration, Arguments

arguments = Arguments(db='sqlite')  # 'mysql', 'postgresql', 'sqlite'


write_directory = '/srv/http/owncloud/apps/'

app = ContinousIntegration()
app.run(arguments, write_directory)