docvy-plugin-installer

Installs plugins for the Docvy Application

installation:

⇒ npm install docvy-plugin-installer

usage:

This component may be used programmatically, as in the docvy application, or from the terminal as a stand-alone application.

terminal usage:

Help information for terminal usage:

 
⇒ docvy-plugins help
 docvy-plugins: The Docvy Plugin Installer
 
     dir-install <dirpath>    install plugin from <dirpath>
     help                     show this help information
     install <plugin>         install <plugin>
     list                     list installed plugins
     npm-install <plugin>     install <plugin> from NPM
     uninstall <plugin>       uninstall <plugin>
     version                  show version information
 
 See https://github.com/docvy/plugin-installer for feature-requests and bug-reports
 

API:

var installer = require("docvy-installer");

installer.install(names [, callback])

The installer defaults to installing from NPM. See installer.npmInstall for more information.

installer.npmInstall(names [, callback])

Installs new plugins from NPM. Plugin MUST be available through npm.

• names (Array[String]): array of names of the plugins to install
• callback (Function):
  • signature: callback(err)

installer.dirInstall(dirpath [, callback])

Installs plugin from directory at dirpath.

• dirpath (String): path to the directory holding the plugins content
• callback (Function):
  • signature: callback(err)

installer.uninstall(names [, callback])

Uninstalls a plugins from the Plugins directory.

• names (Array[String]): array of names of plugins to uninstall
• callback (Function):
  • signature: callback(err)
  • On success, err will be null
  • On error, err will be an Error object

installer.listPlugins([callback])

Lists all the installed plugins

• callback (Function):
  • signature: callback(err, pluginsInfo)
  • On success, err will be null and pluginsInfo will be an array of plugins descriptors
  • On error, err will be an Error object and pluginsInfo be null

plugin descriptor

Describes a plugin.

Example [Schema Reference]:

{
  "name": "dp-markdown",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "GochoMugo",
    "email": "[e-mail]"
  },
  "icon": "icon128.png",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/docvy/dp-markdown"
}

license:

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Forfuture LLC [e-mail]
Copyright (c) 2015 GochoMugo [e-mail]