cables-cli

Command line tool to export and download cables patches from the command line

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Installation

Run npm install -g @cables/cables.
Create an API key on cables.gl/settings —> navigate to API key —> press Generate. When you first start the tool it will show a prompt for the API key. Once entered your API key will be stored in ~/.cablesrc.

Run

Export

To export and download a cables patch into a specific directory run:

cables --export [CABLES PATCH ID] -d [DESTINATION]

You can find the patch ID by opening your patch in the cables editor – the last part of the URL is the patch ID, e.g.:

https://cables.gl/edit/pQpie9
—> pQpie9 is the patch ID

Example:

cables --export pQpie9 -d "my-patch"

Please note: Running the command will overwrite everything in the my-patch-folder.

Arguments

• -e / --export [PATCH ID]: Export patch, to use on a webserver
• -C / --code [PATCH ID],[PATCH ID],[PATCH ID]: Export ops code for patch(es)
• -p / --patch [PATCH ID]: Export patch, to use in cables standalone
• -d / --destination [DESTINATION]: Folder to download the patch to, can either be absolute or relative
• -g / --minify-glsl : Minifies shader-code in .frag and .att attachments
• -i / --no-index : Removes the index.html file when set
• -x / --no-extract : do not extract the downloaded zip file
• -j / --json-filename [JSON FILENAME] : Define the filename of the patch json file
• -c / --combine-js : combine javascript and json into a single patch.js
• -a / --assets <auto|all|none>: export assets of patch, defaults to "auto"
• -b / --skip-backups: do not include backup files in patch export
• -f / --no-subdirs: put js and assets into same directory as index.html ("flat export")
• -m / --no-minify: do not minify code
• -M / --sourcemaps: if code is minified, add sourcemaps to the export
• -D / --dev: export from dev server
• --api-key: define apikey on the command line, overriding anything that might be in ~/.cablesrc

Use as a module

Install as dependency:

npm install --save @cables/cables

Export:

const cables = require('@cables/cables');
cables.export(options, onFinished, onError);

Simple Export Example:

const cables = require('@cables/cables');

cables.export({
  patchId: "pQpie9",
  destination: "patch" 
}, onFinished, onError);

function onFinished() {
  console.log("Export finished!");
}

function onError(err) {
  console.log("There was an error exporting your patch :/");
}

Advanced Export Example:

const cables = require('@cables/cables');

cables.export({
  patchId: "pQpie9",
  destination: "patch",
  noIndex: true,
  jsonFilename: "my-patch" /* patch will be stored as my-patch.json */
}, onFinished, onError);

function onFinished(filename) {
  console.log("Export finished: "+filename);
}

function onError(err) {
  console.log("There was an error exporting your patch :/");
}

Export Code (-C) Example:

If you just need the op-code of one or more patches you created, you can use the -C option and provide a comma-seperated list of patch-ids to download ops.js with all code included.

This is helpful, when you want to add multiple patches to one page. Download the patches individually (do NOT use --combine-js), load libs and cables.min.js as provided in the individual index.html and swap out ops.js with this download.

cables -C -d "public" pQpie9

var cables = require("@cables/cables");

cables.code({
  code: "one,two,thee",
  destination: "patch" 
}, onFinished, onError);

function onFinished() {
  console.log("Export finished!");
}

function onError(err) {
  console.log("There was an error exporting your patch :/");
}

Use in package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
      "patchup": "cables -c -i -d 'public' -e pQpie9",
      "code": "cables -C -d 'public' pQpie9"
  }
}

The project contains an example-package.json with patchup and deploy as predefined scripts.

Further Infos

For more infos on the cables API see cables API docs.