Horsepower Command Line Tool

• Installation
• Project Management
  • New Project
  • List Commands
• Package Management
  • Add Package
  • Remove Package
  • List Packages
• Making Components
  • Make Controller
  • Make Middleware
• Server Management
  • Start Server
  • Stop Server
  • Server Logging
  • Server List

Installation

To install the command line tool run an npm install

npm install -g @horsepower/cli

Once installed you can create projects and project files.

New Project

New projects are created by going to the directory that you want to create a new project within. The command will then create a new directory and install everything into that directory.

horsepower new <project-name>

The following steps are taken:

1. git clone the bare bones project from github
2. Install the node dependencies
3. Start a test server
4. Opens http://localhost:5000 within a browser to make sure everything works

List Commands

This allows for seeing all of the commands that are usable at the current path. This includes builtin commands and commands that are listed in a projects app/commands directory.

horsepower list

Add Package

Adds a supported @horsepower package to the current project.

horsepower add <package-name>

The following steps are taken:

1. Check the registry to make sure the package is a horsepower package (@horsepower/<package-name>)
2. If the package exists, install it npm i -s @horsepower/<package-name>

Remove Package

Removes a supported @horsepower package from the current project.

horsepower remove <package-name>

The following steps are taken:

1. Check the registry to make sure the package is a horsepower package (@horsepower/<package-name>)
2. If the package exists, remove it npm rm -s @horsepower/<package-name>

List Packages

Displays a list of packages that can be installed via package:add.

horsepower package:list

Make Controller

Make controller can create 3 different types of controllers:

• A basic controller (default)
• An API controller
• A Resource controller

Creates a basic controller containing only a main endpoint. This is the default action.

horsepower make:controller <controller-name>

Creates an API controller containing only API endpoints

horsepower make:controller <controller-name> --api

Creates a Resource controller containing all resource endpoints

horsepower make:controller <controller-name> --resource

Make Middleware

Make Middleware will make middleware that can then be hooked into within your routes.

horsepower make:middleware <middleware-name>

Start Server

Starts an instance of a horsepower server application. This command will not hang the terminal and will start the server in the background. A pid will be written to the horsepower.json file in order to stop the service upon server:stop.

The server will watch for file changes in: app, config and routes. When a file changes the server will restart with the new changes.

Note: Calling server:start repeatedly on the same project will shutdown the current running server if one started successfully and start a new one thus removing the need for a server:restart command.

Note: If the server fails to start a new attempt will be taken to start the server. If the restart fails five times a restart attempt will not be taken a sixth time.

# Starts the server in the current directory
horsepower server:start

# Start the server in the specified directory
horsepower server:start /path/to/server/root

Stop Server

Stops an instance of a horsepower server application. When the server is stopped, the pid will be removed from the horsepower.json file.

# Stops the server in the current directory
horsepower server:stop

# Stops the server in the specified directory
horsepower server:stop /path/to/server/root

Server Logging

Displays the tail of the server log file at storage/framework/logs/server.log. This file will be created upon server:start, and truncated upon server:stop.

Note: Logging will not be logged to this file when in production mode.

# Shows the server log in the current directory
horsepower server:log

# Shows the server log in the specified directory
horsepower server:log /path/to/server/root

Server List

Displays all the servers that are currently running.

horsepower server:list