Backand CLI

A CLI Tool for Backand.

Install

$ npm install -g backand

Usage

Notice: Run backand help to see available commands

Pick the appropriate section below for the command you need.

Note that you should use these commands from a folder in which your user has write access. The SDK creates some maintenance and intermediary files and folders as it works, which can be problematic if the user does not have sufficient permission.

Register / Login to Backand

To create an account with Backand, run the following command:

$ backand signup

You will be prompted for your new account details, but you can also provide them as arguments to the signup call. You can pull the list from the tool's "help" function.

Once you have a user, you can sign in using:

$ backand signin

You will be prompted for your account email, password, and app name to authenticate with.

After successful login, your access token will be stored in a file locally, and you'll be able to make use of the more powerful CLI commands.

Managing Actions and Functions

You can use the CLI to manage all of the Server-Side Node.JS functions and actions in your application. To manage actions, use the following set of commands:

Action commands

• Creates a new action

$ backand action init

• Debugs an action locally (from within the action folder)

$ npm debug.js

• Deploys an action

$ backand action deploy

Function commands

• Creates a new function

$ backand function create

• Deploys a function

$ backand function deploy

• Deletes a function

$ backand function delete

• Runs a function

$ backand function run

Using Backand CLI Commands in Shell Script

All commands can be run non-interactively in a shell script by supplying their parameters on the command line. Here is an example script that fetches a list of objects, creates an action, creates a function, then syncs with the server:

$ backand get --master <masterapptoken> --user <userapptoken> --app <appName> --object <objectName>
$ backand action init --object <object> --action <actionname>    
$ backand function init --name <functionName>
$ backand sync

Deploying an AngularJS 2 Project with the CLI

In order to use Backand hosting, you need to set the base href of the project when building your app. Do this as follows:

ng build --base-href /appName/

Simply replace "appName" with the name of your app in Backand, and you are ready to go!

Updating backand

Checking for updates on each command slows down cli apps a lot. Hence, backand won't check for updates automatically. You can easily install updates at your leisure using NPM:

$ npm update -g backand

You can also simply re-install the tool:

$ npm install -g backand

Testing

To run the CLI's suite of unit tests, clone the repo and run the following commands:

$ cd backand-cli
$ npm install
$ npm test

Learn More

You can find more info on the Backand CLI in our documentation

License

MIT Licensed

Copyright (c) 2015, Backand

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