block-template-html
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Block Protocol block template for an html-based block
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Block Protocol template: HTML
Step one: copy this template
See https://blockprotocol.org/docs/blocks/develop
TL;DR: Run npx create-block-app@latest [your-block-name] --template=html
Other templates are available. See npx create-block-app@latest --help
Step two: decide on and build the entity type for your block
A key part of the Block Protocol is the use of types to describe the data your block will work with.
Your block should be associated with an “entity type” which will be used by embedding applications to understand what sorts of entities can be sent to it (e.g. what properties do they have?).
You can create an entity type on blockprotocol.org — see the docs for a full guide.
Once you have created the type representing the data your block needs, copy its URL for use in the next step.
Step three: update your block's metadata
Change into the folder:
cd path/to/your-block-name
Update the contents of
block-metadata.json
:
- set
schema
to the URL of the entity type you created in the previous step - optionally update additional fields which will be used to identify and describe the block when published:
displayName
: a friendly display nameexamples
: an array of example data structures your block would accept and useimage
: a preview image showing your block in action (in place ofpublic/block-preview.png
)icon
: an icon to be associated with your block (in place ofpublic/omega.svg
)name
: a slugified name for your block (which may differ to the packagename
in package.json)- this may either be in the format
slug
or@namespace/slug
wherenamespace
is your blockprotocol.org username
- this may either be in the format
Step four: implement your block's logic and UI
Write your block starting in
app.html
. To test it during development:edit
dev/index.html
to give your block starting propertiesrun the dev server with
yarn dev
(ornpm run dev
)
When finished, run
yarn build
(ornpm run build
), which:- Bundles the component into a single source file
- Once uploaded to a remote folder, embedding applications can access
block-metadata.json
. This file is documented in full here.
Please see the Block Protocol docs
for a fuller explanation of querying, creating and updating entity data from your block.
You can format your code using yarn format
(or npm run format
).
Step three: publish your block
Head over to blockprotocol.org to read instructions on publishing your block.
External Dependencies
This template assumes there is no bundling process. You will need to reference external dependencies using ES Modules. Tools like esm.sh or unpkg.com can make this much easier.
Debugging
The component can be debugged locally by first starting yarn dev
.
Now (using VS Code), go to the Debug tab, select "Launch Chrome" and start the debugger (F5).
You should now be able to set breakpoints and step through the code.