Consolid

Testing

In order to run tests (npm run test) which is also the preferred way of further developing the library (write test and make sure that it passes) you need to first have a local solid community server running, and you need to get credentials that you copy-paste to the credentials.js file.

Run local Solid Community server

• npm install -g @solid/community-server
• community-solid-server
• register new account
• Now you have a new WebId (eg. http://localhost:3000/test/profile/card#me)

Get session token

This is needed for running the tests.

• npx @inrupt/generate-oidc-token
• Choose My Solid Identity provider is not on the list and type http://localhost:3000/
• Choose No ("Has your app been pre-registered by the administrator of the Pod server you are signing in to?)
• Type name of the app (consolid)
• Open link in browser (eg. http://localhost:3000/idp/auth?client_id=NFJUCr4Yc0ohwMetVisSB&scope=openid%20offline_access%20webid&response_type=code&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A3001%2F&code_challenge=nOIZMSXw0u0OL9GJg7hJMVN09gn05xsM_nxlhfkH6rU&state=7eTv9ZA1rPwx2CH1CrTJqIAVafbc95lZOyxpaZ3_1BM&code_challenge_method=S256&prompt=consent) and login
• You shouls now receive credentials like below

{
  "refreshToken" : "BB",
  "clientId"     : "AA",
  "clientSecret" : "XX",
  "oidcIssuer"   : "http://localhost:3000/",
}

Run the demo

Another option for development is to run the demo app and test functionality there. This small web app is based on Angular.

When running the demo you do not need to do the get session token step. Simply login using the button.

• cd demo
• npm install
• ng serve
• http://localhost:4200

Build and deploy

Building the library is handled with the npm run build command. This generates the lib folder and its content. We build ESM and UMD bundles that can be directly included in an HTML document. Furthermore, we build a CommonJS and an ESM version.

Bundles are build using the configuration in rollup.config.js.

Use

Use with Angular

• npm i --save consolid-api
• npm i --save-dev @types/node
• Add to tsconfig.json:

  "angularCompilerOptions": {
    ...
    "types" : ["node"]
  }

• Add to package.json

  "browser": {
    "buffer": false
  }