Create Contentful App

create-contentful-app is a command line interface used to easily bootstrap Contentful Apps.

Requirements

• Node.js v18.12 or later
• npm v9 or later

Usage

To start developing your first app, run:

npx create-contentful-app my-first-app

Bootstrap

You can run create-contentful-app using one of the following commands:

# npx
npx create-contentful-app <app-name>

# npm
npm init contentful-app <app-name>

# Yarn
yarn create contentful-app <app-name>

CLI Options

Package Manager

--npm or --yarn

Use npm or Yarn to manage dependencies. If omitted, defaults to the manager used to run create-contentful-app.

Both flags are mutually exclusive.

Template

Select between predefined and custom templates:

• -ts, --typescript: Use TypeScript template (default)
• -js, --javascript: Use JavaScript template
• -e, --example <example-name>: Select a predefined template from https://github.com/contentful/apps/tree/master/examples
• -s, --source <url>: Use a custom template. Format: URL (HTTPS or SSH) or vendor:user/repo (e.g., github:user/repo)

These flags are mutually exclusive. If no flag is provided, the TypeScript template is used.

Help

--help

Shows all available CLI options:

Usage: npx create-contentful-app [options] [app-name]

Bootstrap your app inside a new folder `my-app`

  create-contentful-app my-app

or specify your own template

  create-contentful-app my-app --source "github:user/repo"

Official Contentful templates are hosted at https://github.com/contentful/apps/tree/master/examples.

Arguments:
  app-name                                      app name

Options:
  --npm                                         use npm
  --yarn                                        use Yarn
  -js, --javascript                             use default JavaScript template
  -ts, --typescript                             use default TypeScript template
  -e, --example <example-name>                  bootstrap an example app from https://github.com/contentful/apps/tree/master/examples
  -s, --source <url>                            provide a template by its source repository.
                                                format: URL (HTTPS or SSH) or vendor:user/repo (e.g., github:user/repo)
  -a, --actions                                 includes a hosted app action in ts or js template
  -f, --function <function-template-name>       include the specified function template
  -h, --help                                    shows all available CLI options