Salesforce Package Manager (SPM) Plugin

A Salesforce CLI plugin for interacting with the unofficial Salesforce Package Manager (SPM) registry.

In short: this plugin provides a user-friendly way to install Salesforce packages using a package name instead fo the package version ID. Moving from sfdx force:package:install -p 04t1t000003DLAL ...to sfdx spm:install -n 'Streaming Monitor'.

Plugin installation

Install the plugin by running this command in a terminal:

sfdx plugins:install spm-plugin

Overview

As the saying goes "a picture is worth a thousand words" so here's how the Salesforce Package Manager (SPM) works:

Installing a package

Publishing a package

Note You do not need to own a package in order to publish it. You just need to know the package version ID.

Setting up a Private Registry

You can set up a private registry by following these instructions:

1. Install the SPM Registry server
2. Use the SPM plugin with the -z or --registryurl flag:

   sfdx spm:install -n 'Streaming Monitor' --registryurl http://localhost:3002/

Command Reference

This doc section is auto generated.

• Salesforce Package Manager (SPM) Plugin

$ npm install -g spm-plugin
$ sfdx COMMAND
running command...
$ sfdx (-v|--version|version)
spm-plugin/1.0.7 darwin-x64 node-v14.17.3
$ sfdx --help [COMMAND]
USAGE
  $ sfdx COMMAND
...

• sfdx spm:install -n <string> [-v <string>] [-i] [-z <url>] [-a all|package] [-b <minutes>] [-k <string>] [-r] [-s AllUsers|AdminsOnly] [-t DeprecateOnly|Mixed|Delete] [-w <minutes>] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]
• sfdx spm:publish -v <string> [-z <url>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]

sfdx spm:install -n <string> [-v <string>] [-i] [-z <url>] [-a all|package] [-b <minutes>] [-k <string>] [-r] [-s AllUsers|AdminsOnly] [-t DeprecateOnly|Mixed|Delete] [-w <minutes>] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]

installs a package from the SPM registry

USAGE
  $ sfdx spm:install -n <string> [-v <string>] [-i] [-z <url>] [-a all|package] [-b <minutes>] [-k <string>] [-r] [-s 
  AllUsers|AdminsOnly] [-t DeprecateOnly|Mixed|Delete] [-w <minutes>] [-u <string>] [--apiversion <string>] [--json] 
  [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]

OPTIONS
  -a, --apexcompile=(all|package)
      compile all Apex in the org and package, or only Apex in the package; unlocked packages only

  -b, --publishwait=publishwait
      number of minutes to wait for subscriber package version ID to become available in the target org

  -i, --includebeta
      whether beta versions are included when searching for the latest versions

  -k, --installationkey=installationkey
      installation key for key-protected package

  -n, --name=name
      (required) name of the package as specified in the SPM registry

  -r, --noprompt
      do not prompt for confirmation

  -s, --securitytype=(AllUsers|AdminsOnly)
      [default: AdminsOnly] security access type for the installed package (deprecation notice: The default --securitytype
      value will change from AllUsers to AdminsOnly in v47.0 or later.)

  -t, --upgradetype=(DeprecateOnly|Mixed|Delete)
      [default: Mixed] the upgrade type for the package installation; available only for unlocked packages

  -u, --targetusername=targetusername
      username or alias for the target org; overrides default target org

  -v, --version=version
      [default: latest] version of the package as specified in the SPM registry

  -w, --wait=wait
      number of minutes to wait for installation status

  -z, --registryurl=registryurl
      the URL for a private SPM registry. If not specified, the public SPM registry is used.

  --apiversion=apiversion
      override the api version used for api requests made by this command

  --json
      format output as json

  --loglevel=(trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL)
      [default: warn] logging level for this command invocation

DESCRIPTION
  This commands locates the package version ID thanks to the SPM registry and uses 'force:package:install' to install 
  it.
  All 'force:package:install' options are supported appart from '-p, --package'.
  The following flags are specific to this command:
       -n, --name=name
       -v, --version=version
       -i, --includebeta
       -z, --registryurl

EXAMPLES
  $ sfdx spm:install -n 'Streaming Monitor' -u myOrg
      Querying SPM registry... done
      Found package 'Streaming [email protected]' with ID 04t1t000003DLAL

      sfdx force:package:install --package 04t1t000003DLAL --targetusername myOrg --loglevel warn

      PackageInstallRequest is currently InProgress. You can continue to query the status using
      sfdx force:package:install:report -i 0Hf3F0000005lG0SAI -u [email protected]


  $ sfdx spm:install -n Quiz -i -u quizOrg -w 10
      Querying SPM registry... done
      Found package '[email protected]' with ID 04t5p000001BloG

      sfdx force:package:install --package 04t5p000001BloG --targetusername quizOrg --wait 10 --loglevel warn

      This package might send or receive data from these third-party websites:

      https://chart.googleapis.com

      Grant access (y/n)?: y

      Waiting for the package install request to complete. Status = IN_PROGRESS
      Waiting for the package install request to complete. Status = IN_PROGRESS
      Successfully installed package [04t5p000001BloG]

See code: src/commands/spm/install.ts

sfdx spm:publish -v <string> [-z <url>] [--json] [--loglevel trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]

publishes a package to the SPM registry

USAGE
  $ sfdx spm:publish -v <string> [-z <url>] [--json] [--loglevel 
  trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL]

OPTIONS
  -v, --version=version                                                             (required) Salesforce package
                                                                                    version ID. A 15 or 18 character
                                                                                    string that starts with '04t'

  -z, --registryurl=registryurl                                                     the URL for a private SPM registry.
                                                                                    If not specified, the public SPM
                                                                                    registry is used.

  --json                                                                            format output as json

  --loglevel=(trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR|FATAL)  [default: warn] logging level for
                                                                                    this command invocation

EXAMPLE
  $ sfdx spm:publish -v 04t1t000003DLAL
      Updating SPM registry... done
      Published package version:
      description:   Developer/Admin tool that lets you monitor streaming events (PushTopic, generic, standard/custom 
  platform events, CDC and monitoring events)
      id:            04t1t000003DLAL
      name:          Streaming Monitor
      publisher:     Salesforce Labs*
      versionName:   Fixed custom CDC detection
      versionNumber: 3.2

See code: src/commands/spm/publish.ts