This script takes a Cordova 5+ project folder and create a Phonegap Build compliant .zip file and upload it to Phonegap Build. Really useful into a Continuos Integration build system.

Installation:

npm install -g cordova-to-phonegap-build

Usage:

Inside NodeJS applications

You can import this script inside your NodeJS application:

First you need it installed locally: npm install cordova-to-phonegap-build

then you can invoke it within you application

const cdvPgb = require('cordova-to-phonegap-build')

cdvPgb.upload(process.cwd(), '$yourPhonegapToken', 'resources')

Using shell command

Script needs the Phonegap Token loaded as Enviromental Variable in order to connect to Phonegap Build, you can retrieve it into Account settings on Phonegap Build site.

export PGToken="$yourPhonegapToken" tobuild $cordovaProjectDirectory -f resources

The script creates a .zip file to upload to PhoneGap: Build with "config.xml" and the "www" folder

Parameters:

-x/--xml

Load the config.xml from a different location and override the one on main folder.

-f/--folder folderName

Indicate any other folder to be added to the uploaded file. Required if you use splash/icons external resources folder. Could be used more times as needed. folderName is relative to the project path.

i.e.: tobuild --folder resources --folder fonts

-t/--token $yourPhonegapToken

You could use your token as params instead of environment variable.
Token could be obtained also from NPM config.

i.e.: npm config set pgToken "$yourPhonegapToken" will save it in you ~/.npmrc and you do not need to use in your command or you can save it in your npm package.json config

"config": {
  "token": "$yourPhonegapToken"
}

-c/--check-version

Before update the app on PG:B a version check is made: if the version of the uploaded is less or equals than the existing one than an exception is throwed.

-l/--lookup

Keeps process running after upload to look at the current status of the build for every platforms.

-d/--download

After a build succeed it starts to download into current folder

-p/--path

Defines a path where to download the build

-o/--timeout

Specifies the max amount of minutes to wait for download or lookup. Defaults to 10, if reached exits with an error.

Key Management

Keys options are supposed to be defined inside package.json config prop in that form:

"config": {
  "keys": {
    "android": {
      "name": "Foo",
      "password": "keyBar",
    },
    "ios": {
      "name": "Faa",
      "password": "bor",
    }
  }
}

Keys can also be defined by CLI params that override package.json entries.

--key-android

--key-ios

Key name of Android and ios key on Phonegap:Build. It could also be defined as NPM config.

--key-android-pwd

--key-ios-pwd

Password for keystore of the Android keystore and iOS certificate.