create-apis

CLI tool for scaffolding new Apis.js projects, with one structural difference: templates are bundled locally and copied with fs-extra instead of fetched from a separate GitHub repo per template — there's no published apisjs-template repo (yet), so this keeps the tool fully working today rather than pointing at a 404.

Usage

npx create-apis my-app

or install globally:

npm install -g create-apis
apis-app my-app

Both prompt for an app name (if not given as an argument) and a starter template, copy the template, then run npm install inside the new directory.

Known limitation

The bundled default template's package.json depends on apisjs as a normal npm dependency ("apisjs": "^0.0.1"), matching what it should be once the framework is published. Until then, the "Installing dependencies" step will fail with a 404 for apisjs — the scaffold itself (files, structure, package.json renamed to your app name) still completes correctly, you'll just need to either publish apisjs first or manually point the dependency at a local file: path to the apis.js checkout for local testing.

Structure

src/
  apis-app.js     entry point (bundled to bin/apis-app via esbuild)
  banner.js       CLI banner
  prompts.js      name/template prompts
  files.js        template copy + npm install
  spinner.js      progress indicator
  templates.json  list of available templates
templates/
  default/        bundled starter (Rollup + a single .xht component)

Build

npm install
npm run build   # -> bin/apis-app