.. Copyright 2014-2016 Ivan Kravets Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. .. |PIOAPICR| replace:: *PlatformIO Library Registry Crawler* .. _library_config: library.json ============ ``library.json`` is a manifest file of development library. It allows developers to keep project in own structure and define: * location of source code * examples list * compatible frameworks and platforms * library dependencies PlatformIO Library Crawler uses ``library.json`` manifest to extract source code from developer's location and keeps cleaned library in own Library Storage. A data in ``library.json`` should be represented in `JSON-style `_ via `associative array `_ (name/value pairs). An order doesn't matter. The allowable fields (names from pairs) are described below. .. contents:: .. _libjson_name: ``name`` -------- **Required** | Type: ``String`` | Max. Length: 50 A name of the library. * Must be unique. * Should be slug style for simplicity, consistency and compatibility. Example: *Arduino-SPI* * Title Case, Aa-z, can contain digits and dashes (but not start/end with them). * Consecutive dashes are not allowed. .. _libjson_description: ``description`` --------------- **Required** | Type: ``String`` | Max. Length: 255 The field helps users to identify and search for your library with a brief description. Describe the hardware devices (sensors, boards and etc.) which are suitable with it. .. _libjson_keywords: ``keywords`` ------------ **Required** | Type: ``String`` | Max. Length: 255 Used for search by keyword. Helps to make your library easier to discover without people needing to know its name. The keyword should be lowercased, can contain a-z, digits and dash (but not start/end with them). A list from the keywords can be specified with separator ``,`` .. _libjson_authors: ``authors`` ----------- *Required* if :ref:`libjson_repository` field is not defined | Type: ``Object`` or ``Array`` An author contact information * ``name`` Full name (**Required**) * ``email`` * ``url`` An author's contact page * ``maintainer`` Specify "maintainer" status Examples: .. code-block:: javascript "authors": { "name": "John Smith", "email": "me@john-smith.com", "url": "http://www.john-smith/contact" } ... "authors": [ { "name": "John Smith", "email": "me@john-smith.com", "url": "http://www.john-smith/contact" }, { "name": "Andrew Smith", "email": "me@andrew-smith.com", "url": "http://www.andrew-smith/contact", "maintainer": true } ] .. note:: You can omit :ref:`libjson_authors` field and define :ref:`libjson_repository` field. Only *GitHub-based* repository is supported now. In this case |PIOAPICR| will use information from `GitHub API Users `_. .. _libjson_repository: ``repository`` -------------- *Required* if :ref:`libjson_downloadurl` field is not defined | Type: ``Object`` The repository in which the source code can be found. The field consists for the next items: * ``type`` * ``url`` * ``branch`` if is not specified, default branch will be used. This field will be ignored if tag/release exists with the value of :ref:`libjson_version`. Example: .. code-block:: javascript "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "https://github.com/foo/bar.git" } .. _libjson_version: ``version`` ----------- *Required* if :ref:`libjson_repository` field is not defined | Type: ``String`` | Max. Length: 20 A version of the current library source code. Can contain a-z, digits, dots or dash. `Semantic Versioning `_ IS RECOMMENDED. :Case 1: :ref:`libjson_version` and :ref:`libjson_repository` fields are defined. The :ref:`libjson_repository` is hosted on GitHub or Bitbucket. |PIOAPICR| will lookup for release tag named as value of :ref:`libjson_version` or with ``v`` prefix (you do not need to pass this ``v`` prefix to the :ref:`libjson_version` field). :Case 2: :ref:`libjson_version` and :ref:`libjson_repository` fields are defined and :ref:`libjson_repository` does not contain tag/release with value of :ref:`libjson_version`. |PIOAPICR| will use the latest source code from :ref:`libjson_repository` and link it with specified :ref:`libjson_version`. If :ref:`libjson_repository` ``branch`` is not specified, then default branch will be used. Also, if you push new commits to :ref:`libjson_repository` and do not update :ref:`libjson_version` field, the library will not be updated until you change the :ref:`libjson_version`. :Case 3: :ref:`libjson_version` field is not defined and :ref:`libjson_repository` field is defined. |PIOAPICR| will use the `CVS `_ revision from the latest commit as "current version". For example, ``13`` (*SVN*) or first 10 chars of *SHA* digest ``e4564b7da4`` (*Git*). If :ref:`libjson_repository` ``branch`` is not specified, then default branch will be used. We recommend to use :ref:`libjson_version` field and specify the real release version and make appropriate tag in the :ref:`libjson_repository`. In other case, users will receive updates for library with each new commit to :ref:`libjson_repository`. .. note:: |PIOAPICR| updates library only if: - the :ref:`libjson_version` is changed - ``library.json`` is modified Example: .. code-block:: javascript "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "https://github.com/foo/bar.git" }, "version": "1.0.0" .. _libjson_downloadurl: ``downloadUrl`` --------------- *Required* if :ref:`libjson_repository` field is not defined | Type: ``String`` It is the *HTTP URL* to the archived source code of library. It should end with the type of archive (``.zip`` or ``.tar.gz``). .. note:: :ref:`libjson_downloadurl` has higher priority than :ref:`libjson_repository`. Example with fixed release/tag on GitHub: .. code-block:: javascript "version": "1.0.0", "downloadUrl": "https://github.com/foo/bar/archive/v1.0.0.tar.gz", "include": "bar-1.0.0" See more ``library.json`` :ref:`library_creating_examples`. .. _libjson_url: ``url`` ------- *Optional* | Type: ``String`` | Max. Length: 255 Home page of library (if is different from :ref:`libjson_repository` url). .. _libjson_include: ``include`` ----------- *Optional* | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` | `Glob Pattern `_ If :ref:`libjson_include` field is a type of ``String``, then |PIOAPICR| will recognize it like a "relative path inside repository/archive to library source code". See example below where the only source code from the relative directory ``LibrarySourceCodeHere`` will be included. .. code-block:: javascript "include": "some/child/dir/LibrarySourceCodeHere" If :ref:`libjson_include` field is a type of ``Array``, then |PIOAPICR| firstly will apply :ref:`libjson_exclude` filter and then include only directories/files which match with :ref:`libjson_include` patterns. Example: .. code-block:: javascript "include": [ "dir/*.[ch]pp", "dir/examples/*", "*/*/*.h" ] Pattern Meaning .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 * - Pattern - Meaning * - ``*`` - matches everything * - ``?`` - matches any single character * - ``[seq]`` - matches any character in seq * - ``[!seq]`` - matches any character not in seq See more ``library.json`` :ref:`library_creating_examples`. .. _libjson_exclude: ``exclude`` ----------- *Optional* | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` | `Glob Pattern `_ Exclude the directories and files which match with :ref:`libjson_exclude` patterns. .. _libjson_frameworks: ``frameworks`` -------------- *Optional* | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` A list with compatible frameworks. The available framework types are defined in the :ref:`platforms` section. If the library is compatible with the all frameworks, then you can use ``*`` symbol: .. code-block:: javascript "frameworks": "*" .. _libjson_platforms: ``platforms`` ------------- *Optional* | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` A list with compatible platforms. The available platform types are defined in :ref:`platforms` section. If the library is compatible with the all platforms, then you can use ``*`` symbol: .. code-block:: javascript "platforms": "*" .. _libjson_dependencies: ``dependencies`` ---------------- *Optional* | Type: ``Array`` or ``Object`` A list of dependent libraries. They will be installed automatically with :ref:`cmd_lib_install` command. Allowed requirements for dependent library: * ``name`` | Type: ``String`` * ``authors`` | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` * ``frameworks`` | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` * ``platforms`` | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` Example: .. code-block:: javascript "dependencies": [ { "name": "Library-Foo", "authors": [ "Jhon Smith", "Andrew Smith" ] }, { "name": "Library-Bar", "frameworks": "FrameworkFoo, FrameworkBar" } ] See more ``library.json`` :ref:`library_creating_examples`. .. _libjson_examples: ``examples`` ---------------- *Optional* | Type: ``String`` or ``Array`` | `Glob Pattern `_ A list of example patterns. This field is predefined with default value: .. code-block:: javascript "examples": [ "[Ee]xamples/*/*.c", "[Ee]xamples/*/*.cpp", "[Ee]xamples/*/*.h", "[Ee]xamples/*/*.ino", "[Ee]xamples/*/*.pde" ]