This section provides an overview the Appcelerator Platform Marketplace.
The Platform Marketplace is a repository of building blocks for both Apps and APIs. Developers can discover and install components from the Marketplace, and they can also publish new components. The Platform Marketplace supports setting the access policy of a component. The following access policies are supported:
public: Everyone can see it (even those outside of your organization).private: Only the publisher see it. This is the default policy when a component is first published.org: Only certain organizations can see it. Organizations can be added or removed to/from a component via the appc org command, which is covered later in this section.user_or_org: Only certain organizations or users can see it. Users can be added or removed to/from a component via the appc user command, which is covered later in this section, and Organizations can be added or removed to/from a component via the appc org command, which is covered later in this section.You can access the Platform Marketplace in the Appcelerator Platform Marketplace or via the Appcelerator CLI.
To publish something to the Platform Marketplace, you must use the Appcelerator CLI.
Currently, the Platform Marketplace supports the following component types:
Blocks: Used for building APIsConnectors: Used for building APIsModels: Used for building APIsEventually, it will also support mobile app modules and Alloy widgets.
The Appcelerator Platform CLI provides a number of options for interacting with the Platform Marketplace from the command line. The table below outlines the commands that can be used:
| Name | Arguments | Description |
|---|---|---|
| search | [search_term] | Search the Marketplace for a particular component or set of components. |
| install | [component_name] | Install a specific component. You should run this command from within an API project. The CLI will ensure the component is installed in the proper location (i.e., models will be installed in the models directory and connectors will be installed in the connectors directory) |
| publish | None | Publish a component to the Marketplace. You should run this command from the root directory of your component project. |
| unpublish | [component_name] | Unpublish a component from the Marketplace. [compononent_name] is only needed when the command is run outside the component’s project directory. |
| access | get or set | Get the current access policy or set it. The valid values are: public, private, org, and user_or_org. The default is private - the component can only be seen by the publisher. |
| org | add, rm, or ls | Add, remove or list the current organizations tied to your component. Note: the org values are only relevant if your access policy is set to org or org_or_user. |
| user | add, rm, or ls | Add, remove or list the current users tied to your component. Note: the user values are only relevant if your access policy is set to user_or_org |
| owner | add, rm, or ls | Add, remove or list the current owners tied to your component. Owners can set/change values for the access, org and user commands. |
To install an existing Model from the Platform Marketplace, run the following command from within your API project
appc install model/model_name
If you are unsure of the exact name, you can search the Marketplace using the CLI:
appc search search_string
or you can go to Platform Marketplace
The install command will place the model in the models folder of your project.
To install an existing Connector from the Platform Marketplace, run the following command from within your API project
appc install connector/connector_name
If you are unsure of the exact name, you can search the Platform Marketplace using the CLI:
appc search search_string
or you can go to Platform Marketplace
The install command will place the connector in the connectors folder of your project.
To install an existing Block from the Platform Marketplace, run the following command from within your API project
appc install block/block_name
If you are unsure of the exact name, you can search the Platform Marketplace using the CLI:
appc search search_string
or you can go to Platform Marketplace
The install command will place the block in the blocks folder of your project.