Solution.js

TypeScript wrappers running in Node.js and modern browsers for transferring ArcGIS Online items from one organization to another. Video introduction from the 2020 Developer Summit.

Table of Contents

• API Overview
• Instructions
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Guides
• Issues
• Versioning
• Contributing
• License

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API Overview

Common terms

An ArcGIS Online (AGO) item is transformed into a template that contains all of its defining information. If the item depends on other items, those items are also transformed into templates.

A Solution Item can contain either

• a list of Item Templates
• a list of references to deployed items

When it contains Item Templates, it can be used for organizing and distributing Solutions, e.g., for displaying in a gallery of Solutions.

When a Solution is deployed into an organization, a new Solution is created that contains references to the items deployed into the organization; it serves as a table of contents for the deployment.

Packages

The API is divided into packages to make it easier to use just the parts that you want:

• common, which contains common helper functions for the other packages
• creator, which contains functions for transforming items into templates
• deployer, which contains functions for deploying item templates into items in a destination organization
• feature-layer, which contains functions for Feature Service items
• file, which contains functions for items that contain files
• form, which contains functions for form items
• group, which contains functions for Groups
• hub-types, which contains functions supporting ArcGIS Hub Sites and Initiatives
• simple-types, which contains functions for the simpler item types Dashboard, Form, Web Map, Web Mapping Application, and Workforce Project
• storymap, which contains functions for Storymap items
• velocity, which contains functions to support ArcGIS Velocity items
• viewer, which contains functions to support displaying Solution items
• web-experience, which contains functions for Experience Builder items
• web-tool, which contains functions for Web Tool Geoprocessing Service items
• workflow, which contains functions for Workflow items

Additional information

The API documentation is published at https://esri.github.io/solution.js/

Supported ArcGIS Online Item Types

Currently, the ArcGIS Online item types that can be converted into a template are:

• App types: Dashboard, Data Pipeline, Form, Hub Page, Hub Site Application, Insights Model, Notebook, Oriented Imagery Catalog, QuickCapture Project, Site Application, Site Page, StoryMap, Web Experience, Web Mapping Application, Workforce Project

• Map types: Web Map, Web Scene

• Layer types: Big Data Analytic, Feature Collection, Feature Service, Feed, Geoprocessing Service, Map Service, Real Time Analytic, Vector Tile Service

• File types: 360 VR Experience, AppBuilder Extension, AppBuilder Widget Package, Application Configuration, ArcGIS Pro Add In, ArcGIS Pro Configuration, ArcPad Package, Basemap Package, CAD Drawing, CityEngine Web Scene, Code Sample, Color Set, Compact Tile Package, CSV Collection, CSV, Deep Learning Package, Desktop Add In, Desktop Application Template, Desktop Style, Document Link, Explorer Add In, Explorer Layer, Explorer Map, Feature Collection Template, File Geodatabase, GeoJson, GeoPackage, Geoprocessing Package, Geoprocessing Sample, Globe Document, Image Collection, Image, iWork Keynote, iWork Numbers, iWork Pages, KML Collection, Layer Package, Layer Template, Layer, Layout, Locator Package, Map Document, Map Package, Map Template, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Word, Mobile Basemap Package, Mobile Map Package, Mobile Scene Package, Native Application, Native Application Installer, Native Application Template, netCDF, Operation View, Operations Dashboard Add In, Operations Dashboard Extension, PDF, Pro Layer Package, Pro Layer, Pro Map Package, Pro Map, Pro Report, Project Package, Project Template, Published Map, Raster function template, Report Template, Rule Package, Scene Document, Scene Package, Service Definition, Shapefile, Statistical Data Collection, Style, Survey123 Add In, Symbol Set, Task File, Tile Package, Toolbox Package, Vector Tile Package, Viewer Configuration, Visio Document, Window Mobile Package, Windows Mobile Package, Windows Viewer Add In, Windows Viewer Configuration, Workflow, Workflow Manager Package

The implemented-types demo generates its list from the source code.

Instructions

Setup

After running npm install, the repository can be built using the Windows batch file build.bat.

npm commands

For a list of all available commands run npm run.

These commands are

• building

  • npm run build creates symlinks among packages and creates node, umd, and esm outputs for each package
  • npm run clean runs clean:src and clean:dist (requires bash console)
    • npm run clean:src deletes .d.ts, .js, and .js.map files
    • npm run clean:dist deletes .rpt2_cache and dist folders
  • npm run lint lints the TypeScript files
  • npm run lint:fix lints the TypeScript files and fixes
  • npm run prettify beautifies TypeScript files

• testing

  • npm run test lints, then runs test:chrome tests to confirm that the API is functioning as expected
  • npm run test:browsers runs karma in the Chrome, Firefox, and Chromium Edge browsers
  • npm run test:chrome runs karma in the Chrome browser
  • npm run test:chrome:ci runs karma in the ChromeHeadlessCI browser
  • npm run test:chrome:debug runs karma in the Chrome browser and leaves the browser open for debugging tests
  • npm run test:edge runs karma in the Edge (Chromium) browser
  • npm run test:firefox runs karma in the Firefox browser
  • npm run test:ci lints, then runs test:chrome:ci, test:firefox, and coveralls from a bash window
  • npm run test:ci:win lints, then runs test:chrome:ci, test:firefox, and coveralls:win from a Windows window
  • npm run test:all runs test:chrome and test:edge and test:firefox
  • npm run coveralls updates code coverage info from a bash window
  • npm run coveralls:win updates code coverage info from a Windows window

• publishing doc

  • npm run docs:build builds the documentation (note that this script creates a docs folder, deleting any existing one)
  • npm run docs:deploy pushes the documentation to the repository's gh-pages

• publishing code

  • npm run release:prepare1 fetch, compile, and test (requires bash shell)
  • npm run release:prepare2 bundles packages and asks you for the new version number (use arrow keys to put cursor on line above desired version) (requires Windows shell)
  • npm run release:review shows summary of git changes
  • npm run release:publish-git publishes a version to GitHub (requires bash shell)
  • npm run release:publish-npm publishes a version to npm (requires Windows shell)

• lifecycle

  • postinstall runs bootstrap
  • bootstrap
  • precommit

Frequently Asked Questions

• What browsers are supported?
• What is the development workflow?

Guides

• Package Overview
• Getting Started
• [Authentication in Browser-based Apps](https://github.com/Esri/solution.js/blob/master/guides/Authentication%20in%20Browser-based Apps.md)
• Publishing to npmjs
• Adding a Demo

Issues

Found a bug or want to request a new feature? Please take a look at previously logged issues; if you don't see your concern, please let us know by submitting an issue.

Versioning

For transparency into the release cycle and in striving to maintain backward compatibility, @esri/solution.js is maintained under Semantic Versioning guidelines and will adhere to these rules whenever possible. For more information on SemVer, please visit http://semver.org/.

Contributing

Esri welcomes contributions from anyone and everyone. Please see our guidelines for contributing.

License

Copyright © 2018 Esri

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.

A copy of the license is available in the repository's LICENSE file.

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