Manifest

The component manifest provides information about a component (such as name, icon, author, description and properties) in a JSON text file. The manifest file must be named component.json.

Example manifest file:

{
    "name": "appmixer.utils.controls.OnStart",
    "author": "Martin Krčmář <[e-mail]>",
    "label": "On Flow Start",
    "description": "This trigger fires once and only once the flow starts.",
    "icon": "data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmV...",
    "outPorts": [
        {
            "name": "out",
            "schema": {
                "properties": {
                    "started": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "date-time"
                    }
                },
                "required": [ "started" ]
            },
            "options": [
                { "label": "Start time", "value": "started" }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Members

• name

  Name of the component.

• label

  Label that will be used instead of name.

• icon

  Component icon.

• marker Component badge icon giving users extra context.

• author

  Author.

• description

  Description.

• auth

  Authentication mechanism if the component requires authentication.

• quota

  Parameters for the quota module used in the component (to conform with API usage limits).

• properties

  Properties of the component.

• inPorts

  Definition of the input of the component and how data transforms before it is processed by the component.

• outPorts

  Definition of the output of the component and variables that other connected components can use in their input.

• firePatterns

  Requirements for the component input messages to decide whether the component is ready to fire.

• tick

  Enable polling mechanism on the component.

• private Make component private to hide it from the user.

• webhook Make component "webhook"-type meaning it can receive HTTP requests.

• state Controls whether component's internal state is preserved across flow restarts.