Watt Commands

init

Creates a new Watt application.

Arguments:

• root: The directory where to create the application (the default is the current directory)
• entrypoint: The name of the entrypoint service

Options:

• -p, --package-manager: Use an alternative package manager (the default is npm)

build

Builds all services of an application.

Arguments:

• root: The directory containing the application (the default is the current directory)

install

Install all dependencies of an application and its services.

Arguments:

• root: The directory containing the application (the default is the current directory)

Options:

• -p, --production: Only install production dependencies
• -P, --package-manager: Use an alternative package manager (the default is to autodetect it)

dev

Starts an application in development mode.

Arguments:

• root: The directory containing the application (the default is the current directory)

start

Starts an application in production mode.

Arguments:

• root: The directory containing the application (the default is the current directory)

Options:

• -i, --inspect: Start the inspector

stop

Stops a running application.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)

restart

Restarts all services of a running application.

This command will pickup changes in the services (including configuration files) but not the main Watt configuration file.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)

reload

Reloads a running application.

This command will pickup any changes in application directory.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)

ps

Lists all running applications.

services

Lists all services of a running application.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)

env

Show the environment variables of a running application or one of its services.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)
• service: The service name

Options:

• -t, --table: Show variables in tabular way

config

Show the configuration of a running application or one of its services.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)
• service: The service name

logs

Streams logs from a running application or service.

If service is not specified, the command will stream logs from all services.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)
• service: The service name

inject

Injects a request to a running application.

The command sends a request to the runtime service and prints the response to the standard output. If the service is not specified the request is sent to the runtime entrypoint.

Arguments:

• id: The process ID or the name of the application (it can be omitted only if there is a single application running)
• service: The service name (the default is the entrypoint)

Options:

• -m, --method <value>: The request method (the default is GET)
• -p, --path <value>: The request path (the default is /)
• -h, --header <value>: The request header (it can be used multiple times)
• -d, --data <value>: The request body
• -D, --data-file <path>: Read the request body from the specified file
• -o, --output <path>: Write the response to the specified file
• -f, --full-output: Include the response headers in the output (the default is false)

import

Imports an external resource as a service.

The command will insert a new service in the watt.json.

The external resource can be a local folder or a URL. If it is a local folder, then Watt will try to resolve Git remotes to also populate the URL.

When using URL, the resource can be later downloaded using wattpm resolve.

If it is invoked without arguments, the command will try to fix all missing Platformatic dependencies in all local services.

Arguments:

• root: The directory containing the application (the default is the current directory)
• url: The URL to import (can be in the form $USER/$REPOSITORY for GitHub repositories)

Options:

• -i, --id <value>: The id of the service (the default is the basename of the URL)
• -p, --path <value>: The path where to import the service (the default is the service id)
• -h, --http: Use HTTP URL when expanding GitHub repositories
• -b, --branch <branch>: The branch to clone (the default is main)

resolve

Resolves all external services. The command operates on all services which have the url fields defined and the path specified as environment variable.

After cloning the service, the resolve command will set the relative path to the service in the .env file.

Arguments:

• root: The directory containing the application (the default is the current directory)

Options:

• -u, --username <value>: The username to use for HTTP URLs
• -p, --password <value>: The password to use for HTTP URLs
• -s, --skip-dependencies: Do not install services dependencies
• -P, --package-manager: Use an alternative package manager (the default is to autodetect it)

help

Show help about Watt or one of its commands.

Arguments:

• command: The command which show the help of (if omitted, it will list all Watt commands)

version

Show current Watt version.

Issues

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