vapor-docs/2.0/docs/getting-started/toolbox.md

63 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown

# Install Toolbox
Vapor's command line interface provides shortcuts and assistance for common tasks.
<img width="682" alt="Vapor Toolbox" src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1342803/23553208/26af9a0e-0020-11e7-8ed5-1ce09407ae8e.png">
!!! tip
If you do not want to use the Toolbox or templates, checkout the [Manual](manual.md) quickstart.
## Help
Help prints useful information about available commands and flags. You can also run the `--help` option on any Toolbox command.
```sh
vapor --help
```
## Updating
The toolbox should be updated by the package manager it was installed with.
### Homebrew
```sh
brew upgrade vapor
```
### APT
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vapor
```
## Templates
The toolbox can create a project from the Vapor basic-template or any other git repo.
```sh
vapor new <name> [--template]
```
| Name | Flag | Description |
|------|----------------|-----------------------------------|
| API | --template=api | JSON API with Fluent database. |
| Web | --template=web | HTML website with Leaf templates. |
!!! note
If you do not specify a template option, the API template will be used.
This may change in the future.
### Options
The toolbox will build an absolute URL based on what you pass as the template option.
- `--template=web` clones `http://github.com/vapor/web-template`
- `--template=user/repo` clones `http://github.com/user/repo`.
- `--template=http://example.com/repo-path` clones the full url given.
- `--branch=foo` can be used to specify a branch besides `master`.