@marcbensonsl/widget-builder v1.0.2

Signagelive Widget Builder

A complete solution to package and build a ready for distribution widget for Signagelive.

Installation

npm install signagelive-widget-builder --save-dev

Overview

The Signagelive Widget Builder will simplify your development workflow, making it easier to build and package widgets for use with Signagelive. It handles the creation of the config.xml file and creation of the widget file.

Quick Setup Guide

The Signagelive Widget Builder builds your widget based upon the information stored in package.json

1. Starting with a basic package.json (yours maybe a little different to the example), set the name, description, version, author and licence keys to values appropriate for your widget.

{
    "name": "your-widget",
    "version": "1.0.1",
    "description": "Long description of your widget",
    "main": "index.js",
    "author": "Your company name",
    "license": "ISC",
    "devDependencies": {
        "signagelive-widget-builder": "0.0.20"
    }
}

2. Set the main key to the entry point for your widget (usually index.html):

{
    "name": "your-widget",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Long description of your widget",
    "main": "index.html",
    "author": "Your company name",
    "license": "ISC",
    "devDependencies": {
        "signagelive-widget-builder": "0.0.20"
    }
}

3. Add the scripts key to package.json per the example below, (this will allow you to easily build it using the CLI)

{
    "name": "your-widget",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Long description of your widget",
    "main": "index.html",
    "author": "Your company name",
    "license": "ISC",
    "scripts": {
        "dist": "signagelive-widget-builder"
    }
    "devDependencies": {
        "signagelive-widget-builder": "0.0.20"
    }
}

4. Add the widgetConfig key to package.json. This is where we start to extend package.json to include information specifically for the Signagelive Widget:

{
    "name": "your-widget",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Long description of your widget",
    "main": "index.html",
    "author": "Your company name",
    "license": "ISC",
    "scripts": {
        "dist": "signagelive-widget-builder"
    },
    "widgetConfig": {
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "signagelive-widget-builder": "0.0.20"
    }
}

5. Set the display name of your widget, you can use either the name key in package.json or displayName key on widgetConfig.

The key difference is that in the displayName key you can include spaces whereas the name key must conform to the package.json specification.

{
    "name": "your-widget",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Long description of your widget",
    "main": "index.html",
    "author": "Your company name",
    "license": "ISC",
    "scripts": {
        "dist": "signagelive-widget-builder"
    },
    "widgetConfig": {
        "displayName": "You widget name here"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "signagelive-widget-builder": "0.0.20"
    }
}

6. It's best practice to include a thumbnail of your widget that will display in the Signagelive media asset library, this can be added to the widgetConfig object:

{
    "name": "your-widget",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Long description of your widget",
    "main": "index.html",
    "author": "Your company name",
    "license": "ISC",
    "scripts": {
        "dist": "signagelive-widget-builder"
    },
    "widgetConfig": {
        "displayName": "You widget name here",
        "thumbnail": "images/thumb.jpg",
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "signagelive-widget-builder": "0.0.20"
    }
}

Usage

Running npm run dist, this will create a new folder in the root directory of your widget called dist and a versioned .wgt file.

Widget Preferences

It is possible to inculde an array of preferences in your widget, please see the developer documentation developer documentation for more information on preference usage.

Preferences are easy to add to your widget.

1. Add a preferences key set to any empty array to the widgetConfig key

"preferences": [{
            "name": "Channel Id",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "",
            "validation": {
                "required": true
            }
        }]

2. Add the individual preferences (in the order you wish them to display in Signaelive) e.g.:

"preferences": [{
            "name": "Channel Id",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "",
            "validation": {
                "required": true
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Refresh Interval",
            "type": "int",
            "value": "5",
            "validation": {
                "required": true
            }
        }]

You can use the following data types:

• string
• int
• float
• datetime
• colour
• boolean
• list

3. Optionally add validation to your preferences:

"preferences": [{
            "name": "Channel Id",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "",
            "validation": {
                "required": true
            }
        }]

You can use the following validatiors, plese see the full developer documentation for further details.