Next Commerce App Kit

App Kit is a cross-platform command line tool to build and maintain apps on the Next Commerce platform.

Installation

App Kit is a python package available on PyPi

If you already have python and pip, install with the following command:

pip install next-app-kit

Mac OSX Requirements

See how to install python and pip with HomeBrew. Once you have completed this step you can install using the pip instructions above.

Windows Requirements

See how to install python and pip with Chocolatey. Once you have completed this step you can install using the pip instructions above.

Updating App Kit

Update to the latest version of App Kit with the following command:

pip install next-app-kit --upgrade

⚠️ Important

Usage requires a Partner Account and an App Client ID, create and setup your partner account here.

Usage

With the package installed, you can now use the commands inside your app directory to build and push your app updates.

Available Commands

• nak setup - configure current directory with an app in your account
• nak build - build new app zip file
• nak push - push latest app zip file to Next Commerce platform

Setup

Configures the current directory with necessary data to push the app files to Next Commerce.

Data collected by the setup command:

• App Client ID - retrieve this from the app in your partner account.
• Email - your email used to access your partner account.
• Password - your password used to access your partner account.

Build

Creates a new version (zip of the current directory files) to prepare your app to be pushed to Next Commerce.

Push

Pushes the latest version to Next Commerce and to your development stores to review and test your app.