Publishing to The AppStore

Plugins and WebApps are available in the AppStore when they have been published to npm repository with the one or more of the following keywords in the package.json file:

• signalk-node-server-plugin
• signalk-webapp

Additionally you can have your plugin appear within one or more AppStore categories by also adding the following keyword(s):

• signalk-category-chart-plotters
• signalk-category-nmea-2000
• signalk-category-nmea-0183
• signalk-category-instruments
• signalk-category-hardware
• signalk-category-ais
• signalk-category-notifications
• signalk-category-digital-switching
• signalk-category-utility
• signalk-category-cloud
• signalk-category-weather
• signalk-category-deprecated
• signalk-category-hidden (won't show on the App Store)

To have your plugin start automatically after being installed, without requiring any configuration via the Plugin Config screen add the following key to the package.json file:

"signalk-plugin-enabled-by-default": true

To control the way your WebApp is displayed in the Admin UI add a signalk key with the following attributes:

  "signalk": {
    "appIcon": "./img/icon-72x72.png", // path to an image file to use as an icon.
    "displayName": "My SK App" // name to display in place of the package name.
  }

Example: package.json

{
  "name": "my-signalk-plugin-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "My great signalk plugin-app",
  "keywords": [
    "signalk-node-server-plugin",
    "signalk-webapp",
    "signalk-category-ais"
  ],
  "signalk-plugin-enabled-by-default": true,
  "signalk": {
    "appIcon": "./assets/icons/icon-72x72.png",
    "displayName": "My Great WebApp"
  },
  "main": "plugin/index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

Publishing your Plugin

Once you have developed and tested your Plugin / WebApp you can publish it to make it visible in the AppStore. To do this, in a terminal session from within the folder containing package.json:

npm publish