package.json structure

The basic package file package.json looks as follows:

{
  "name": "hello-world",
  "description": "description of my hello-world component",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "oc": {
    "files": {
      "data": "server.js",
      "template": {
        "src": "template.hbs",
        "type": "oc-template-handlebars"
      }
    }
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "oc-template-handlebars-compiler": "6.0.8"
  }
}

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	the component's name, by default the name of initialised component
description	string	the component's description, by default an empty string
version	string	the component's version, by default 1.0.0
author	string	the component's author - suggested format is John Doe <john@doe.com>
repository	string	the component's repository
dependencies	object	the npm modules the component requires
devDependencies	object	the npm modules the component requires in order to be developed. By convention a component of templateTypeX will require a devDependency called templateTypeX-compiler to work
oc	object	the data involved with the component
oc.container	boolean	forces the component to be server-side rendered without being wrapped inside the <oc-component /> tag.
oc.files	object	non-static component files
oc.files.data	string	the model provider's filename, by default server.js
oc.files.template	object	represents the data involved with template - view, template engine
oc.files.template.src	string	the view's filename, by default template.html
oc.files.template.type	string	the template engine's type, by default handlebars
oc.files.static	array of strings	An array of directories that contain static resources referenced from the component's markup
oc.minify	boolean	Default true, will minify static css and js files during publishing
oc.parameters	object	Describes the component's api. Used to auto-generate documentation and get requests validation. Each key is the parameter name
oc.parameters[key].mandatory	boolean	Default false, if true, any request that does not include a valid value will be rejected with a 400 code.
oc.parameters[key].type	string	Type of parameter, used for a basic validation check Allowed types are string, boolean, number. When parameter is not valid, request will be rejected with a 400 code
oc.parameters[key].description	string	Used for auto-generated documentation
oc.parameters[key].example	string	Used for auto-generated documentation
oc.parameters[key].default	*	Default value of optional parameter - applied when value is not specified in the request
oc.plugins	array of strings	the plugins the component requires
oc.renderInfo	boolean	Default true, appends script, which adds rendered component information (name and version) to the oc.renderedComponents object
oc.state	string	Describes the state of the component with a keyword. Suggested values are active, experimental, deprecated