awsmobile-CLI

The awsmobile-CLI, built on top of AWS Mobile Hub, provides a command line interface for frontend JavaScript developers to seamlessly enable and configure AWS services into their apps. With minimal configuration, you can start using all of the functionality provided by the AWS Mobile Hub from your favorite terminal program.

• Installation
• Configuration
• Getting Started
• Commands Summary
• Usage

Installation

The easiest way to install is using npm or yarn

npm install -g awsmobile-cli

or

yarn install -g awsmobile-cli

Configuration

• Sign up for the AWS Free Tier to learn and prototype at little or no cost.

• Activate AWS Mobile Hub to let AWS Mobile use your AWS credentials to create and manage your AWS services.

• Install Node.js with NPM.

• Configure the CLI with your AWS credentials. To setup permissions for the toolchain used by the CLI, run:

awsmobile configure

If prompted for credentials, follow the steps provided by the CLI. For more information, see provide IAM credentials to AWS Mobile CLI.

Getting Started

To create a new Mobile Hub project and pull the project configuration into your app, run the following command on your terminal.

cd <your-app>
awsmobile init

Runing this command enables your Mobile Hub project with two default features: (1) Analytics, for receiving the analytics sent from your app and (2) Hosting and Streaming for easily hosting your app in the cloud. The command also adds the AWS Amplify JavaScript library to your app so you can easily integrate Analytics, as well as other features provided by AWS. These features can easily be enabled using the awsmobile cli commands below.

Commands Summary

The current set of commands supported by the awsmobile CLI are

Command	Description
awsmobile init	Initializes a new Mobile Hub project, checks for IAM keys, and pulls the aws-exports.js file
awsmobile configure	Shows existing keys and allows them to be changed if already set. If keys aren’t set, deep links the user to the IAM console to create keys and then prompts for the access key and secret key. This command helps edit configuration settings for the aws account or the project
awsmobile pull	Retrives the latest details of the backend Mobile Hub project, such as the access infromation file aws-exports.js
awsmobile push	Updates the backend Mobile Hub project with the latest local developments
awsmobile publish	Executes awsmobile push, then builds and publishes client-side applicatioin to S3 and Cloud Front
awsmobile run	Executes awsmobile push, then executes the project's start command to test run the client-side application
awsmobile console	Opens the web console of the backend Mobile Hub project
awsmobile features	Shows available Mobile Hub project features, and allows them to be enabled/disabled
awsmobile <feature> enable [--prompt]	Enables the feature with the defaults configuration, and --prompt for initial configuration settings
awsmobile <feature> disable	Disables the feature
awsmobile <feature> configure	Configures the definition of the objects in the feature
awsmobile cloud-api invoke <apiname> <method> <path> [init]	Invokes the API for testing locally. This helps quickly test unsigned APIs in your local environment
awsmobile delete	Deletes the Mobile hub project
awsmobile hlep [cmd]	Displays help for [cmd]

Supported Features:

1. user-signin (Cognito)
2. user-files (AWS S3)
3. cloud-api (CloudLogic)
4. database (Dynamo DB)
5. analytics (Pinpoint)
6. hosting (S3 and CloudFront Distribution)

For a comprehensive description of the awsmobile-cli, please visit AWSMobile CLI Reference

Usage

Go to the AWS Mobile Docs to learn more about the usage of the awsmobile-cli and some sample codes to get your app up and running.