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PREREQUISITES
stack: shopify cli 3.74.1
experience with shopify: I have no problem scaffolding an app (like the example qr code remix app, that I can connect correctly to out partner account development store and I've deployed to render.com). Now I've been trying to scaffold apps with different "flavours" via --flavor
STEP TO REPRODUCE
docs rif: https://shopify.dev/docs/api#app-templates
When you scaffold an app using Shopify CLI, you can specify the template that you want to use with the --flavor flag. Enter remix, node, ruby, or php to use one of our app templates, or use a third-party template by providing a path to a GitHub repository for the template.
following the steps detailed above I tried the following:
shopify app init --flavor=php
then this:
shopify app init --flavor=php --template=https://github.com/Shopify/shopify-app-template-php.git
EXPECTED RESULT:
App being scaffolded with default shopify php template: note how https://github.com/Shopify/shopify-app-template-php.git it is not a custom template and this can be confirmed here: https://shopify.dev/docs/api#app-templates
ACTUAL RESULT:
I get the following errors:
for the first cmd I fired:
ERROR: The --flavor flag requires the --template flag to be set
for the second:
ERROR: The --flavor flag is not supported for custom templates
CONCLUSION:
I've tried the same using the remix template instead of php tempalte but I get the same error: it seems that when using --flavor and --template shopify cli always sees the template as "custom".
Is this a bug? Or there is a way to instruct shopify cli that the template is indeed NOT a custom but a shopify template.
The official documentation cited above is pretty clear about "one of our template" (see the text I have highlighted in bold). It states I'm supposed to provide a url only for third party templates hosted on github repos. But how can I use the default php template then? what should I specify in --template= in order to use a default shopify template?
Note I've also tried this:
shopify app init --flavor=php --template=php
getting the following error:
Only remix, none template aliases are supported, please provide a valid URL
tried with remix and it works fine:
shopify app init --flavor=javascript --template=remix
tried with ruby (that does not support flavours but works fine as well):
shopify app init --template=ruby
but if I try the same with php instead of ruby I get the following error
ERROR: Only remix, none template aliases are supported, please provide a valid URL
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This is an accepted solution.
answering my own question after a few more tries.
I reckon this can be solved via threating the shopify app template as a third party template.
command:
shopify app init --template=https://github.com/Shopify/shopify-app-template-php
Not sure if this is a correct solution but at least it installs the php scaffolded app and I can run the "shopify app dev".
This is an accepted solution.
answering my own question after a few more tries.
I reckon this can be solved via threating the shopify app template as a third party template.
command:
shopify app init --template=https://github.com/Shopify/shopify-app-template-php
Not sure if this is a correct solution but at least it installs the php scaffolded app and I can run the "shopify app dev".
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