plugins.md

Sparky plugins

Sparky plugins are extensions points to add extra functionality to Sparky builds.

These are Raku modules get run after a Sparky project finishes or in other words when a build is completed.

To use Sparky plugins you should:

• Install plugins as Raku modules

• Configure plugins in project's sparky.yaml file

Install Sparky plugins

You should install a module on the same server where you run Sparky at. For instance:

$ zef install Sparky::Plugin::Email # Sparky plugin to send email notifications

Configuring Sparky plugins

In project's sparky.yaml file define plugins section, it should be list of Plugins and its configurations.

For instance:

$ cat sparky.yaml

That contains:

plugins:
  Sparky::Plugin::Email:
    parameters:
      subject: "I finished"
      to: "[email protected]"
      text: "here will be log"
  Sparky::Plugin::Hello:
    parameters:
      name: Sparrow

Developing Sparky plugins

Technically speaking Sparky plugins should be just Raku modules.

For instance, for mentioned module Sparky::Plugin::Email we might have this header lines:

use v6;

unit module Sparky::Plugin::Hello;

That is it.

The module should have run routine which is invoked when Sparky processes a plugin:

our sub run ( %config, %parameters ) {

}

As we can see the run routine consumes its parameters as Raku Hash, these parameters are defined at mentioned sparky.yaml file, at plugin parameters: section, so this is how you might handle them:

sub run ( %config, %parameters ) {

  say "Hello " ~ %parameters<name>;

}

You can use %config Hash to access Sparky guts:

• %config<project> - the project name
• %config<build-id> - the build number of current project build
• %cofig<build-state> - the state of the current build

For example:

sub run ( %config, %parameters ) {

  say "build id is: " ~ %parameters<build-id>;

}

Alternatively you may pass some predefined parameters plugins:

• %PROJECT% - equivalent of %config<project>
• %BUILD-STATE% - equivalent of %config<build-state>
• %BUILD-ID% - equivalent of %config<build-id>

For example:

$ cat sparky.yaml

That contains:

plugins:
  Sparky::Plugin::Hello:
    parameters:
      name: Sparrow from project %PROJECT%

Limit plugin run scope

You can defined when to run plugin, here are 3 run scopes:

• anytime - run plugin irrespective of a build state. This is default value
• success - run plugin only if build has succeeded
• fail - run plugin only if build has failed

Scopes are defined at run_scope: parameter:

Sparky::Plugin::Hello:
  run_scope: fail
  parameters:
    name: Sparrow

Examples of Sparky plugins

• Sparky::Plugin::Hello
• Sparky::Plugin::Notify::Email