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Function: writeService()

writeService(directory): (service, options) => Promise<void>

Defined in: services.ts:139

Write a Service to EventCatalog.

You can optionally overide the path of the Service.

Parameters

ParameterType
directorystring

Returns

Function

Parameters

ParameterType
serviceService
options{ format: "md" | "mdx"; override: boolean; path: string; versionExistingContent: boolean; }
options.format?"md" | "mdx"
options.override?boolean
options.path?string
options.versionExistingContent?boolean

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import utils from '@eventcatalog/utils';

const { writeService } = utils('/path/to/eventcatalog');

// Write a Service
// Service would be written to services/InventoryService
await writeService({
id: 'InventoryService',
name: 'Inventory Service',
version: '0.0.1',
summary: 'Service that handles the inventory',
markdown: '# Hello world',
});

// Write a service to the catalog but override the path
// Service would be written to services/Inventory/InventoryService
await writeService({
id: 'InventoryService',
name: 'Inventory Adjusted',
version: '0.0.1',
summary: 'This is a summary',
markdown: '# Hello world',
}, { path: "/Inventory/InventoryService"});

// Write a service to the catalog and override the existing content (if there is any)
await writeService({
id: 'InventoryService',
name: 'Inventory Adjusted',
version: '0.0.1',
summary: 'This is a summary',
markdown: '# Hello world',
}, { override: true });

// Write a service to the catalog and version the previous version
// only works if the new version is greater than the previous version
await writeService({
id: 'InventoryService',
name: 'Inventory Adjusted',
version: '0.0.1',
summary: 'This is a summary',
markdown: '# Hello world',
}, { versionExistingContent: true });