Answered Install Extras Via the API?

Is this possible?

Essentially I got sick of setting up the same snippets, system settings etc. whenever I start with a fresh MODX install, so I'm writing a script that I can run each time that will create snippets/plugins and change system settings for me, for which it uses the API. But I can't figure out a way to have it install extras through the API too.

I guess I could have it curl the extras I want from http://modx.com/extras/ and place them in the correct folder, but from what I understand I'd then have to go and click install on each one manually, which isn't the end of the world but I'd quite like to automate all that.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

This require you to manually download the packages first:

MODX OnElementNotFound plugin https://gist.github.com/jkenters/10651723

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7arN1pnGwA

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Also interesting

- https://extras.io/package-providers/
- https://github.com/lapubell/ofc-base-modx [ed. note: mrhaw last edited this post 10 years, 11 months ago.]

Thanks, Bob.

It's taken me a couple of weeks to look into this, but it looks like your 'MyComponent' will be ideal for this and in fact I think it's going to solve another problem I was having too, so that's even better.

Appreciate your help.

Bob's MyComponent is a great reference for Transport-Package-Builders.

But if somebody really would just like to automagically install external packages in a fast way, and that somebody would have SSH-/Terminal-Access, I can recommend: https://github.com/bertoost/MODX-Installers

Wow! Thanks for sharing, sebastian-marinescu!

Nice to see Command Line tools for MODX
https://forums.modx.com/thread/98137/modx-2-4-advance-cli-install-fail#dis-post-530687 [ed. note: mrhaw last edited this post 10 years, 10 months ago.]

You're welcome and thanks also