mini_program_tooling 0.5.2

Local developer and CI tooling for the Flutter mini-program platform.

mini_program_tooling

Developer tooling for the portable Flutter mini-program platform.

The miniprogram CLI creates, builds, validates, previews, publishes, and hands off mini-programs. Backend integration is provider-neutral: a mini-program may call a publisher-owned HTTPS API, but AWS/Firebase database, auth, payment, file storage, admin logic, and secrets stay behind that middle server.

Install

Released package:

dart pub global activate mini_program_tooling

Repo-local contributor install:

dart pub global activate --source path <repo-root>/packages/mini_program_tooling

Backend Model

Use a Publisher API / external HTTPS API for business backend work:

• auth
• database
• payment
• file storage
• business rules
• secret keys
• admin logic

The mini-program uses relative endpoints through Mp.backend.*, Mp.backendBuilder, Mp.pagedBackendBuilder, and Mp.lazy.chunk. The host endpoint supplies the Publisher API base URL. The implementation behind that URL can run on AWS, Firebase, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, a VPS, or any provider.

AWS cloud artifact hosting and Firebase Hosting are static artifact hosting systems only. They publish or serve manifests, screens, assets, static JSON, and optional MiniProgram access keys. They are not the publisher business backend model.

CLI Surface

miniprogram create <mini-program-id> [--screen-format mp] [--with-backend mock]
miniprogram capabilities [--json]
miniprogram doctor [--json]

miniprogram env init
miniprogram env configure <env-name> --provider aws --bucket <bucket> --region <region> [--aws-profile <profile>] [--require-access-keys]
miniprogram env configure <env-name> --provider firebase --project-id <firebase-project-id>
miniprogram env list
miniprogram env use <local|env-name>
miniprogram env status [--json]

miniprogram build [mini-program-id] [--mp-build-script <path>]
miniprogram preview -d <device> [mini-program-id] [--mp-build-script <path>]
miniprogram validate [mini-program-id]
miniprogram publish [mini-program-id] [--target local|cloud|static|firebase-hosting] [--env <env-name>] [--output <folder>] [--clean] [--site <firebase-hosting-site>] [--dry-run] [--json]

miniprogram publisher-api scaffold --template mock [--mini-program-root <path>] [--force]
miniprogram publisher-api run [--mini-program-root <path>] [--port 9090]
miniprogram publisher-api status [--mini-program-root <path>] [--json]
miniprogram publisher-api stop [--mini-program-root <path>]
miniprogram publisher-api urls [--port 9090]

miniprogram publisher-api contract init --backend-base-url <url> [--mini-program-root <path>] [--public] [--allow-local-http]
miniprogram publisher-api contract validate [--mini-program-root <path>] [--contract <file>] [--allow-local-http] [--json]
miniprogram publisher-api contract smoke [--mini-program-root <path>] [--contract <file>] [--access-key <key>] [--auth-token <token>] [--allow-local-http] [--json]
miniprogram publisher-api contract handoff --delivery-url <url> [--mini-program-root <path>] [--contract <file>] (--access-key <key>|--public) [--output <file>] [--allow-local-http] [--json]

miniprogram access-key create <mini-program-id> --key-id <id> [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram access-key list <mini-program-id> [--env <env-name>] [--json]
miniprogram access-key revoke <mini-program-id> --key-id <id> [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram access-key rotate <mini-program-id> --key-id <id> [--new-key-id <id>] [--env <env-name>]

miniprogram cloud deploy [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud status [--env <env-name>] [--json]
miniprogram cloud outputs [--env <env-name>] [--format text|dart-define]
miniprogram cloud logs [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud destroy [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud doctor [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud rollback <version> [mini-program-id] [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud app list [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud app info <mini-program-id> [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud app disable <mini-program-id> [--yes] [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram cloud app delete <mini-program-id> [--yes] [--env <env-name>]

miniprogram partner package <mini-program-id> (--access-key <key>|--public) [--api-base-url <url>|--env <env-name>] [--backend-base-url <url>] [--output <file>]
miniprogram host endpoint add <mini-program-id> --title <title> --api-base-url <url> (--access-key <key>|--public) [--backend-base-url <url>|--backend-local-mock]
miniprogram host endpoint import <partner-package.json>
miniprogram host run -d <device> [--env <env-name>]
miniprogram embed init [--project-root <path>] [--force]
miniprogram embed cloud configure [--env <env-name>]

miniprogram artifact-host init
miniprogram artifact-host start --port 8080
miniprogram artifact-host stop
miniprogram artifact-host status [--json]
miniprogram artifact-host reset-local --yes
miniprogram workflow status [--workspace <path>] [--env <env-name>] [--remote] [--json]

publisher-backend remains a legacy alias. publisher-api is the preferred visible wording for mock, contract, smoke, and handoff flows.

Removed Provider Backend Templates

The CLI no longer scaffolds or manages AWS Lambda/DynamoDB or Firebase Functions/Firestore publisher business backends.

These commands intentionally fail with a migration message:

miniprogram publisher-backend scaffold --template aws-lambda
miniprogram publisher-backend scaffold --template firebase-functions
miniprogram publisher-backend scaffold --storage dynamodb
miniprogram publisher-backend scaffold --storage firestore

Use your own middle server instead, then connect it:

miniprogram publisher-api contract init --backend-base-url https://api.publisher.example --public
miniprogram publisher-api contract validate
miniprogram publisher-api contract smoke
miniprogram publisher-api contract handoff --delivery-url https://cdn.example.com/app/ --public

Local Mock Publisher API

Use the mock API when frontend work needs repeated or dynamic backend-shaped data before the real middle server exists:

miniprogram publisher-api scaffold --template mock
miniprogram publisher-api run --port 9090
miniprogram publisher-api urls

The mock is a development tool. Production storage, auth, payment, files, and business logic belong on the publisher-owned HTTPS API.

Static Artifact Delivery

Local/static delivery writes public files for local testing or any CDN/static host:

miniprogram publish --target static --output public_mini_program --clean

AWS static artifact hosting serves mini-program manifests, screen JSON, assets, and access-key protected artifact access through the platform artifact stack:

miniprogram env configure prod --provider aws --bucket <bucket> --region <region>
miniprogram cloud deploy --env prod
miniprogram publish --target cloud --env prod

Firebase Hosting is static delivery only:

miniprogram env configure firebase-prod --provider firebase --project-id <project-id>
miniprogram publish --target firebase-hosting --env firebase-prod --clean

Handoff

A host app should receive a small partner package, not backend secrets:

miniprogram publisher-api contract handoff \
  --delivery-url https://cdn.example.com/app/ \
  --public \
  --output app.partner.json

miniprogram host endpoint import app.partner.json --project-root <host-app>

Protected delivery can still use MiniProgram access keys, but those keys are delivery/endpoint concerns. Provider credentials and backend secrets never go in mini-program JSON or partner packages.