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In newer versions there is now a normal method for this which also supports
dynamically added components.

The static version is deprecated and removed in 2.0, so we need to port here.
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App Shell Component

A web component for building SPAs consisting of one topic with multiple activities. Handles login, language selection, activity switching, menus etc.

You can install this component via npm:

npm i @dbp-toolkit/app-shell

Usage

<dbp-app-shell src="/example.topic.metadata.json"></dbp-app-shell>
<script type="module" src="node_modules/@dbp-toolkit/app-shell/dist/dbp-app-shell.js"></script>

Attributes

  • lang (optional, default: de): set to de or en for German or English
    • example <dbp-app-shell lang="de"></dbp-app-shell>
  • src: The path to a topic metadata file (json)
  • base-path (optional, default: /): An absolute base path for routing
  • entry-point-url: Entry point URL to access the API
  • keycloak-config: An object with the following keys: url, realm, clientId, silentCheckSsoRedirectUri, scope
  • matomo-url (optional): set to your Matomo server (required only for tracking)
    • example <dbp-app-shell matomo-url="https://my-matomo.tld"></dbp-app-shell>
  • matomo-site-id (optional): set to your site id (required only for tracking)
    • example <dbp-app-shell matomo-site-id="456789"></dbp-app-shell>

Emitted attributes

The component emits dbp-set-property events for these attributes:

  • lang to propagate a language change (possible values en, de)
  • requested-login-status (possible values logged-in, logged-out)

Topic Metadata

{
  "name": {
    "de": "Beispiel",
    "en": "Example"
  },
  "short_name": {
    "de": "Beispiel",
    "en": "Example"
  },
  "description": {
    "de": "Ich bin eine Beschreibung der Applikation",
    "en": "I am a description of this application"
  },
  "routing_name": "example",
  "activities": [
    {"path": "example.metadata.json", "visible": true}
  ],
  "attributes": []
}

Activity Metadata

{
  "element": "dbp-activity-example",
  "module_src": "dbp-activity-example.js",
  "routing_name": "activity-example",
  "name": {
    "de": "Beispielaktivität",
    "en": "Example Activity"
  },
  "short_name": {
    "de": "Beispielaktivität",
    "en": "Example Activity"
  },
  "description": {
    "de": "Eine Beschreibung",
    "en": "A Description"
  }
}

Local development

# get the source
git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
cd toolkit/packages/app-shell

# install dependencies
yarn install

# constantly build dist/bundle.js and run a local web-server on port 8002 
yarn run watch

# run tests
yarn test

# build local packages in dist directory
yarn run build

Jump to http://localhost:8002 and you should get a Single Sign On login page.