Maropost Theme CLI

Professional build tools for Maropost storefront themes - includes asset compilation, Tailwind CSS processing, file watching, and integrated development server with theme preview functionality.

Features

🚀 All-in-One Development Server

• Automatic asset building on startup and file changes
• Local theme development server that proxies to remote Maropost storefront
• Template preview functionality - sends local templates to storefront /preview endpoint
• Intelligent static asset serving with manifest-based hash resolution
• Route-based template matching using routes.json configuration
• Real-time file watching with automatic rebuilds
• Professional logging with categorized, colored output
• Gzip compression for faster template transfers

🏗️ Asset Building

• CSS/SCSS/SASS compilation with Sass
• JavaScript/TypeScript bundling with esbuild
• Tailwind CSS processing with v4 support
• Image optimization with WebP conversion
• PostCSS processing with autoprefixer and cssnano
• CSS purging with PurgeCSS
• Asset hashing with manifest generation

🔧 Developer Experience

• Professional CLI interface with modern development workflow
• Verbose debug mode for troubleshooting
• Graceful error handling and recovery
• Build timing and performance metrics
• Template rendering status tracking

Installation

npm install @maropost-tools/theme-cli

Or install globally:

npm install -g @maropost-tools/theme-cli

Quick Start

🚀 Development Server (Recommended)

The easiest way to start developing - builds, watches, and serves everything in one command:

# Start development server with automatic building and watching
maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com"

# With custom options
maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com" \
                --theme-path="./theme" \
                --port=3000 \
                --verbose

# Skip initial build (use existing assets)
maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com" --no-build

# Server only (no file watching)
maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com" --no-watch

🏗️ Standalone Asset Building

For CI/CD or when you only need to build assets:

# Build individual files (default)
maropost-build

# Build bundled files
maropost-build --bundle

# Clean and build
maropost-build --clean

# Build with CSS purging
maropost-build --purge

👀 Standalone File Watching

For custom workflows (not needed with serve command):

# Watch for changes and rebuild (legacy)
maropost-watch

Development Server

The development server replicates the functionality of the maropost-cli Go project, providing a local development environment for Maropost themes.

How It Works

1. Route Matching: Reads config/routes.json to determine which template to use for each URL path
2. Template Loading: Loads local template files from templates/[type]/default.json
3. Asset Collection: Automatically collects all required sections, blocks, and snippets
4. Preview Request: Sends the local template data to the storefront's /preview endpoint
5. Response Proxying: Returns the storefront's response with local theme changes applied

Server Features

• Static Assets: Serves /static and /public directories
• Template Preview: Intercepts theme requests and sends to preview endpoint
• Fallback Proxy: Routes unmatched requests directly to storefront
• CORS Support: Full CORS headers for development
• Request Logging: Comprehensive request logging with Morgan
• Graceful Shutdown: Handles SIGINT and SIGTERM signals

Configuration

const { createDevServer } = require('@maropost-tools/theme-cli');

const server = createDevServer({
  port: 3333,                    // Server port (default: 3333)
  host: 'localhost',             // Host to bind to (default: localhost)
  storefrontURL: 'https://your-store.example.com',  // Required: Remote storefront URL
  themePath: './theme'           // Optional: Local theme directory path (default: current directory)
});

// Start the server
server.start().then(() => {
  console.log('Development server running');
});

// Stop the server
server.stop().then(() => {
  console.log('Development server stopped');
});

CLI Usage

maropost-serve [options]

Required Options:
  --storefront-url    Storefront store URL (e.g., https://your-store.example.com)

Optional Options:
  --theme-path        Path to local theme directory (default: current directory ".")
  --port              Port for local development server (default: 3333)
  --host              Host to bind to (default: localhost)
  --no-build          Skip initial build on startup
  --no-watch          Disable file watching and auto-rebuild
  --verbose           Enable verbose debug logging
  --help              Show help message

Examples:
  # Standard development workflow
  maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com"

  # With custom theme directory and port
  maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com" --theme-path="./theme" --port=3000

  # Debug mode with verbose logging
  maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com" --verbose

  # Server only (no build/watch)
  maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com" --no-build --no-watch

Theme Structure

The development server expects your theme to follow this structure:

theme/
├── config/
│   ├── routes.json           # Route definitions
│   ├── settings_data.json    # Theme settings
│   └── settings_schema.json  # Settings schema
├── templates/
│   ├── home/
│   │   └── default.json      # Home page template
│   ├── product/
│   │   └── default.json      # Product page template
│   └── collection/
│       └── default.json      # Collection page template
├── sections/
│   ├── default.html          # Default section
│   ├── header.html           # Header section
│   └── footer.html           # Footer section
├── blocks/
│   ├── button.html           # Button block
│   ├── image.html            # Image block
│   └── text.html             # Text block
├── snippets/
│   ├── product-card.html     # Product card snippet
│   └── collection-card.html  # Collection card snippet
├── layouts/
│   ├── main.html             # Main layout
│   └── auth.html             # Auth layout
├── assets/
│   ├── css/                  # CSS/SCSS files
│   ├── js/                   # JavaScript files
│   └── images/               # Image files
└── public/                   # Public assets

Routes Configuration

The config/routes.json file defines how URLs map to templates:

[
  {
    "id": "home",
    "label": "Home",
    "path": "/",
    "method": "GET",
    "target": "template",
    "template_type": "home"
  },
  {
    "id": "product",
    "label": "Product",
    "path": "/products/{handle}",
    "method": "GET",
    "target": "template",
    "template_type": "product"
  },
  {
    "id": "collection",
    "label": "Collection",
    "path": "/collections/{handle}",
    "method": "GET",
    "target": "template",
    "template_type": "collection"
  }
]

Template Structure

Templates in templates/[type]/default.json define the page structure:

{
  "id": "home",
  "label": "Home Page",
  "type": "home",
  "layout": "main",
  "sections": {
    "header": {
      "id": "header",
      "type": "header",
      "settings": {},
      "blocks": {}
    },
    "hero": {
      "id": "hero",
      "type": "hero",
      "settings": {},
      "blocks": {}
    }
  },
  "order": ["header", "hero"]
}

Asset Building

Build Modes

Individual Mode (Default)

• Each CSS/SCSS/SASS file → separate .css file
• Each JS/TS/JSX/TSX file → separate .js file
• Good for: selective loading, debugging, modular themes

Bundle Mode

• All CSS → single theme.css file
• All JS → single theme.js file
• Good for: performance, single HTTP request, production

Build Options

# Individual files (default)
maropost-build

# Bundle mode
maropost-build --bundle

# Clean output directories
maropost-build --clean

# CSS purging
maropost-build --purge

# Disable minification
maropost-build --no-minify

# Combine options
maropost-build --bundle --clean --purge

Configuration

Create a theme-cli.config.js file in your project root:

module.exports = {
  // Input directories
  cssDir: 'assets/css',
  jsDir: 'assets/js',
  imagesDir: 'assets/images',
  
  // Output directories
  outputCssDir: 'tmp/assets/css',
  outputJsDir: 'tmp/assets/js',
  outputImagesDir: 'tmp/assets/images',
  
  // Build options
  bundle: false,        // Bundle all files
  minify: true,         // Minify output
  purge: false,         // Run PurgeCSS
  
  // Tailwind CSS
  tailwindInput: 'assets/css/tailwind.css',
  
  // Theme directories for CSS purging
  themeDirs: [
    'templates',
    'sections',
    'blocks',
    'snippets',
    'layouts'
  ]
};

File Watching

# Watch for changes and rebuild
maropost-watch

# Watch with specific options
maropost-watch --bundle --purge

Programmatic Usage

Asset Building

const { build, config } = require('@maropost-tools/theme-cli');

// Use default configuration
build();

// Custom configuration
const customConfig = {
  ...config,
  bundle: true,
  purge: true
};

build(customConfig);

Development Server

const { createDevServer } = require('@maropost-tools/theme-cli');

const server = createDevServer({
  port: 3000,
  storefrontURL: 'https://your-store.example.com',
  themePath: './theme'
});

server.start().then(() => {
  console.log('Server running on port 3000');
});

Dependencies

Required

• Node.js >= 18.0.0
• npm >= 9.0.0

Build Tools

• Sass for CSS/SCSS compilation
• esbuild for JavaScript/TypeScript bundling
• Tailwind CSS v4 for utility-first CSS
• PostCSS for CSS processing
• PurgeCSS for unused CSS removal

Development Server

• Express.js for HTTP server
• CORS for cross-origin requests
• Morgan for request logging
• http-proxy-middleware for proxying

Examples

Basic Theme Development

1. Start the development server:

   maropost-serve --storefront-url="https://your-store.example.com"

2. Make changes to your theme files

3. View changes in real-time at http://localhost:3333

4. Build production assets:

   maropost-build --bundle --clean

Advanced Configuration

// theme-cli.config.js
module.exports = {
  bundle: true,
  minify: true,
  purge: true,
  tailwindInput: 'assets/css/tailwind.css',
  themeDirs: ['templates', 'sections', 'blocks', 'snippets', 'layouts']
};

Integration with Build Tools

// package.json scripts
{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "maropost-serve --storefront-url=\"https://your-store.example.com\"",
    "build": "maropost-build --bundle --clean",
    "watch": "maropost-watch --bundle",
    "build:prod": "maropost-build --bundle --clean --purge"
  }
}

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. Port already in use: Change the port with --port option
2. Template not found: Check your routes.json configuration
3. Assets not loading: Ensure theme directory structure is correct
4. Preview endpoint errors: Verify storefront URL and connectivity

Debug Mode

Enable verbose logging by setting the DEBUG environment variable:

DEBUG=* maropost-serve --storefront-url="..." --theme-path="..."

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests if applicable
5. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Support

• Issues: Bitbucket Issues
• Documentation: Bitbucket Wiki
• Repository: Bitbucket Repository