feat(catalog): added the ability to load mock data into the catalog from the scaffolder too

docs/getting-started/README.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ to look at, and then launch the frontend. These commands are run from the
 project root, not inside the backend directory.
 
 ```bash
-yarn lerna run mock-catalog-data
+yarn lerna run mock-data
 yarn start
 ```
 

packages/backend/README.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ To get started, you can issue the following after starting the backend, from ins
 the `plugins/catalog-backend` directory:
 
 ```bash
-yarn mock-catalog-data
+yarn mock-data
 ```
 
 You should then start seeing data on `localhost:7000/catalog/entities`.

plugins/catalog-backend/README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cd packages/backend
 yarn start
 
 # open another terminal window, and run the following from the very root of the Backstage project
-yarn lerna run mock-catalog-data
+yarn lerna run mock-data
 ```
 
 This will launch the full example backend and populate its catalog with some mock entities.

plugins/catalog-backend/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "prepack": "backstage-cli prepack",
     "postpack": "backstage-cli postpack",
     "clean": "backstage-cli clean",
-    "mock-catalog-data": "./scripts/mock-data"
+    "mock-data": "./scripts/mock-data"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.1.1-alpha.8",

plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "test": "backstage-cli test",
     "prepack": "backstage-cli prepack",
     "postpack": "backstage-cli postpack",
-    "clean": "backstage-cli clean"
+    "clean": "backstage-cli clean",
+    "mock-data": "./scripts/mock-data"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.1.1-alpha.8",

plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/template-info.json

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"id": "react-ssr-template",
-	"name": "SSR React Website",
-	"description": "Next.js application skeleton for creating isomorphic web applications.",
-	"ownerId": "something"
-}

plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/template.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Template
+metadata:
+  name: react-ssr-template
+  title: React SSR Template
+  description: Next.js application skeleton for creating isomorphic web applications.
+spec:
+  type: cookiecutter
+  path: '.'
+

plugins/scaffolder-backend/scripts/mock-data

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+curl \
+--location \
+--request POST 'localhost:7000/catalog/locations' \
+--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+--data-raw "{\"type\": \"github\", \"target\": \"https://github.com/spotify/backstage/blob/mob/move-templates-into-service-catalog/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/template.yml\"}"
+