frontend-plugin-api: renamed createPlugin to createFrontendPlugin
Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
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@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ The created plugin will currently be templated for use in the legacy frontend sy
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## The plugin instance
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The starting point of a frontend plugin is the `createPlugin` function, which accepts a single options object as its only parameter. It is imported from `@backstage/frontend-plugin-api`, which is where you will find most of the common APIs for building plugins.
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The starting point of a frontend plugin is the `createFrontendPlugin` function, which accepts a single options object as its only parameter. It is imported from `@backstage/frontend-plugin-api`, which is where you will find most of the common APIs for building plugins.
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This is how to create a minimal plugin:
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```tsx title="in src/plugin.ts"
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import { createPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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import { createFrontendPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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export const examplePlugin = createPlugin({
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export const examplePlugin = createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'example',
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extensions: [],
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});
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@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef();
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```tsx title="in src/plugin.ts"
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import {
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createPlugin,
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createFrontendPlugin,
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createPageExtension,
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createNavItemExtension,
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} from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ const exampleNavItem = createNavItemExtension({
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});
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// The same plugin as above, now with the extensions added
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export const examplePlugin = createPlugin({
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export const examplePlugin = createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'example',
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extensions: [examplePage, exampleNavItem],
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// We can also make routes available to other plugins.
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@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ const exampleApi = createApiExtension({
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/* Omitted definitions for examplePage, exampleNavItem, and rootRouteRef. */
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export const examplePlugin = createPlugin({
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export const examplePlugin = createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'example',
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extensions: [
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// highlight-add-next-line
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@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ const exampleEntityContent = createEntityContentExtension({
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)),
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});
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export const examplePlugin = createPlugin({
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export const examplePlugin = createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'example',
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extensions: [
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// highlight-add-next-line
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@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ The main concept is that routes, components, apis are now extensions. You can us
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In the legacy frontend system a plugin was defined in its own `plugin.ts` file as following:
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```ts title="my-plugin/src/plugin.ts"
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import { createPlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
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import { createFrontendPlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
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export const myPlugin = createPlugin({
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export const myPlugin = createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'my-plugin',
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apis: [],
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routes: {
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@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ In the legacy frontend system a plugin was defined in its own `plugin.ts` file a
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});
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```
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In order to migrate the actual definition of the plugin you need to recreate the plugin using the new `createPlugin` utility exported by `@backstage/frontend-plugin-api`.
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The new `createPlugin` function doesn't accept apis anymore as apis are now extensions.
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In order to migrate the actual definition of the plugin you need to recreate the plugin using the new `createFrontendPlugin` utility exported by `@backstage/frontend-plugin-api`.
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The new `createFrontendPlugin` function doesn't accept apis anymore as apis are now extensions.
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```ts title="my-plugin/src/alpha.ts"
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import { createPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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import { createFrontendPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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export default createPlugin({
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export default createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'my-plugin',
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// bind all the extensions to the plugin
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/* highlight-next-line */
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@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ const fooPage = createPageExtension({
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then add the `fooPage` extension to the plugin:
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```ts title="my-plugin/src/alpha.ts"
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import { createPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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import { createFrontendPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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export default createPlugin({
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export default createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'my-plugin',
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// bind all the extensions to the plugin
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@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ const exampleWorkApi = createApiExtension({
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Finally, let's add the `exampleWorkApi` extension to the plugin:
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```ts title="my-plugin/src/alpha.ts"
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import { createPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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import { createFrontendPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
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export default createPlugin({
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export default createFrontendPlugin({
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id: 'my-plugin',
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// bind all the extensions to the plugin
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/* highlight-remove-next-line */
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