dotnet-models-creator-cli

A dotnet CLI to automatically create strongly typed c-sharp models. This CLI tool is used internally by the Contentful Visual Studio plugin and the Contentful Visual Studio Code plugin.

Prerequisites

The CLI tool uses the "global tools" feature of .NET Core 6.0 and requires the .NET Core 6.0 SDK to be installed. https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/dotnet-core/6.0

Installation

Run dotnet tool install -g contentful.modelscreator.cli from your command line.

Usage

Once installed you should now be able to run contentful.modelscreator.cli --help to list all the available commands.

• -h to list this help
• -v to show the version of the tool installed
• -a to set the accesstoken to use when communicating with the Contentful API
• -s to set the space id to fetch the content model from
• -n to set the namespace for the classes being created
• -e to specify which environment to fetch the content model for
• -f to force overwrite of any existing files
• -p to set the path where the class files should be created

Examples

Running contentful.modelscreator.cli -s qz0n5cdakyl9 -a df2a18b8a5b4426741408fc95fa4331c7388d502318c44a5b22b167c3c1b1d03 will create a number of classes in the current working directory based on the content model of the Contentful Example App space.

If you want to specify the namespace of the created classes use the -n switch: contentful.modelscreator.cli -s qz0n5cdakyl9 -a df2a18b8a5b4426741408fc95fa4331c7388d502318c44a5b22b167c3c1b1d03 -n MyProject.Models

If you want to specify the path to create the assets in use the -p switch: contentful.modelscreator.cli -s qz0n5cdakyl9 -a df2a18b8a5b4426741408fc95fa4331c7388d502318c44a5b22b167c3c1b1d03 -n MyProject.Models -p c:\temp