aws-amplify

Create a new Amplify app

$ aws amplify create-app --name [app_name] --description [description] --repository [repo_url] --platform [platform] --environment-variables [env_vars] --tags [tags]

$ aws amplify delete-app --app-id [app_id]

$ aws amplify get-app --app-id [app_id]

$ aws amplify list-apps

$ aws amplify update-app --app-id [app_id] --name [new_name] --description [new_description] --repository [new_repo_url] --environment-variables [new_env_vars] --tags [new_tags]

$ aws amplify create-backend-environment --app-id [app_id] --environment-name [env_name] --deployment-artifacts [artifacts]

$ aws amplify delete-backend-environment --app-id [app_id] --environment-name [env_name]

$ aws amplify list-backend-environments --app-id [app_id]

aws-amplify [global-options...] <subcommand> [<args>...]

--help
    Display help information

--version
    Output version number

--debug
    Enable debug logging

--prompt
    Force interactive prompts

-a --appId <ID>
    Specify Amplify app ID

-e --env <NAME>
    Set environment name

-c --config <FILE>
    Custom config file path

--frontend-framework <FRAMEWORK>
    Specify frontend framework

aws-amplify is the command-line interface for the AWS Amplify framework, enabling developers to build, deploy, and manage scalable fullstack web and mobile applications on AWS. It automates provisioning of backend services like authentication (Cognito), GraphQL/REST APIs (AppSync), storage (S3), functions (Lambda), and hosting (Amplify Hosting).

Workflow starts with init to set up a project, followed by add for features, push to deploy, and CI/CD integration with Git providers. Supports multiple environments, TypeScript backends (Gen 2), and frontend frameworks like React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Flutter, and Swift.

Key benefits include guided category selection, local mocking/testing, conflict detection, and console access. It abstracts AWS complexity, speeding development from prototype to production.

Requires Node.js v18+, npm, and AWS credentials. Run aws-amplify configure first. Git repo needed for some ops. Backend-only mode limits frontend integration.

init: Initialize project.
status: Show backend status.
add <category>: Add feature (auth, api, storage, function, hosting).
push: Deploy backend.
pull: Update local from cloud.
delete: Remove backend.
publish: Build/deploy frontend.
console: Open Amplify Console.

npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli
brew install aws/tap/amplify
curl script for Linux/macOS.

Launched by AWS in July 2018. Reached v1 in 2019 with multi-env support. v5 (2021) added Android/iOS. v10+ (2023) introduced Gen 2 with Nix-based CDK for TypeScript backends.

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