Flows & Workspaces

There are multiple ways to execute flows from the CLI:

1. a single YAML flow

2. a directory of flows

3. flows that match a glob

4. flows specified in a workspace config file

1. Executing a single flow

The most straightforward way to execute a single flow is to pass the flow file path directly to the CLI using a <flowFile>.

dcd cloud <appFile> <flowFile>

Where:

• <appFile> is one of:

  • .app

  • .zip

  • .apk

• <flowFile> is one of:

  • .yaml

  • .yml

2. Executing flows by passing a directory

dcd cloud <appFile> <directoryPath>

Where <directoryPath> is either:

• an absolute path, i.e. /path/from/root

• a relative path, i.e. ./ or path/from/currentDir

The CLI will inspect all YAML files in the directory (but not sub-directories) and create a test for each.

3. Executing flows by passing a glob

dcd cloud <appFile> <glob>

Where <glob> is a path matching string such as ./**/*.yaml

The CLI uses the NPM glob module. This package provides its own CLI which you can use for debugging globs.

4. Executing flows using a Workspace Config file

For complex setups, a config.yaml file is recommended. Place it in the top-level directory you pass to the CLI and it will be detected automatically.

dcd cloud <appFile> <directoryPathIncludingConfigYaml>

See Workspace Configuration for more information.

Referencing flows

As of version 2.0.0, the CLI will search for all nested dependencies referenced by your YAML flows using Maestro keywords (addMedia, runFlow, runScript).