scaffolder-test.yaml

apiVersion: scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3
kind: Template
metadata:
  name: create-react-app-template-with-timestamp-entityRef
  title: Create React App Template
  description: Create a new CRA website project
  tags:
    - react
    - cra
spec:
  owner: example-group
  type: website
  parameters:
    - title: Provide some simple information
      required:
        - component_id
        - owner
      properties:
        component_id:
          title: Name
          type: string
          description: Unique name of the component
          ui:field: EntityNamePicker
        description:
          title: Description
          type: string
          description: Help others understand what this website is for.
        owner:
          title: Owner
          type: string
          description: Owner of the component
          ui:field: OwnerPicker
          ui:options:
            allowedKinds:
              - Group
    - title: Choose a location
      required:
        - repoUrl
      properties:
        repoUrl:
          title: Repository Location
          type: string
          ui:field: RepoUrlPicker
          ui:options:
            allowedHosts:
              - github.com
  steps:
    - id: template
      name: Fetch Skeleton + Template
      action: fetch:template
      input:
        url: https://github.com/backstage/software-templates/tree/main/scaffolder-templates/create-react-app/skeleton
        copyWithoutRender:
          - .github/workflows/*
        values:
          component_id: ${{ parameters.component_id }}
          description: ${{ parameters.description }}
          destination: ${{ parameters.repoUrl | parseRepoUrl }}
          owner: ${{ parameters.owner }}

    # this step is an example of using the `catalog:timestamping` action
    - id: timestamp
      name: Add Timestamp to catalog-info.yaml
      action: catalog:timestamping

    # this step is an example of using the `catalog:annotate` action
    - id: add-fields-to-catalog-info
      name: Add a few fields into `catalog-info.yaml` using the generic action
      action: catalog:annotate
      input:
        labels:
          custom: ${{ parameters.label }}
          other: "test-label"
        annotations:
          custom.io/annotation: ${{ parameters.label }}
          custom.io/other: "value"

    # this step is an example of using the `catalog:scaffolded-from` action
    - id: append-templateRef
      name: Append the entityRef of this template to the entityRef
      action: catalog:scaffolded-from

    - id: publish
      name: Publish
      action: publish:github
      input:
        allowedHosts:
          - github.com
        description: This is ${{ parameters.component_id }}
        repoUrl: ${{ parameters.repoUrl }}
        repoVisibility: public

    - id: register
      name: Register
      action: catalog:register
      input:
        repoContentsUrl: ${{ steps.publish.output.repoContentsUrl }}
        catalogInfoPath: '/catalog-info.yaml'

  output:
    links:
      - title: Repository
        url: ${{ steps.publish.output.remoteUrl }}
      - title: Open in catalog
        icon: catalog
        entityRef: ${{ steps.register.output.entityRef }}