Preview Blueprints /

Create preview blueprint

Create a preview blueprint

Required permission

Project > PreviewBlueprints > General > Create

Path parameters

projectId
string required
ID of the project
previewBlueprintId
string required
ID of the preview blueprint

Request body

{object}

arguments
{object}
A set of arguments that can be referenced in a template using '${args.argumentName}'.

gitops
{object}

vcsService
string required
The VCS provider to use.
one of
bitbucket, gitlab, github, self-hosted, azure
selfHostedVcsId
string
If projectType is self-hosted, the ID of the self-hosted vcs to use.
pattern
^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)|([0-9a-f]{24})$
accountLogin
string
By default, if you have multiple version control accounts of the same provider linked, Northflank will pick a linked account that has access to the repository. If `accountLogin` is provided, Northflank will instead use your linked account with that login name.
vcsLinkId
string
Legacy key. Please used accountLogin instead.
repoUrl
string required
URL of the Git repo to sync the file with.
pattern
^(https:\/\/)?((www(\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-]{2,})+\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9\-]{2,})(\.([a-zA-Z0-9\-]{2,}))+(\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-._]{2,}))+?$
branch
string required
The name of the branch to use.
filePath
string required
The file path in the repository. If using an existing file, it should be in JSON format.
pattern
^\/([a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+$

$schema
string
name
string required
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+((-|\s)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
description
string
max length
200
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9.,?\s\\/'"()[\];`%^&*\-_:!]+$
options
{object}
Options regarding how the template is run.

concurrencyPolicy
string
Defines the concurrency behaviour of the template with respect to parallel runs.
one of
allow, queue, forbid
nameFormat
string
The format of the automatically generated preview name. This is a parsed ref string.
prefixName
boolean
If true, the preview name will default to the front of the resource name.
schedule
{object}
Options regarding which hours preview environments should be active. Only available for BYOC projects.

mon
{object}

startTime
integer
min
0
max
2400
endTime
integer
min
0
max
2400

tue
{object}

startTime
integer
min
0
max
2400
endTime
integer
min
0
max
2400

wed
{object}

startTime
integer
min
0
max
2400
endTime
integer
min
0
max
2400

thu
{object}

startTime
integer
min
0
max
2400
endTime
integer
min
0
max
2400

fri
{object}

startTime
integer
min
0
max
2400
endTime
integer
min
0
max
2400

sat
{object}

startTime
integer
min
0
max
2400
endTime
integer
min
0
max
2400

sun
{object}

startTime
integer
min
0
max
2400
endTime
integer
min
0
max
2400

expiry
{object}
Settings regarding the automatic deletion of previews.

previewLifetime
integer
If set, preview environments will be automatically deleted after this many minutes since their last update.
min
1
resetOnUpdate
boolean
If `true`, the expiry time for an existing preview will be reset when it is ran again.

autorun
boolean
If true, the template will run automatically whenever a change is made to it.

argumentOverrides
{object}
A set of arguments that can be referenced in a template using '${args.argumentName}'.

triggers
[array]

(multiple options: anyOf)

{object}

kind
string required
one of
vcs-push
spec
{object} required
ref
string
A reference that can be used to access the output of this trigger in the template.
id
string

{object}

kind
string required
one of
vcs-pr
spec
{object} required
ref
string
A reference that can be used to access the output of this trigger in the template.
id
string

{object}

kind
string required
one of
webhook
spec
{object} required
ref
string
A reference that can be used to access the output of this trigger in the template.
id
string

{object}

kind
string required
one of
vcs-release
spec
{object} required
ref
string
A reference that can be used to access the output of this trigger in the template.
id
string

{object}

kind
string required
one of
vcs-pr-label
spec
{object} required
ref
string
A reference that can be used to access the output of this trigger in the template.
id
string

apiVersion
string required
project
{object}

spec
{object} required

API

CLI

JS Client

POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/preview-blueprints

Example request

Request body

curl

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer NORTHFLANK_API_TOKEN" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{"gitops":{"vcsService":"github","accountLogin":"github-user","repoUrl":"https://github.com/northflank-examples/remix-postgres-redis-demo","branch":"main"},"options":{"autorun":false},"triggers":[{"spec":{"vcs":{"vcsService":"github","accountLogin":"github-user","repoUrl":"https://github.com/northflank-examples/remix-postgres-redis-demo"},"commitMessageFlags":{"flags":["[skip ci]"]},"filePaths":{"paths":["README.md"]}}}]}' \
  https://api.northflank.com/v1/projects/{projectId}/preview-blueprints

Example response

200 OK

success