Developing with commercetools Frontend

To install the latest version of the CLI, open a command-line tool and run one of the following commands based on your operating system.

• For macOS and Linux, run the following command:

  Install frontastic-cli on macOS and LinuxTerminal

  brew tap frontasticgmbh/tap && brew install frontastic-cli

• For Windows, run the following commands:

  Add scoop bucket on WindowsTerminal

  scoop bucket add FrontasticGmbH_scoop-bucket https://github.com/FrontasticGmbH/scoop-bucket
  Install frontastic-cli on WindowsTerminal

  scoop install frontastic-cli

To get your API token from the Studio, follow these steps:

1. From the Studio homepage, click the Account icon, then select Profile: the User settings dialog opens.
2. Copy the value in the API token field and close the dialog.
3. Save the copied value for later use.

To set up your project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the GitHub repository of your commercetools Frontend project on your computer.
2. Open a command-line tool and move to the root directory of your repository.
3. To initialize your project, run frontastic init in your command-line tool: you'll be prompted to enter the Studio user API token.
4. Enter the API token you copied from the Studio.
5. To install the necessary dependencies, run frontastic install in your command-line tool.
6. To start your commercetools Frontend project, run frontastic run in your command-line tool. Once it has finished, you can preview your website by opening http://localhost:3000 in a web browser.