feat(create-medusa-app): add install Next.js storefront option (#4968)

* feat(create-medusa-app): add install Next.js storefront option

* added config for yes option

* added more instructions to exit message

* handle duplicate directories and next errors

* use next.js branch

* add line break in storefront question

* pass next.js directory name as env variable

* change question message

* address PR feedback

* fix(medusa-cli): remove .git directory in `new` command

* fix deleting a directory error

.changeset/nine-peas-draw.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/medusa-cli": patch
+---
+
+fix(medusa-cli): remove .git directory in `new` command

.changeset/two-kids-thank.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-medusa-app": minor
+---
+
+feat(create-medusa-app): add install Next.js storefront option

packages/create-medusa-app/src/commands/create.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ import { nanoid } from "nanoid"
 import { displayFactBox, FactBoxOptions } from "../utils/facts.js"
 import { EOL } from "os"
 import { runCloneRepo } from "../utils/clone-repo.js"
+import {
+  askForNextjsStarter,
+  installNextjsStarter,
+  startNextjsStarter,
+} from "../utils/nextjs-utils.js"
 
 const slugify = slugifyType.default
 const isEmail = isEmailImported.default
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ export type CreateOptions = {
   browser?: boolean
   migrations?: boolean
   directoryPath?: string
+  withNextjsStarter?: boolean
 }
 
 export default async ({
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ export default async ({
   browser,
   migrations,
   directoryPath,
+  withNextjsStarter = false,
 }: CreateOptions) => {
   track("CREATE_CLI")
   if (repoUrl) {
@@ -70,6 +77,7 @@ export default async ({
   let isProjectCreated = false
   let isDbInitialized = false
   let printedMessage = false
+  let nextjsDirectory = ""
 
   processManager.onTerminated(async () => {
     spinner.stop()
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ export default async ({
     // this ensures that the message isn't printed twice to the user
     if (!printedMessage && isProjectCreated) {
       printedMessage = true
-      showSuccessMessage(projectName)
+      showSuccessMessage(projectName, undefined, nextjsDirectory)
     }
 
     return
@@ -93,6 +101,7 @@ export default async ({
   const projectPath = getProjectPath(projectName, directoryPath)
   const adminEmail =
     !skipDb && migrations ? await askForAdminEmail(seed, boilerplate) : ""
+  const installNextjs = withNextjsStarter || (await askForNextjsStarter())
 
   const { client, dbConnectionString } = !skipDb
     ? await getDbClientAndCredentials({
@@ -131,6 +140,14 @@ export default async ({
     message: "Created project directory",
   })
 
+  nextjsDirectory = installNextjs
+    ? await installNextjsStarter({
+        directoryName: projectPath,
+        abortController,
+        factBoxOptions,
+      })
+    : ""
+
   if (client && !dbUrl) {
     factBoxOptions.interval = displayFactBox({
       ...factBoxOptions,
@@ -160,6 +177,8 @@ export default async ({
       abortController,
       skipDb,
       migrations,
+      onboardingType: installNextjs ? "nextjs" : "default",
+      nextjsDirectory,
     })
   } catch (e: any) {
     if (isAbortError(e)) {
@@ -181,7 +200,7 @@ export default async ({
   spinner.succeed(chalk.green("Project Prepared"))
 
   if (skipDb || !browser) {
-    showSuccessMessage(projectPath, inviteToken)
+    showSuccessMessage(projectPath, inviteToken, nextjsDirectory)
     process.exit()
   }
 
@@ -195,6 +214,13 @@ export default async ({
       directory: projectPath,
       abortController,
     })
+
+    if (installNextjs && nextjsDirectory) {
+      void startNextjsStarter({
+        directory: nextjsDirectory,
+        abortController,
+      })
+    }
   } catch (e) {
     if (isAbortError(e)) {
       process.exit()
@@ -229,7 +255,7 @@ async function askForProjectName(directoryPath?: string): Promise<string> {
       message: "What's the name of your project?",
       default: "my-medusa-store",
       filter: (input) => {
-        return slugify(input)
+        return slugify(input).toLowerCase()
       },
       validate: (input) => {
         if (!input.length) {
@@ -267,12 +293,16 @@ async function askForAdminEmail(
   return adminEmail
 }
 
-function showSuccessMessage(projectName: string, inviteToken?: string) {
+function showSuccessMessage(
+  projectName: string,
+  inviteToken?: string,
+  nextjsDirectory?: string
+) {
   logMessage({
     message: boxen(
       chalk.green(
         // eslint-disable-next-line prettier/prettier
-        `Change to the \`${projectName}\` directory to explore your Medusa project.${EOL}${EOL}Start your Medusa app again with the following command:${EOL}${EOL}npx @medusajs/medusa-cli develop${EOL}${EOL}${inviteToken ? `${EOL}${EOL}After you start the Medusa app, you can set a password for your admin user with the URL ${getInviteUrl(inviteToken)}${EOL}${EOL}` : ""}Check out the Medusa documentation to start your development:${EOL}${EOL}https://docs.medusajs.com/${EOL}${EOL}Star us on GitHub if you like what we're building:${EOL}${EOL}https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/stargazers`
+        `Change to the \`${projectName}\` directory to explore your Medusa project.${EOL}${EOL}Start your Medusa app again with the following command:${EOL}${EOL}npx @medusajs/medusa-cli develop${EOL}${EOL}${inviteToken ? `After you start the Medusa app, you can set a password for your admin user with the URL ${getInviteUrl(inviteToken)}${EOL}${EOL}` : ""}${nextjsDirectory?.length ? `The Next.js Starter storefront was installed in the \`${nextjsDirectory}\` directory. Change to that directory and start it with the following command:${EOL}${EOL}npm run dev${EOL}${EOL}` : ""}Check out the Medusa documentation to start your development:${EOL}${EOL}https://docs.medusajs.com/${EOL}${EOL}Star us on GitHub if you like what we're building:${EOL}${EOL}https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/stargazers`
       ),
       {
         titleAlignment: "center",

packages/create-medusa-app/src/index.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ program
     "--directory-path <path>",
     "Specify the directory path to install the project in."
   )
+  .option(
+    "--with-nextjs-starter",
+    "Install the Next.js starter along with the Medusa backend",
+    false
+  )
   .parse()
 
 void create(program.opts())

packages/create-medusa-app/src/utils/nextjs-utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import inquirer from "inquirer"
+import promiseExec from "./promise-exec.js"
+import { FactBoxOptions, displayFactBox } from "./facts.js"
+import fs from "fs"
+import { customAlphabet, nanoid } from "nanoid"
+import { isAbortError } from "./create-abort-controller.js"
+import logMessage from "./log-message.js"
+import { EOL } from "os"
+
+const NEXTJS_REPO = "https://github.com/medusajs/nextjs-starter-medusa"
+
+export async function askForNextjsStarter(): Promise<boolean> {
+  const { installNextjs } = await inquirer.prompt([
+    {
+      type: "confirm",
+      name: "installNextjs",
+      message: `Would you like to create the Next.js storefront? You can also create it later`,
+      default: false,
+    },
+  ])
+
+  return installNextjs
+}
+
+type InstallOptions = {
+  directoryName: string
+  abortController?: AbortController
+  factBoxOptions: FactBoxOptions
+}
+
+export async function installNextjsStarter({
+  directoryName,
+  abortController,
+  factBoxOptions,
+}: InstallOptions): Promise<string> {
+  factBoxOptions.interval = displayFactBox({
+    ...factBoxOptions,
+    title: "Installing Next.js Storefront...",
+  })
+
+  let nextjsDirectory = `${directoryName}-storefront`
+
+  if (
+    fs.existsSync(nextjsDirectory) &&
+    fs.lstatSync(nextjsDirectory).isDirectory()
+  ) {
+    // append a random number to the directory name
+    nextjsDirectory += `-${customAlphabet(
+      // npm throws an error if the directory name has an uppercase letter
+      "123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz",
+      4
+    )()}`
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await promiseExec(
+      `npx create-next-app -e ${NEXTJS_REPO} ${nextjsDirectory}`,
+      {
+        signal: abortController?.signal,
+        env: {
+          ...process.env,
+          npm_config_yes: "yes",
+        },
+      }
+    )
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (isAbortError(e)) {
+      process.exit()
+    }
+
+    logMessage({
+      message: `An error occurred while installing Next.js storefront: ${e}`,
+      type: "error",
+    })
+  }
+
+  await promiseExec(`mv .env.template .env.local`, {
+    cwd: nextjsDirectory,
+    signal: abortController?.signal,
+  })
+
+  displayFactBox({
+    ...factBoxOptions,
+    message: `Installed Next.js Starter successfully in the ${nextjsDirectory} directory.`,
+  })
+
+  return nextjsDirectory
+}
+
+type StartOptions = {
+  directory: string
+  abortController?: AbortController
+}
+
+export async function startNextjsStarter({
+  directory,
+  abortController,
+}: StartOptions) {
+  try {
+    await promiseExec(`npm run dev`, {
+      cwd: directory,
+      signal: abortController?.signal,
+    })
+  } catch {
+    // ignore abort errors
+  }
+}

packages/create-medusa-app/src/utils/prepare-project.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type PrepareOptions = {
   abortController?: AbortController
   skipDb?: boolean
   migrations?: boolean
+  onboardingType?: "default" | "nextjs"
+  nextjsDirectory?: string
 }
 
 export default async ({
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ export default async ({
   abortController,
   skipDb,
   migrations,
+  onboardingType = "default",
+  nextjsDirectory = "",
 }: PrepareOptions) => {
   // initialize execution options
   const execOptions = {
@@ -61,11 +65,12 @@ export default async ({
   let inviteToken: string | undefined = undefined
 
   if (!skipDb) {
+    let env = `DATABASE_TYPE=postgres${EOL}DATABASE_URL=${dbConnectionString}${EOL}MEDUSA_ADMIN_ONBOARDING_TYPE=${onboardingType}${EOL}STORE_CORS=http://localhost:8000,http://localhost:7001`
+    if (nextjsDirectory) {
+      env += `${EOL}MEDUSA_ADMIN_ONBOARDING_NEXTJS_DIRECTORY=${nextjsDirectory}`
+    }
     // add connection string to project
-    fs.appendFileSync(
-      path.join(directory, `.env`),
-      `DATABASE_TYPE=postgres${EOL}DATABASE_URL=${dbConnectionString}`
-    )
+    fs.appendFileSync(path.join(directory, `.env`), env)
   }
 
   factBoxOptions.interval = displayFactBox({

packages/medusa-cli/src/commands/new.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import reporter from "../reporter"
 import { getPackageManager, setPackageManager } from "../util/package-manager"
 import { PanicId } from "../reporter/panic-handler"
 import { clearProject } from "../util/clear-project"
+import path from "path"
 
 const removeUndefined = (obj) => {
   return Object.fromEntries(
@@ -641,6 +642,11 @@ medusa new ${rootPath} [url-to-starter]
     reporter.info("Final project preparations...")
     // remove demo files
     clearProject(rootPath)
+    // remove .git directory
+    fs.rmSync(path.join(rootPath, '.git'), {
+      recursive: true,
+      force: true,
+    })
   }
 
   successMessage(rootPath)