topic Re: Caching dev version automation in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Caching dev version automation

LondonWalker — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:19:54 GMT

I use automated deployments for my experiences and am trying to work on the service cache. I would rather not increment my release numbers manually and am hoping to do this in my pipeline. Has anyone automated this and be willing to share what they did?

Re: Caching dev version automation

JunshanLiu — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:06:24 GMT

Do you use this script https://developers.arcgis.com/experience-builder/guide/deployment-topics/#automated-deployments? I think the script will increase the number automatically.

Re: Caching dev version automation

LondonWalker — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:23:50 GMT

I do, it does not

Re: Caching dev version automation

JunshanLiu — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:15:55 GMT

Hi @LondonWalker I reverified, the build number will increase when you run the script. Could you double-check?

Re: Caching dev version automation

LondonWalker — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:15:58 GMT

I am currently on number 23. I ran the script and checked again and it is still 23. Here is my yaml

trigger: - main jobs: - job: Build pool: vmImage: ubuntu-latest steps: - script: curl -o exb.zip "$(curl -s 'https://downloads.arcgis.com/dms/rest/download/secured/arcgis-experience-builder-1.16.zip?f=json&folder=software%2FExperienceBuilder%2F1.16' | python3 -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['url'])")" displayName: Download Experience Builder env: ARCGIS_LIB_DOWNLOADER_USERNAME: $(username) ARCGIS_LIB_DOWNLOADER_PASSWORD: $(password) - script: unzip -q exb.zip -d arcgis-experience-builder-1.16 displayName: Unzip Experience Builder - script: cp -r widgets/* arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder/client/your-extensions/widgets displayName: Copy Custom Widgets - script: mkdir public && cd public && mkdir apps && cd apps workingDirectory: arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder/server displayName: Create App directory - script: cp -r apps/* arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder/server/public/apps displayName: Copy apps - script: npm ci workingDirectory: arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder/client displayName: NPM install client folder - script: npm ci displayName: NPM install in server folder workingDirectory: arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder/server - script: npm run build:prod displayName: Build widgets workingDirectory: arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder/client - script: node -e "require('./server/src/middlewares/dev/apps/app-download.js').zipApp('6', 'stateviewer.zip')" workingDirectory: arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder displayName: Run download script env: NODE_ENV: production - script: unzip -q stateviewer.zip -d stateviewer workingDirectory: arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder displayName: Unzip stateviewer zip - task: ArchiveFiles@2 inputs: rootFolderOrFile: 'arcgis-experience-builder-1.16/ArcGISExperienceBuilder/stateviewer' includeRootFolder: false archiveType: 'zip' archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/stateviewer.zip' replaceExistingArchive: true - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1 displayName: 'Push both compiled code (in build) and Nuget Package (in artifact) to BuildArtifact Container.' inputs: PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/stateviewer.zip' #'$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)' ArtifactName: 'drop'

Re: Caching dev version automation

JunshanLiu — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 01:22:31 GMT

Hi @LondonWalker I think I got why the build number in your app is not increased. The build number is saved in a file, which name is download-times.json, in the app folder. In your script, you copy the apps to the "server/apps" folder so every time, it's a fresh new app.

So, the fix should be you can change the number in the "download-times.json" before you copy the app.

Re: Caching dev version automation

LondonWalker — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:03:07 GMT

Thanks, this worked. I think I got confused because of this section https://developers.arcgis.com/experience-builder/guide/deployment-topics/#service-worker-cache