App Specs
An M/IC App Spec describes an M/IC App to the platform and dictates how Studio UI is setup, amongst other things. It is made of
Root spec - Contains top level settings and references to other JSON documents comprising the App Spec.
​Project level settings​
​Event level settings​
​Elements - List of Elements this App supports along with settings for each element.
​Fields - All of Project, Event and Element level settings refer to fields described in this document.
Root spec defines these properties:
Property | Description | Mandatory | Default |
name | App name | yes | ​ |
id | Unique app id. All versions of the same app have the same id. | yes | ​ |
version | App version. Only one app with the same id and version can be available within LViS. | yes | ​ |
base_apps_url | Base URL for App location. | yes | ​ |
listings | Number of past and future events to include in listings. If not set then the values can be set via Studio UI. | no | ​ |
project_settings | Project level settings spec URL. | no | no settings |
event_settings | Event level settings spec URL. | no | no settings |
elements | Elements spec URL. | no | no Elements |
fields | Fields spec URL. | no | no fields |
embed_url | App embed URL. | no | ​ |
dash_image | App image URL. Image has to be 100 x 100 px. Make sure it works via HTTPS. This is the image displayed on the dashboard. | no | default app image |
services | List of services required by application. Each service may have additional configuration. | no | empty list |
curation | App requires social curation to be activated | no | false |
schedule | App requires Event scheduling functionality | no | true |
analytics | App requires Analytics functionality | no | true |
live_activity | App requires Live Activity section on Timeline and Analytics pages | no | true |
localisation | App supports localisation | no | false |
{"name": "The Big Question","id": "thebigquestion","version": "1.2.3","base_apps_url": "http://12341234.cloudfont.net/apps","listings": { "past": 1, "future": 2 },"embed_url": "/app.html","dash_image": "/config/lvis/app-dash.png","fields": "/config/lvis/fields.json","elements": "/config/lvis/elements.json","project_settings": "/config/lvis/project_settings.json","event_settings": "/config/lvis/event_settings.json","services": {"leaderboard": {"max_score": 500000},"submissions": {}},"curation": true,"schedule": true,"analytics": false,"live_activity": false,"localisation": false}
These are merely conventions meant to standardise the structure of the apps. They are not enforced and neither used by M/IC Studio in any shape or form.
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Root spec | /config/lvis/spec.json |
Embed URL | /app.html |
Dashboard app image | config/lvis/app-dash.png |
Fields | config/lvis/fields.json |
Elements | config/lvis/elements.json |
Project settings | config/lvis/project_settings.json |
Event settings | config/lvis/event_settings.json |
${base-apps-url}/${id}/${version}
http://12341234.cloudfont.net/apps/thebigquestion/1.2.3
URLs specified in app spec can be absolute or relative. Relative URLs are relative to base app URL.
http://12341234.cloudfont.net/apps/thebigquestion/1.2.3/config/lvis/app-dash.png
//12341234.cloudfont.net/apps/thebigquestion/1.2.3/config/lvis/app-dash.png
​Embedding and Previewing are enabled by adding embed_url to App Spec. They are disabled if embed_url in App Spec is not specified or set to null.
Service configuration object is passed to LViS Service.
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max_score | max score allowed for default leaderboard, where event id is used as leaderboard id |
There are several scenarios which lead to project's App Spec update, such as
App Spec reload
Switching project App to different version
Switching project to different App
When App Spec is updated the content of the following entities is migrated to the latest App Spec:
Project settings.
Not finished events. Finished events are ignored.
Not published elements. Published elements are ignored.
The migration process described below:
Change | Action |
Field is added to Element/Project settings/Event settings spec. | The field is added to the corresponding entity with empty (or default if present) value. |
Field is removed from Element/Project settings/Event settings spec. | The fields is removed from corresponding entity. |
Field's key in a specs is changed. | Same as sequential removing of the old field and adding the new one. |
Field properties in the specs are changed. | Field properties are updated, existing value is converted to the new type (if type changed). Type conversion described in the next section. |
Field definition removed. | All references to the field are automatically disabled and field disappears from UI, feeds, etc. If later this field definition is re-introduced then old references are automatically restored. |
These take place when new version of App Spec has the same field, but with a different type.
new field type | data conversion |
string | string representation of old value is taken |
boolean | "true" or "yes" string value converted to |
number | value representing a number is converted to number, otherwise value is converted to |
