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---
title: jpm
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm
translation_of: Archive/Add-ons/Add-on_SDK/Tools/jpm
---
<div class="note">
<p>Вы можете использовать <code>jpm</code> для Firefox 38 или более поздних версий.</p>

<p>Данный материал относится только для jpm.</p>
</div>

<p><span class="seoSummary">Это Node-ориентированная замена устаревшего <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/cfx">cfx</a>. Позволяет тестировать, запускать и создавать дополнения для Firefox.</span></p>

<p>Смотри также <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tutorials/Getting_Started_%28jpm%29">jpm tutorial</a>.</p>

<p>jpm вызывается через:</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm [command] [options]
</pre>

<p>jpm поддерживает следующие глобальные опции:</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">-h, --help        - show a help message and exit
-V, --version     - print the jpm version number
</pre>

<h2 id="Установка">Установка</h2>

<p>jpm распространяется с помощью менеджера пакетов <a class="external external-icon" href="https://www.npmjs.org/package/jpm">npm</a>, поэтому чтобы установить jpm, вам необходимо предварительно установить менеджер пакетов npm, если вы этого ещё не сделали. npm входит в Node.js, поэтому чтобы установить npm - посетите <a class="external external-icon" href="http://nodejs.org/">nodejs.org</a> и нажмите кнопку INSTALL.</p>

<p>После этого вы можете установить jpm, как и любой другой npm пакет:</p>

<pre>npm install jpm -g</pre>

<p>В зависимости от настроек и операционной системы, вам может потребоваться запустить его с правами администратора (Linux: Debian, Ubuntu, и т.п.):</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">sudo npm install jpm -g</pre>

<p>После установки введите в командной строке:</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm</pre>

<p>Вы должны увидеть краткое описание доступных команд. Обратите внимание, что в отличие от cfx, jpm доступно из любой запущенной командной строки, в случае, если при установке jpm использовался флаг -g.</p>

<h3 id="Проблемы">Проблемы?</h3>

<p>Если у вас возникли проблемы, то обратитесь за помощью. Пользователи SDK и участники проекта готовы обсудить и предложения в <a class="external external-icon" href="http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-labs-jetpack/topics">project mailing list</a>. Попробуйте поискать там, возможно похожий вопрос уже обсуждался там. Вы также можете обратиться к пользователям SDK в <a class="external external-icon" href="http://mibbit.com/?channel=%23jetpack&amp;server=irc.mozilla.org">#jetpack</a> на <a class="external external-icon" href="http://irc.mozilla.org/">Mozilla's IRC network</a>.</p>

<h2 id="Справочник_команд">Справочник команд</h2>

<p>В jpm доступно шесть команд:</p>

<table class="fullwidth-table standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td style="width: 20%;"><a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#jpm_init"><code>jpm init</code></a></td>
   <td>Создать каркас дополнения в качестве отправной точки для создания вашего дополнения.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#jpm_run"><code>jpm run</code></a></td>
   <td>Запустить копию Firefox с установленным дополнением.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#jpm_test"><code>jpm test</code></a></td>
   <td>Запуск тестирования модуля вашего дополнения.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#jpm_xpi"><code>jpm xpi</code></a></td>
   <td>Упаковать дополнение в <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPI">XPI</a> пакет, формат файла установки для дополнений Firefox.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#jpm_post"><code>jpm post</code></a></td>
   <td>Упаковать дополнение в пакет <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPI">XPI</a> и отправить на URL.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#jpm_watchpost"><code>jpm watchpost</code></a></td>
   <td>Упаковывать дополнение в пакет <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPI">XPI</a> и отправлять на URL при каждом изменении файла.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h3 id="jpm_init">jpm init</h3>

<p>Данная команда инициализирует новое дополнение, с нуля.</p>

<p>Для этого создайте новый каталог, перейдите в него и запустите <code>jpm init</code>.</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">mkdir my-addon
cd my-addon
jpm init</pre>

<p>Вам будет предложено указать некоторую информацию о вашем дополнении: данная информация будет использована для создания файла настроек дополнения <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json">package.json</a>.</p>

<ul>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#title">title</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#name">name</a>: По умолчанию это имя каталога, в котором была запущена команда jpm init. За исключнием случаев, когда  заполненно поле <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#id"><code>id</code></a>  в файле package.json, тогда jpm добавит указатель "@" перед именем и использует в качестве него  значение  поля <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Install_Manifests#id"><code>id</code> field in the add-on's install manifest</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#version">version</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#description">description</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#main">entry point</a> (which maps to "main" in package.json)</li>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#author">author</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#engines">engines</a> (supported applications)</li>
 <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/package_json#license">license</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Большинство из этих полей имеют значения по умолчанию, который указан в скобках после вопроса. Если вы просто нажмите Enter, то в настройках будет указано значение по умолчанию.</p>

<p>После того как вы укажете значения или выберите значение по умолчанию для этих свойств, вам будет показано полное содержание "package.json" и предложено принять его.</p>

<p>После jpm создаст каркас дополнения в качестве отправной точки для разрабатываемого вами дополнения, со следующей структурой файлов:</p>

<ul class="directory-tree">
 <li>my-addon
  <ul>
   <li>index.js</li>
   <li>package.json</li>
   <li>test
    <ul>
     <li>test-index.js</li>
    </ul>
   </li>
  </ul>
 </li>
</ul>

<h3 id="jpm_run">jpm run</h3>

<p>Эта команда запускает новый экземпляр Firefox с подключенным дополнением:</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm run</pre>

<p><code>jpm run</code> принимает следующие значения:</p>

<table class="fullwidth-table standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td style="width: 30%;"><code>-b --binary BINARY</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Use the version of Firefox specified in BINARY. BINARY may be specified as a full path or as a path relative to the current directory.</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm run -b /path/to/Firefox/Nightly</pre>
    See <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Selecting_a_browser_version">Selecting a browser version</a>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--binary-args CMDARGS</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Pass <a href="/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options">extra arguments</a> to Firefox.</p>

    <p>For example, to pass the <code>-jsconsole</code> argument to Firefox, which will launch the <a href="/en-US/docs/Tools/Browser_Console">Browser Console</a>, try the following:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm run --binary-args -jsconsole</pre>

    <p>To pass multiple arguments, or arguments containing spaces, quote them:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm run --binary-args '-url mzl.la -jsconsole'</pre>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--debug</code></td>
   <td>Run the <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/Add-on_Debugger">add-on debugger</a> attached to the add-on.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-o --overload PATH</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Rather than use the SDK modules built into Firefox, use the modules found at PATH. If <code>-o</code> is specified and PATH is omitted, jpm will look for the JETPACK_ROOT environment variable and use its value as the path.</p>

    <p>See <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Overloading_the_built-in_modules">Overloading the built-in modules</a> for more information.</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-p --profile=<code> PROFILE</code></code></td>
   <td>
    <p>By default, jpm uses a clean temporary Firefox <a href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/profiles">profile</a> each time you call jpm run. Use the <code>--profile</code> option to instruct jpm to launch Firefox with an existing profile.</p>

    <p>The PROFILE value may be a profile name or the path to the profile.</p>

    <p>See <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Using_profiles">Using profiles</a> for more information.</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-v --verbose</code></td>
   <td>Verbose operation.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--no-copy</code></td>
   <td>
    <div class="warning">Use with caution because <code>jpm run|test</code> changes many preferences, never use with your main profile.</div>

    <div class="note">This only applies when <code>--profile</code> is used.</div>
    Disables the copying of the profile used, which allows one to reuse a profile.</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h3 id="jpm_test">jpm test</h3>

<p>Команда запускает тестирование дополнения. Происходит следующее:</p>

<ul>
 <li>Обзор каталога с именем "test" в корневом каталоге дополнения</li>
 <li>Открывается каждый файл, имя которого начинается с "test-" в этом каталоге (обратите внимание на дефис после слова "test" в имени jpm файла - в тест будет включён файл вида "test-myCode.js", но исключены файлы вида "test_myCode.js" или "testMyCode.js"</li>
 <li>Вызываются все функции, извлечённые из файла, имя которого начинается с "test"</li>
</ul>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm test
</pre>

<p>See the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tutorials/Unit_testing">tutorial on unit testing</a> and the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Low-Level_APIs/test_assert">reference documentation for the <code>assert</code> module</a> for more details on this.</p>

<p><code>jpm test</code> accepts the following options:</p>

<table class="fullwidth-table standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-b --binary BINARY</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Use the version of Firefox specified in BINARY. BINARY may be specified as a full path or as a path relative to the current directory.</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm test -b /path/to/Firefox/Nightly</pre>

    <p>See <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Selecting_a_browser_version">Selecting a browser version</a>.</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--binary-args CMDARGS</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Pass <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments">extra arguments</a> to Firefox.</p>

    <p>For example, to pass the <code>-jsconsole</code> argument to Firefox, which will launch the <a href="/en-US/docs/Tools/Browser_Console">Browser Console</a>, try the following:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm test --binary-args -jsconsole</pre>

    <p>To pass multiple arguments, or arguments containing spaces, quote them:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm test --binary-args '-url mzl.la -jsconsole'</pre>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--debug</code></td>
   <td>Run the <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/Add-on_Debugger">add-on debugger</a> attached to the add-on.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="width: 30%;"><code>-f --filter FILE[:TEST]</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Only run tests whose filenames match FILE and optionally match TEST, both regexps.</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm test --filter base64:btoa</pre>

    <p>The above command only runs tests in files whose names contain "base64", and in those files only runs tests whose names contain "btoa".</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="width: 30%;"><code>-o --overload PATH</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Rather than use the SDK modules built into Firefox, use the modules found at PATH. If <code>-o</code> is specified and PATH is omitted, jpm will look for the JETPACK_ROOT environment variable and use its value as the path.</p>

    <p>See <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Overloading_the_built-in_modules">Overloading the built-in modules</a> for more information.</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="width: 30%;"><code>-p --profile<code> PROFILE</code></code></td>
   <td>
    <p>By default, jpm uses a clean temporary Firefox <a href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/profiles">profile</a> each time you call jpm run. Use the <code>--profile</code> option to instruct jpm to launch Firefox with an existing profile.</p>

    <p>The PROFILE value may be a profile name or the path to the profile.</p>

    <p>See <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm#Using_profiles">Using profiles</a> for more information.</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--stop-on-error</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>By default jpm test keeps running tests even after tests fail. Specify <code>--stop-on-error</code> to stop running tests after the first failure:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm test --stop-on-error</pre>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--tbpl</code></td>
   <td>Print test output in <a href="https://treeherder.mozilla.org/">Treeherder</a> format</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--times NUMBER</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Run tests NUMBER of times:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm test --times 2</pre>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-v --verbose</code></td>
   <td>Verbose operation.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--no-copy</code></td>
   <td>
    <div class="warning">Use with caution because <code>jpm run|test</code> changes many preferences, never use with your main profile.</div>

    <div class="note">This only applies when <code>--profile</code> is used.</div>
    Disables the copying of the profile used, which allows one to reuse a profile.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h3 id="jpm_xpi">jpm xpi</h3>

<p>Эта команда собирает дополнение в пакет XPI. Это формат дополнений, которые можно легко установить Mozilla.</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm xpi</pre>

<p>It looks for a file called <code>package.json</code> in the current directory and creates the corresponding XPI file. It ignores any ZIPs or XPIs in the add-on's root, and any test files.</p>

<p>Once you have built an XPI file you can distribute your add-on by submitting it to <a href="http://addons.mozilla.org">addons.mozilla.org</a>.</p>

<p><code>jpm xpi</code> accepts the following option:</p>

<table class="fullwidth-table standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-v --verbose</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Verbose operation:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm xpi -v</pre>
   </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h3 id="jpm_post">jpm post</h3>

<p>This command packages the add-on as an <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPI">XPI</a> file, the posts it to some url.</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm post</pre>

<p>It looks for a file called <code>package.json</code> in the current directory and creates a XPI file with which to post to the <code>--post-url</code>.</p>

<p><code>jpm post</code> accepts the following options:</p>

<table class="fullwidth-table standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--post-url URL</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>The url to post the extension to after creating a XPI.</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm post --post-url http://localhost:8888/</pre>

    <p>See <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/jpm#using-post-and-watchpost">Using Post and Watchpost</a> for more information.</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-v --verbose</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Verbose operation:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm post --post-url http://localhost:8888/ -v</pre>
   </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h3 id="jpm_watchpost">jpm watchpost</h3>

<p>This command packages the add-on as an <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPI">XPI</a> file, the posts it to some url whenever a file in the current working directory changes.</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm watchpost</pre>

<p>Creates a XPI whenever a file in the current working directory changes and posts that to the <code>--post-url</code>.</p>

<p><code>jpm watchpost</code> accepts the following options:</p>

<table class="fullwidth-table standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td><code>--post-url URL</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>The url to post the extension to after creating a XPI.</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm watchpost --post-url http://localhost:8888/</pre>

    <p>See <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/jpm#using-post-and-watchpost">Using Post and Watchpost</a> for more information.</p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>-v --verbose</code></td>
   <td>
    <p>Verbose operation:</p>

    <pre class="brush: bash">
jpm watchpost --post-url http://localhost:8888/ -v</pre>
   </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Techniques">Techniques</h2>

<h3 id="Selecting_a_browser_version">Selecting a browser version</h3>

<p>By default, <code>jpm run</code> and <code>jpm test</code> will run the release version of Firefox. You can instruct jpm to use a different version in one of two ways:</p>

<ul>
 <li>
  <p>you can use the <code>-b</code> or <code>--binary</code> option to instruct jpm to run a different version of Firefox. You can supply a path to a specific binary:</p>

  <pre class="brush: bash">jpm run -b /path/to/Firefox/Nightly</pre>

  <p>As a shorthand for this, you can pass "nightly", "aurora", "beta", or "firefox" and jpm will look in the default location for these Firefox versions:</p>

  <pre class="brush: bash">jpm run -b nightly</pre>
 </li>
 <li>
  <p>you can set the <code>JPM_FIREFOX_BINARY</code> environment variable with the path to the version of Firefox you want to run. When you invoke <code>jpm run</code> or <code>jpm test</code> without the <code>-b</code> option, jpm will first check  <code>JPM_FIREFOX_BINARY</code>, and use this as the path if it is set.</p>
 </li>
</ul>

<h3 id="Using_.jpmignore_to_ignore_files">Using <code>.jpmignore</code> to ignore files</h3>

<p>Using <code>.jpmignore</code> is similar to using <code>.gitignore</code> with <code>git</code>, <code>.hgignore</code> with Mercurial, or <code>.npmignore</code> with <code>npm</code>. By using this file you can let <code>jpm</code> know which files you would like it to ignore when building a <code>.xpi</code> file with <code>jpm xpi</code>.</p>

<p>Here is an example:</p>

<pre class="brush: bash"># Ignore .DS_Store files created by mac
.DS_Store

# Ignore any zip or xpi files
*.zip
*.xpi
</pre>

<p>A <code>.jpmignore</code> file with the above contents would ignore all zip files and <code>.DS_Store</code> files from the xpi generated by <code>jpm xpi</code>.</p>

<h3 id="Using_profiles_2"><a name="Using_profiles">Using profiles</a></h3>

<p>By default, <code>jpm run</code> uses a new profile each time it is executed. This means that any profile-specific data entered from one run of <code>jpm</code> will not, by default, be available in the next run.</p>

<p>This includes, for example, any extra add-ons you installed, or your history, or any data stored using the <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/High-Level_APIs/simple-storage">simple-storage</a> API.</p>

<p>To make <code>jpm</code> use a specific profile, pass the <code>--profile</code> option, specifying the name of the profile you wish to use, or the path to the profile.</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm run --profile boogaloo
</pre>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm run --profile path/to/boogaloo</pre>

<p>If you supply <code>--profile</code> but its argument is not the name of or path to an existing profile, jpm will open the <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles">profile manager</a>,  enabling you to select and existing profile or create a new one:</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm run --profile i-dont-exist</pre>

<h3 id="Developing_without_browser_restarts">Developing without browser restarts</h3>

<p>Because <code>jpm run</code> restarts the browser each time you invoke it, it can be a little cumbersome if you are making very frequent changes to an add-on. An alternative development model is to use the <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autoinstaller/" rel="noreferrer">Extension Auto-Installer</a> add-on: this listens for new XPI files on a specified port and installs them automatically. That way you can test new changes without needing to restart the browser:</p>

<ul>
 <li>make a change to your add-on</li>
 <li>run <code>jpm post --post-url http://localhost:8888/</code>, to make a xpi and post it.</li>
</ul>

<p>You could even automate this workflow with a simple script. For example:</p>

<pre class="brush: bash">jpm watchpost --post-url http://localhost:8888/
</pre>

<p>Note that the logging level defined for the console is different when you use this method, compared to the logging level used when an add-on is run using <code>jpm run</code>. This means that if you want to see output from <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tutorials/Logging" rel="noreferrer"><code>console.log()</code></a> messages, you'll have to tweak a setting. See the documentation on <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/console#Logging_Levels" rel="noreferrer">logging levels</a> for the details on this.</p>

<h3 id="Overloading_the_built-in_modules">Overloading the built-in modules</h3>

<p>The SDK modules you use to implement your add-on are built into Firefox. When you run or package an add-on using <code>jpm run</code> or <code>jpm xpi</code>, the add-on will use the versions of the modules in the version of Firefox that hosts it.</p>

<p>As an add-on developer, this is usually what you want. But if you're developing the SDK modules themselves, of course, it isn't. In this case you need to:</p>

<ul>
 <li>get a local copy of the SDK modules that you want: this usually means checking out the SDK from its <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk" rel="noreferrer">GitHub repo</a></li>
 <li>set the <code>JETPACK_ROOT</code> environment variable to your local copy</li>
 <li>pass the <code>-o</code> option to <code>jpm run</code> or <code>jpm xpi</code>:</li>
</ul>

<pre>jpm run -o
</pre>

<p>This instructs jpm to use the local copies of the SDK modules, not the ones in Firefox. If you don't want to set the <code>JETPACK_ROOT</code> environment variable, you can pass the location of your copy of the SDK modules along with <code>-o</code>:</p>

<pre>jpm run -o "/path/to/SDK/"</pre>