Build A Multi-File API

Use the api template when you want route modules, configuration, services, SQLite provider metadata, and packaging flow. It is a public alpha starter: use it for early apps and experiments, not as a stable API contract.

Create

sloppy create team-api --template api
cd team-api

Expected result: src/main.ts imports route modules from src/routes/.

Build

sloppy build
sloppy routes .sloppy --format json

Expected result: JSON route metadata is printed for the health and users routes.

Run Health

sloppy run .sloppy --once GET /health

Expected body:

ok

Supported npm platform packages include handler execution support. If a source-built CLI was configured without that support, the command fails before entering handlers with a clear diagnostic.

Package

sloppy package --format json

Expected result: .sloppy/package/manifest.json and copied artifacts are created. Re-running sloppy package cleans stale files in .sloppy/package before writing the new package.