apimatic · saeedjamshaid · Jun 24, 2026 · Jun 24, 2026 · Jun 24, 2026
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ pnpm test              # tsx + mocha, runs test/**/*.test.ts
 pnpm exec tsx node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha "test/actions/portal/serve.test.ts" --timeout 99999
 
 # Run CLI locally
-node bin/run.js <command>
+pnpm build:watch       # tsc -b --watch: recompiles src/ → lib/ on change; keep running in a separate terminal
+pnpm apimatic <command>
+pnpm apimatic <command> -i <abs-path-to-dir-containing-src>   # -i: for commands operating on a project directory containing src/
 ```
 
 ## Adding / upgrading dependencies

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
     "scripts": {
         "build": "tsc -b",
+        "build:watch": "tsc -b --watch",
+        "apimatic": "node ./bin/run.js",
         "postpack": "rimraf oclif.manifest.json",
         "posttest": "eslint . --ext .ts",
         "prettier": "prettier \"src/**/*.{js,ts}\"",

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ import { err, ok, Result } from "neverthrow";
 type SelectKeyFailure = "failed" | "cancelled";
 type SelectKeyResult = Result<string, SelectKeyFailure>;
 
+export const DEFAULT_COPILOT_WELCOME_MESSAGE =
+  "Hi there! I'm your API Integration Assistant, here to help you learn and integrate with this API.\n" +
+  "\n" +
+  "Ask me anything about this API or try one of these example prompts:\n" +
+  "\n" +
+  "- `What authentication methods does this API support?`\n" +
+  "- `What endpoints are available in this API?`\n" ;
+
 export class CopilotAction {
   private readonly apiService = new ApiService();
   private readonly fileService = new FileService();
@@ -42,9 +50,9 @@ export class CopilotAction {
       return ActionResult.failed();
     }
 
-    const buildJson = await buildContext.getBuildFileContents();
+    const buildConfig = await buildContext.getBuildFileContents();
 
-    if (!force && buildJson.apiCopilotConfig != null && !(await this.prompts.confirmOverwrite())) {
+    if (!force && buildConfig.hasApiCopilot() && !(await this.prompts.confirmOverwrite())) {
       this.prompts.cancelled();
       return ActionResult.cancelled();
     }
@@ -66,13 +74,13 @@ export class CopilotAction {
 
     const welcomeMessage = await this.prepareWelcomeMessage();
 
-    buildJson.apiCopilotConfig = {
+    const updatedBuildConfig = buildConfig.withApiCopilotConfig({
       isEnabled: enable,
       key: apiCopilotKeyResult.value,
       welcomeMessage: welcomeMessage
-    };
+    });
 
-    await buildContext.updateBuildFileContents(buildJson);
+    await buildContext.updateBuildFileContents(updatedBuildConfig);
 
     this.prompts.copilotConfigured(enable, apiCopilotKeyResult.value);
 
@@ -104,14 +112,7 @@ export class CopilotAction {
   private async prepareWelcomeMessage(): Promise<string> {
     return await withDirPath(async (tempDir) => {
       const tempFile = new FilePath(tempDir, new FileName("welcome-message.md"));
-      const defaultContent =
-        "Hi there! I'm your API Integration Assistant, here to help you learn and integrate with this API.\n" +
-        "\n" +
-        "Ask me anything about this API or try one of these example prompts:\n" +
-        "\n" +
-        "- `What authentication methods does this API support?`\n" +
-        "- `[Enter another prompt here]`";
-      await this.fileService.writeContents(tempFile, defaultContent);
+      await this.fileService.writeContents(tempFile, DEFAULT_COPILOT_WELCOME_MESSAGE);
       this.prompts.openWelcomeMessageEditor();
       await this.launcherService.openInEditor(tempFile);
       const welcomeMessage = await this.fileService.getContents(tempFile);

@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ import { ValidateAction } from '../api/validate.js';
 import { BuildContext } from '../../types/build-context.js';
 import { TempContext } from '../../types/temp-context.js';
 import { FileDownloadService } from '../../infrastructure/services/file-download-service.js';
-import { getLanguagesConfig } from '../../types/build/build.js';
 import { FilePath } from '../../types/file/filePath.js';
 import { SpecContext } from '../../types/spec-context.js';
 import { FeaturesToRemove, ValidationService } from '../../infrastructure/services/validation-service.js';
 import { FileName } from '../../types/file/fileName.js';
+import { ApiService } from '../../infrastructure/services/api-service.js';
+import { DEFAULT_COPILOT_WELCOME_MESSAGE } from './copilot.js';
 
-const defaultPort: number = 3000 as const;
+const defaultPort: number = 23513 as const;
+const defaultBaseUrl = new UrlPath(`http://localhost:${defaultPort}`);
 
 export class PortalQuickstartAction {
   private readonly prompts: PortalQuickstartPrompts = new PortalQuickstartPrompts();
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ export class PortalQuickstartAction {
   private readonly configDir: DirectoryPath;
   private readonly commandMetadata: CommandMetadata;
   private readonly fileDownloadService = new FileDownloadService();
+  private readonly apiService = new ApiService();
   private readonly buildFileUrl = new UrlPath(
     `https://github.com/apimatic/sample-docs-as-code-portal/archive/refs/heads/master.zip`
   );
@@ -157,6 +160,31 @@ export class PortalQuickstartAction {
         break;
       }
 
+      // Resolve the API Copilot key to enable, if any, before setting up the source
+      // directory so the user decides on Copilot up front. The lookup failing is fatal;
+      // an account with no key continues silently (no Copilot); cancelling the multi-key
+      // selection aborts quickstart.
+      const accountInfo = await this.apiService.getAccountInfo(this.configDir, this.commandMetadata.shell, null);
+      if (accountInfo.isErr()) {
+        this.prompts.accountInfoFetchFailed(accountInfo.error);
+        return ActionResult.failed();
+      }
+
+      let copilotKey: string | undefined;
+      const copilotKeys = accountInfo.value.ApiCopilotKeys ?? [];
+      if (copilotKeys.length === 1) {
+        copilotKey = copilotKeys[0];
+      } else if (copilotKeys.length > 1) {
+        copilotKey = await this.prompts.selectCopilotKey(copilotKeys);
+        if (!copilotKey) {
+          this.prompts.noCopilotKeySelected();
+          return ActionResult.cancelled();
+        }
+      }
+      if (copilotKey) {
+        this.prompts.copilotEnabled(copilotKey);
+      }
+
       const masterBuildFile = await this.prompts.downloadBuildDirectory(
         this.fileDownloadService.downloadFile(this.buildFileUrl)
       );
@@ -169,16 +197,23 @@ export class PortalQuickstartAction {
       await this.zipService.unArchive(masterBuildFilePath, tempDirectory);
       const extractedFolder = tempDirectory.join(this.repositoryFolderName);
 
+      // Clean up the workflow dir from the template before copying
       const tempBuildContext = new BuildContext(extractedFolder);
       await tempBuildContext.deleteWorkflowDir();
 
-      const buildFile = await tempBuildContext.getBuildFileContents();
-      buildFile.generatePortal!.languageConfig = getLanguagesConfig(languages);
-      await tempBuildContext.updateBuildFileContents(buildFile);
-
+      // Copy the template into the final destination
       const sourceDirectory = inputDirectory.join('src');
       await this.fileService.copyDirectoryContents(extractedFolder, sourceDirectory);
 
+      // Update the build file in its final location via BuildContext,
+      // mirroring exactly how CopilotAction reads and writes the build file
+      const buildContext = new BuildContext(sourceDirectory);
+      const baseConfig = (await buildContext.getBuildFileContents()).withPortalLanguages(languages);
+      const buildConfig = copilotKey
+        ? baseConfig.withApiCopilotForPortal(copilotKey, DEFAULT_COPILOT_WELCOME_MESSAGE, defaultBaseUrl)
+        : baseConfig;
+      await buildContext.updateBuildFileContents(buildConfig);
+
       const specDirectory = sourceDirectory.join('spec');
       const specContext = new SpecContext(specDirectory);
       await specContext.replaceDefaultSpec(specPath);
@@ -199,4 +234,4 @@ export class PortalQuickstartAction {
       return ActionResult.success();
     });
   };
-}
+}
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Server } from "node:http";
+import { err, ok, Result } from "neverthrow";
 import { createServer as createLiveReloadServer } from "livereload";
 import connectLiveReload from "connect-livereload";
 import express, { Express } from "express";
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ import { NetworkService } from "../../infrastructure/network-service.js";
 import { UrlPath } from "../../types/file/urlPath.js";
 import { LauncherService } from "../../infrastructure/launcher-service.js";
 import { DebounceService } from "../../infrastructure/debounce-service.js";
+import { BuildContext } from "../../types/build-context.js";
 
 export class PortalServeAction {
   private readonly prompts: PortalServePrompts = new PortalServePrompts();
@@ -35,28 +38,68 @@ export class PortalServeAction {
     hotReload: boolean,
     onAfterServe?: () => void
   ): Promise<ActionResult> {
-    const generatePortalAction = new GenerateAction(this.configDir, this.commandMetadata, this.authKey);
-    const result = await generatePortalAction.execute(buildDirectory, portalDirectory, true, false);
-    if (result.isFailed()) {
+    const buildContext = new BuildContext(buildDirectory);
+    if (!(await buildContext.exists())) {
+      this.prompts.noPortalSource(buildDirectory);
+      return ActionResult.failed();
+    }
+    let buildConfig;
+    try {
+      buildConfig = await buildContext.getBuildFileContents();
+    } catch {
+      this.prompts.invalidBuildConfig(buildDirectory);
       return ActionResult.failed();
     }
 
     const servePort = await this.networkService.getServerPort([port, 3000, 3001, 3002]);
-    if (servePort != port && !onAfterServe) {
+    if (servePort != port) {
       this.prompts.usingFallbackPort(port, servePort);
     }
+    const serveUrl = new UrlPath(`http://localhost:${servePort}`);
+
+    // Update the configured localhost base URL to the actual serve URL BEFORE
+    // generation bakes it into the portal artifacts; otherwise the portal would load
+    // its content from the wrong port and fail to render.
+    const updatedBuildConfig = buildConfig.updateBuildConfigBaseUrl(serveUrl);
+    if (updatedBuildConfig !== buildConfig) {
+      await buildContext.updateBuildFileContents(updatedBuildConfig);
+      this.prompts.baseUrlPortUpdated(serveUrl);
+    }
+
+    const generatePortalAction = new GenerateAction(this.configDir, this.commandMetadata, this.authKey);
+    const result = await generatePortalAction.execute(buildDirectory, portalDirectory, true, false);
+    if (result.isFailed()) {
+      return ActionResult.failed();
+    }
 
     const liveReloadPort = await this.networkService.getServerPort([35729, 35730, 35731, 35732]);
     const liveReloadServer = createLiveReloadServer({ port: liveReloadPort });
+
+    // livereload attaches its "error" handler to the inner WebSocket server, not to the
+    // HTTP server it binds the port on, so a failed bind (e.g. the port was taken in the
+    // gap since getServerPort) emits an unhandled "error" that would crash the process.
+    // Guard the HTTP server the same way as the main server below.
+    const liveReloadHttpServer = (liveReloadServer as unknown as { config: { server: Server } }).config.server;
+    if ((await this.waitForServerListening(liveReloadHttpServer)).isErr()) {
+      liveReloadServer.close();
+      this.prompts.serverStartFailed(liveReloadPort);
+      return ActionResult.failed();
+    }
+
     const server = this.application
       .use(connectLiveReload())
       .use(express.static(portalDirectory.toString(), { extensions: ["html"] }))
       .listen(servePort);
 
-    const portalUrl = new UrlPath(`http://localhost:${servePort}`);
-    this.prompts.portalServed(portalUrl);
+    if ((await this.waitForServerListening(server)).isErr()) {
+      liveReloadServer.close();
+      this.prompts.serverStartFailed(servePort);
+      return ActionResult.failed();
+    }
+
+    this.prompts.portalServed(serveUrl);
     if (openInBrowser) {
-      await this.launcherService.openUrlInBrowser(portalUrl);
+      await this.launcherService.openUrlInBrowser(serveUrl);
     }
     this.prompts.promptForExit();
 
@@ -102,6 +145,22 @@ export class PortalServeAction {
 
         await debounceService.batchSingleRequest(async () => {
           this.prompts.changesDetected();
+          // Re-reconcile on every hot-reload cycle: portalSettings.baseUrl takes
+          // precedence over generatePortal.baseUrl and may have been added or changed
+          // since serve started. If a mismatch is found the file is rewritten, which
+          // triggers a second watcher event — the debounce queues it, and the second
+          // cycle sees no mismatch and generates cleanly.
+          try {
+            const latestConfig = await buildContext.getBuildFileContents();
+            const reconciledConfig = latestConfig.updateBuildConfigBaseUrl(serveUrl);
+            if (reconciledConfig !== latestConfig) {
+              await buildContext.updateBuildFileContents(reconciledConfig);
+              this.prompts.baseUrlPortUpdated(serveUrl);
+            }
+          } catch {
+            // Build file temporarily unreadable (e.g. mid-save); skip reconciliation
+            // this cycle. GenerateAction will surface the error if the file is broken.
+          }
           await generatePortalAction.execute(buildDirectory, portalDirectory, true, false, false);
           liveReloadServer.refresh(portalDirectory.toString());
           this.clearStandardInput();
@@ -122,6 +181,23 @@ export class PortalServeAction {
     return ActionResult.success();
   }
 
+  // Resolves ok once the server is bound, or err with the bind error (e.g. EADDRINUSE)
+  // so a failed listen is reported cleanly instead of crashing via an unhandled "error".
+  private waitForServerListening(server: Server): Promise<Result<void, Error>> {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const onListening = () => {
+        server.removeListener("error", onError);
+        resolve(ok(undefined));
+      };
+      const onError = (error: Error) => {
+        server.removeListener("listening", onListening);
+        resolve(err(error));
+      };
+      server.once("listening", onListening);
+      server.once("error", onError);
+    });
+  }
+
   // This clears the standard input to allow interrupts like CTRL+C to work properly.
   private clearStandardInput() {
     if (process.platform !== "darwin" && process.stdin.isTTY) {

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class PortalNewTocAction {
       return ActionResult.failed();
     }
     const buildConfig = await buildContext.getBuildFileContents();
-    const contentDirectory = buildDirectory.join(buildConfig.generatePortal?.contentFolder ?? 'content');
+    const contentDirectory = buildDirectory.join(buildConfig.contentFolder());
 
     const tocDir = tocDirectory ?? contentDirectory;
     const tocContext = new TocContext(tocDir);

@@ -77,34 +77,12 @@ export class PortalRecipeGenerator {
     recipeScriptFileName: FileName
   ): Promise<void> {
     const buildConfig = await buildContext.getBuildFileContents();
-    if (!buildConfig.recipes) {
-      buildConfig.recipes = {};
-    }
-    const recipesConfig = buildConfig.recipes as any;
-
-    if (!recipesConfig.workflows) {
-      recipesConfig.workflows = [];
-    }
-    const existingIndex = recipesConfig.workflows.findIndex(
-      (workflow: any) => workflow.permalink === `page:recipes/${this.toPascalCase(recipeName)}`
+    const updatedBuildConfig = buildConfig.withRecipeWorkflow(
+      recipeName,
+      this.toPascalCase(recipeName),
+      `./static/scripts/recipes/${recipeScriptFileName}`
     );
-
-    const newWorkflow = {
-      name: recipeName,
-      permalink: `page:recipes/${this.toPascalCase(recipeName)}`,
-      functionName: this.toPascalCase(recipeName),
-      scriptPath: `./static/scripts/recipes/${recipeScriptFileName}`
-    };
-
-    if (existingIndex !== -1) {
-      // Replace the existing workflow
-      recipesConfig.workflows[existingIndex] = newWorkflow;
-    } else {
-      // Add as new workflow
-      recipesConfig.workflows.push(newWorkflow);
-    }
-
-    await buildContext.updateBuildFileContents(buildConfig);
+    await buildContext.updateBuildFileContents(updatedBuildConfig);
   }
 
   private async createMarkdownFile(recipeMarkdownFileName: FileName, contentFolder: DirectoryPath): Promise<void> {

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ export default class PortalServe extends Command {
     port: Flags.integer({
       char: "p",
       description: "port to serve the portal.",
-      default: 3000,
-      helpValue: "3000"
+      default: 23513,
+      helpValue: "23513"
     }),
     ...FlagsProvider.input,
     ...FlagsProvider.destination("portal", "portal"),
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default class PortalServe extends Command {
     `${this.cmdTxt} ` +
       `${format.flag("input", './')} ` +
       `${format.flag("destination", './portal')} ` +
-      `${format.flag("port", "3000")} ` +
+      `${format.flag("port", "23513")} ` +
       `${format.flag("open")} ` +
       `${format.flag("no-reload")}`
   ];