project.toml (Project Descriptor)
Schema for the Cloud Native Buildpacks Project Descriptor (project.toml). Defined by the buildpacks/spec extensions/project-descriptor.md. Lets app authors declare build-time inputs, includes/excludes, environment variables, and the desired builder.
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ | object | Project metadata table. |
| io | object |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildpacks-io/main/json-schema/buildpacks-project-toml-schema.json",
"title": "project.toml (Project Descriptor)",
"description": "Schema for the Cloud Native Buildpacks Project Descriptor (project.toml). Defined by the buildpacks/spec extensions/project-descriptor.md. Lets app authors declare build-time inputs, includes/excludes, environment variables, and the desired builder.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"_": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Project metadata table.",
"properties": {
"schema-version": {"type": "string"},
"id": {"type": "string"},
"name": {"type": "string"},
"version": {"type": "string"},
"authors": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"type": "string"}
},
"documentation-url": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"},
"source-url": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"},
"licenses": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {"type": "string"},
"uri": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}
}
}
},
"metadata": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true
}
}
},
"io": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"buildpacks": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"builder": {
"type": "string",
"description": "OCI image reference of the builder used to build this app."
},
"include": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"type": "string"},
"description": "Glob patterns whose matches are uploaded to the builder."
},
"exclude": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"type": "string"},
"description": "Glob patterns whose matches are NOT uploaded to the builder."
},
"group": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"$ref": "#/$defs/BuildpackEntry"}
},
"pre": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"group": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"$ref": "#/$defs/BuildpackEntry"}
}
}
},
"post": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"group": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"$ref": "#/$defs/BuildpackEntry"}
}
}
},
"build": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"env": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["name", "value"],
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string"},
"value": {"type": "string"}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"$defs": {
"BuildpackEntry": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string"},
"version": {"type": "string"},
"uri": {"type": "string"},
"script": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"api": {"type": "string"},
"shell": {"type": "string"},
"inline": {"type": "string"}
}
}
}
}
}
}
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