Configuring Webapp Metadata

WebApplication Requirements

Bundle Rules

• A WebApplication bundle must live under webapplications/<AppName>/
• The bundle must contain <AppName>.webapplication-meta.xml
• The metadata filename must exactly match the folder name
• A build output directory must exist and contain at least one file
• Default build output directory: dist/
• If webapplication.json.outputDir is set, it overrides dist/

Valid example:

webapplications/
  MyApp/
    MyApp.webapplication-meta.xml
    webapplication.json
    dist/
      index.html

Metadata XML

Required fields:

• masterLabel
• version (max 20 chars)
• isActive (boolean)

Optional fields:

• description (max 255 chars)

webapplication.json

webapplication.json is optional.

Allowed top-level keys only:

• outputDir
• routing
• headers

File Constraints

• Must be valid UTF-8 JSON
• Max size: 100 KB
• Root must be a non-empty object
• Never allow {}, arrays, or primitives as the root

Path Safety

Applies to:

• outputDir
• routing.fallback

Reject:

• backslashes
• leading / or \
• .. segments
• null or control characters
• globs: *, ?, **
• %

All resolved paths must stay within the application bundle.

outputDir

• Must be a non-empty string
• Must reference a subdirectory only
• Reject . and ./
• The directory must exist in the bundle
• The directory must contain at least one file

routing

• If present, must be a non-empty object
• Allowed keys only:
• rewrites
• redirects
• fallback
• trailingSlash
• fileBasedRouting

routing.trailingSlash

• Must be one of: "always", "never", "auto"

routing.fileBasedRouting

• Must be a boolean

routing.fallback

• Must be a non-empty string
• Must satisfy Path Safety rules
• Target file must exist

routing.rewrites

• Must be a non-empty array
• Each item must be a non-empty object
• Allowed keys: route, rewrite
• rewrite must be a non-empty string
• route, if present, must be a non-empty string

Example:

{
  "routing": {
    "rewrites": [
      { "route": "/app/:path*", "rewrite": "/index.html" }
    ]
  }
}

routing.redirects

• Must be a non-empty array
• Each item must be a non-empty object
• Allowed keys: route, redirect, statusCode
• redirect must be a non-empty string
• route, if present, must be a non-empty string
• statusCode, if present, must be one of: 301, 302, 307, 308

Example:

{
  "routing": {
    "redirects": [
      { "route": "/old-page", "redirect": "/new-page", "statusCode": 301 }
    ]
  }
}

headers

• If present, must be a non-empty array
• Each item must be a non-empty object
• Allowed keys: source, headers
• headers must be a non-empty array

Each header entry must contain:

• key: non-empty string
• value: non-empty string

Example:

{
  "headers": [
    {
      "source": "/assets/**",
      "headers": [
        { "key": "Cache-Control", "value": "public, max-age=31536000, immutable" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Never Suggest

• {} as the JSON root
• "routing": {}
• empty arrays
• empty array items such as [{}]
• "outputDir": "."
• "outputDir": "./"