generated: '2026-08-08'
method: searched
source: https://pypi.org/pypi/nowgg/json
name: nowgg
description: >-
  First-party command-line tool for uploading app builds to nowStudio. It authenticates
  once with a publisher token, then pushes an APK either into the publisher's App
  Library or onto a named test track, optionally triggering deployment of that track.
package: packages/bluestacks-packages.yml
version: 1.1.4
latest_release: '2025-06-27'
install:
- method: pip
  command: pip install nowgg
  requires: Python 3.8+
platforms:
- macOS
- Windows
prerequisites:
- name: App ID
  description: Identifies the app on nowStudio.
  where: https://docs.now.gg/nowstudio/publish#app-details
- name: Publisher token
  description: Identifies the publisher company; supplied to `nowgg init`.
  where: https://docs.now.gg/nowstudio/start-using-nowstudio#ac-info
commands:
- command: nowgg init
  summary: Store the nowStudio publisher token for subsequent calls.
  flags:
  - name: --token
    required: true
    description: Publisher token copied from the nowStudio Account Information section.
  example: nowgg init --token "<your_publisherToken_from_nowStudio>"
- command: nowgg upload
  summary: Upload an APK build to the App Library or to a test track.
  flags:
  - name: --app_id
    required: true
    description: >-
      nowStudio app id. A bare id ("1234") uploads to the App Library; a test-track
      suffix ("1234_t1") targets test track 1.
  - name: --file_path
    required: true
    description: Absolute path to the .apk to upload.
  - name: --apk_version
    required: true
  - name: --version_code
    required: true
  - name: --deploy
    required: false
    description: >-
      Triggers deployment on the specified test track. Only effective when --app_id
      carries a test-track suffix.
  example: nowgg upload --app_id 1234_t1 --file_path "/directory/sample.apk" --apk_version
    1.0 --version_code 342 --deploy
- command: nowgg -h
  summary: Help. Also available per-subcommand as `nowgg init -h` and `nowgg upload -h`.
flows:
- name: Publish a build to a test track
  steps:
  - nowgg init --token <publisher_token>
  - nowgg upload --app_id <app_id>_t1 --file_path <apk> --apk_version <v> --version_code
    <code> --deploy
  note: >-
    Omitting the _tN suffix silently uploads to the App Library instead of the test
    track — the CLI does not error on the mismatch.
known_issues:
- '"command not recognized" on Windows: add <python directory>\Scripts to PATH.'
- 'permission errors: run the shell as Administrator.'