🚀 Feature: Import Function Templates Without GitHub

[ItzNotABug]

🔖 Feature description

Currently if you even need to just try a template function, you have to have GitHub integration setup.
It would be quick, easy & would have a much better UX if the selected template function is directly imported to the project without GitHub set up.

🎤 Pitch

1. User selects a Function Template
2. Allow user to either setup via GitHub or Import the function directly
3. If the user chooses direct import then copy the function in to the project
4. Make a tar.gz of the function & deploy from the dashboard itself without leaving the project

👀 Have you spent some time to check if this issue has been raised before?

• I checked and didn't find similar issue

🏢 Have you read the Code of Conduct?

• I have read the Code of Conduct

[Megamannen]

You can use appwrite cli: https://appwrite.io/docs/functions-deploy#cli

or manual deployment in GUI

[ItzNotABug]

@Megamannen Hi 👋
I'm aware of using the cli or manually git cloning the repo & deploying.
My suggestion was to import the Template Functions directly in to the host project without setting up GitHub integration, without leaving the dashboard.

[stnguyen90]

@ItzNotABug, thanks for raising this! 🙏🏼 One thing that would be complicated is obtaining the code so that you can update it...It might be possible to allow download, but I think the flow would just be complicated. What do you think?

[ItzNotABug]

I agree, updating wouldn't be possible.
I have 2 cases in mind here though -

1. For initial testing & exploring, allow download & deploying of the templates.
   The developer can manage updates by integrating the GitHub flow later if the template suit the basic needs.

2. Somewhere in the future, there is a possibility of appwrite allowing direct code edits in the console [discusses somewhere on Discord] so this could atleast be added to roadmap.