grunt-nunjuckr

Render your nunjucks templates to static files

Getting started

If you haven't used Grunt before, check out the Getting Started guide.

Once you have installed the plugin via npm install --save-dev grunt-nunjuckr include this in your Gruntfile.js

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-nunjuckr');

Options

Data

Type: Object Default: undefined

The data that is passed to the template.

Ext

Type: String Default: .html

The file extension for the output.

SearchPaths

Type: String Default: .

The path where the templates can be found.

Tags

Type: Object Default: undefined

Configures nunjucks to render with different tags

Globals

Type: Object or Array Default: undefined

Gives you the ability to specify globals within your config. There are two ways to do that: By using an object or by using an array.

This example uses an object:

{
  options: {
    globals: {
      globalName: 'Global Value'
    }
  }
}

This example uses an array:

{
  options: {
    globals: [
      {
        name: 'globalName',
        value: 'Global Value'
      }
    ]
  }
}

ContentDimensions

Type: Object Default: undefined

Makes it possible to generate pages with multiple content dimensions. E.g. language or timezone. The current dimensions object is handed over as a third parameter in the preprocessData function as well as the preprocessFilePath function.

SetUp

Type: Function Default: undefined

A callback function that sets up the nunjucks environment. The environment is passed as a parameter and it is expected to return it.

For more infomation about nunjucks environments see https://mozilla.github.io/nunjucks/api.html#environment

PreprocessData

Type: Function Default: undefined

A preprocessor callback for the data coming in. Gets called on every file with the params data and file.

Changes in v0.1.0: file is no longer relative to searchPath. It now is the full path to the current file.

PreprocessFilePath

A callback function for preprocessing the template path. Gets called for every file only with the parameter file.

Iterator

A function that represents the iterator. Here you can do some custom iteration over e.g. data to render multiple sites from one file.

Loader

An array or instance of a nunjucks custom loader.

Here you can specify your own loader(s) to implement special feature.

Usage Examples

Basic usage

Render a single input file to a single output file.

grunt.initConfig({
 
  nunjuckr : {
 
    testSimple : {
      options : {
        data : grunt.file.readJSON('data/data.json')
      },
      files : [
        {
          src : 'src/input.njs',
          dest : 'dest/output.html'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
});

Different data for every template

Load different data files for every file in the templates folder.

var path = require('path');
 
grunt.initConfig({
  nunjuckr : {
    testExtended : {
      options : {
        data : grunt.file.readJSON('test/extended/data/data.json'),
        ext : '.html'
        searchPaths : 'src',
        preprocessData : function (data, file) {
          var fileExt = path.extname(file);
          var filename = path.basename(file, fileExt);
          var jsonPath = path.join('test/extended/data/', filename + '.json');
 
          data = grunt.file.readJSON(jsonPath);
 
          return data;
        }
      },
      files : [
        {
          src : 'src/**/*.njs',
          dest : 'dest/'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
});

Custom Environment

Set up a custom environment for the renderer.

grunt.initConfig({
  nunjuckr : {
    testExtended : {
      options : {
        data : grunt.file.readJSON('test/extended/data/data.json'),
        ext : '.html',
        searchPaths : 'test/extended/src',
        setUp : function (env) {
          env.addFilter('crop', function (str, count) {
            return str.slice(0, count || 5);
          });
          return env;
        }
      },
      files : [
        {
          src : 'test/extended/src/**/*.njs',
          dest : 'test/extended/dest/'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
});

Markdown parsing with default template

This example uses showdown as a markdown parser. You can preprocess your data as you prefer, e.g. when you are using RST.

var showdown = require('showdown');
var mdConverter = new showdown.Converter();
 
grunt.initConfig({
  nunjuckr : {
    testMarkdown : {
      options : {
        ext: '.html',
        searchPaths : 'test/markdown/src',
        preprocessData : function(data, file) {
          var text = grunt.file.read(file);
          data = {
            content: mdConverter.makeHtml(text)
          };
          return data;
        },
        preprocessFilePath : function (fileName) {
          return 'template.njs';
        }
      },
      files : [
        {
          src : 'test/markdown/content/**/*.md',
          dest : 'test/markdown/dest/'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
});

Custom Loader

This example is a simple one for a custom loader. For more information about custom loaders in nunjucks please read the manual.

var nunjucks = require('nunjucks');
var CustomLoader = nunjucks.Loader.extend({
    getSource: function(name) {
        if (name === 'custom') {
            return {
                src: 'Custom loader',
                path: name,
                noCache: false
            };
        }
 
        return false;
    }
});
 
grunt.initConfig({
    nunjuckr: {
        testLoader: {
            options : {
                data: {},
                loader: new CustomLoader()
            },
            files : [
                {
                    src : 'test/loader/src/index.njs',
                    dest : 'test/loader/dest/index.html'
                }
            ]
        }
    }
})