Ironsmith

A stupidly simple, lightweight file processing engine

By default, Ironsmith does absolutely nothing. Everything is controlled by what you enable and extend. All the logic is handled by extensions, with each one modifying a set of files before handing off to the next extension.

Installation

$ npm install ironsmith

$ yarn add ironsmith

Basic Usage

const Ironsmith = require('ironsmith').Ironsmith
 
const fe = new Ironsmith({ rootPath: __dirname })
 
fe.use(logRemoveExtension)
  .use(someOtherExtension)
  .build()
    .then(() => console.log('Process complete'))

Extensions

Extensions are simply functions with the following signature (TypeScript formatting)

(files: Ironsmith.FileMap, fe: Ironsmith, next: Ironsmith.Next) => void

The first argument is a Map<string, Ironsmith.File> containing a working set of files that are being used

The second argument is the Ironsmith object itself (Useful for modifying metadata or changing configuration after the processing has started)

The final argument is simply a callback function to allow Ironsmith to proceed to the next extension

Example

const path = require('path')
 
function logRemoveExtension(files, fe, next) {
  files.forEach((name, files) => {
    if (path.extname(name) === 'log') {
      files.delete(name)
    }
  })
 
  next()
}

Augments

Augments are ran when the Ironsmith.File object is first created. These can be used to parse data, identify the file type, or remove the file by throwing an error.

(file: Ironsmith.File) => void

An augment takes created file as its only argument and can use any of the file methods below directly on this object

Example

const path = require('path')
const ignoredList = ['error.log', 'tmpdir/', 'example.txt']
 
function IgnoreAugment(file) {
  for (const value of ignoredList) {
    if (file.path.startsWith(value) || path.basename(file.path).startsWith(value)) {
      throw new Error('File marked as ignored')
    }
  }
}

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Ironsmith API

new Ironsmith(options?)

Initializes a new Ironsmith instance; An optional options parameter can be passed with valid options being Ironsmith.Options (see interfaces below)

#use(extension)

Add an Ironsmith extension to the stack; Returns the Ironsmith instance (useful for chaining)

#addFile(path, file)

Add a file to the Ironsmith instance before building or processing

#process()

Run through each extension with the loaded files; Returns a promise

#build()

Same as process but saves files to buildPath after running; Returns a promise

#loadDirectory(path, options?)

Adds all files contained within the path to the Ironsmith instance as if they were loaded from the source directory; An optional options parameter can be passed with valid options being those from Ironsmith.File.Options and Ironsmith.LoadOptions; Returns the new files object

Ironsmith Static API

#loadDirectory(path, options?)

Returns an Ironsmith.FileMap object with all the files contained within the path; An optional options parameter can be passed with valid options being those from Ironsmith.File.Options and Ironsmith.LoadOptions

#dumpDirectory(path, files)

Dumps the files contained in an Ironsmith.FileMap to the directory provided; subdirectories will be created if they do not already exist

Properties

All values within the Ironsmith.Options interface can be directly accessed as public properties of the Ironsmith instance. However modification of these values after initialization may lead to unexpected results. Metadata is provided solely for easy access to options and information within extensions

Ironsmith.File API

new Ironsmith.File(contents, path, options?)

Creates a new Ironsmith.File object with the provided contents (in the form of a buffer or string). The path should be passed to this constructor but is not updated automatically if changed within the File Map therefore is only useful for reference in Augments. An optional options parameter can be passed with valid options being Ironsmith.File.Options.

#tag(value)

Add a string tag to the list of tags associated with that file

#untag(value)

Remove a string tag from the list of tags (returns true if value is actually removed)

#tags()

Returns all the currently associated tags; This is in the form of an Iterator so for (const tag of file.tags()) { } is a valid use of this function

#tagged(value)

Returns true if the provided value is a tag currently associated with the file and false otherwise

#toBSON()

Serialization support for Binary JSON (BSON) conversion of Ironsmith.Files, useful for exporting with metadata included

Properties

The Ironsmith.File object is created in such a way as to promote the assigning of other arbitrary values into the object, useful for instance the deserialization of a JSON file into properties of the file object itself

Ironsmith.File Static API

#addAugment(ftn)

Add a Augment function to the set of augments ran on the creation of a Ironsmith.File object

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Interfaces

Ironsmith.Options

Changes in 1.2.0: Ironsmith.Options.verbose now can optionally take a value 0 - 2 with 2 being the same as the previous enabled value and 1 being a lower level of verbosity

interface {
  rootPath?: string
  sourcePath?: string
  buildPath?: string
  assetsPath?: string
  clean?: boolean
  loadAssets?: boolean
  loadSource?: boolean
  metadata?: Metadata
  verbose?: boolean | 0 | 1 | 2
}

Ironsmith.File.Options

interface {
  tags?: string[] | Ironsmith.File.Tags
  asset?: boolean
  [index: string]: any
}

Ironsmith.LoadOptions

interface {
  loadRelative?: string
}

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License

This software is licensed under the MIT License (MIT)

Copyright © 2016-2019 John Hancock [e-mail]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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