stuff2str

Python tool for embedding file contents in JavaScript as human-readable strings. Usefull for making Greasemonkey scripts when we want to use variables containing inline CSS or HTML in our script.

Installation

Use pip my dude.

pip install https://github.com/Szero/stuff2str/archive/master.zip

OR

pip3 install https://github.com/Szero/stuff2str/archive/master.zip

Windows user might wanna try, after installing python 2 or 3 that is:

py -2 -m pip install https://github.com/Szero/stuff2str/archive/master.zip

OR

py -3 -m pip install https://github.com/Szero/stuff2str/archive/master.zip

Usage

Firstly, insert stuff2str("/path/to/file") variable into your JavaScript file.

After that, use one of the commands listed below:

stuff2str INFILE OUTFILE
stuff2str -o INFILE
stuff2str --help

Windows user might wanna try:

py -2 -m stuff2str ...

OR

py -3 -m stuff2str ...

If our referenced file is looking like this ...

this is
my swamp

... than, the variable will get expanded to something looking like this:

["this is",
"my swamp"
].join("\n")