Replaces strings on files by using string or regex patterns. Attempts to be a String.prototype.replace adapter task for your grunt project.
To install this grunt plugin on your project simply do: npm install grunt-string-replace
Then add this line to your project's Gruntfile.js:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-string-replace');Inside your Gruntfile.js file add a section named string-replace. This section specifies the files to edit, destinations, patterns and replacements.
This defines what files this task will edit and must follow Gruntfile Files mapping.
This controls how this task operates and should contain key:value pairs, see options below.
This option will hold all your pattern/replacement pairs. A pattern/replacement pair should contain key:value pairs containing:
- pattern
stringorregex - replacement
string
options: {
replacements: [{
pattern: /\/(asdf|qwer)\//ig,
replacement: '"$1"'
}, {
pattern: ',',
replacement: ';'
}]
}If the pattern is a string, only the first occurrence will be replaced, as stated on String.prototype.replace.
'string-replace': {
dist: {
files: {
'path/to/directory/': 'path/to/source/*', // includes files in dir
'path/to/directory/': 'path/to/source/**', // includes files in dir and subdirs
'path/to/project-<%= pkg.version %>/': 'path/to/source/**', // variables in destination
'path/to/directory/': ['path/to/sources/*.js', 'path/to/more/*.js'], // include JS files in two diff dirs
'path/to/filename.ext': 'path/to/source.ext'
},
options: {
replacements: [{
pattern: /\/(asdf|qwer)\//ig,
replacement: ''$1''
}, {
pattern: ',',
replacement: ';'
}]
}
},
inline: {
options: {
replacements: [
// place files inline example
{
pattern: '<script src='js/async.min.js'></script>',
replacement: '<script><%= grunt.file.read('path/to/source/js/async.min.js') %></script>'
}
]
},
files: {...}
}
}Since grunt-string-replace is basically a wrapper of String.prototype.replace you can also provide a function as a replacement pattern instead of a string or a template. To get more details about how to use a function as replacement pattern I recommend you to read Specifying a function as a parameter.
We will be reading file names from HTML comments and use the paths later to fetch the content and insert it inside a resulting HTML. Assuming the following setup:
dist/index.html
<!-- @import partials/header.html -->
content here
<!-- @import partials/footer.html -->dist/partials/header.html
<html><head></head><body>dist/partials/footer.html
</body></html>Gruntfile.js
'use strict';
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Project configuration.
grunt.initConfig({
config: {
dist: 'dist/'
},
'string-replace': {
kit: {
files: {
'<%= config.dist %>index-dist.html': '<%= config.dist %>index.html'
},
options: {
replacements: [{
pattern: /<!-- @import (.*?) -->/ig,
replacement: function (match, p1, offset, string) {
return grunt.file.read(grunt.config.get('config.dist') + p1);
}
}]
}
}
}
});
// These plugins provide necessary tasks.
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-string-replace');
// Default task.
grunt.registerTask('default', ['string-replace']);
};After executing grunt we get the following:
dist/index-dist.html
<html><head></head><body>
content here
</body></html>In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using grunt.
0.2.4
- Asynchronously loop files. Original idea contributed by maxnachlinger
- Inline replacing example on README.md. Contributed by willfarrell
0.2.3
- Removed dependency with grunt-lib-contrib due to deprecation of 'options' method in favor of Grunt's 'options' util.
- Updated grunt-contrib-jshint version in package.json to 0.3.0
- Updated grunt-contrib-watch version in package.json to 0.3.1
- Updated grunt version in package.json to 0.4.1
- Added Node.js v0.10 to Travis CI config file
0.2.2
- Added support to be used as npm module. Contributed by thanpolas.
0.2.1
- Updated dependencies for Grunt 0.4.0.
0.2.0
- Added Support for grunt 0.4.0. This version will not support grunt 0.3.x, if you need to use it then
npm install grunt-string-replace@0.1.
0.1.1-1
- Added Clean task (and dev dependency) to remove test generated file before testing.
- Added Sublime Text project files and test generated file to npm ignore list.
0.1.1
- Fix dependency with grunt-lib-contrib.
0.1.0-1
- Fixed a typo on package.json description.
- Added a note about string pattern behavior.
0.1.0
- Initial release.
Copyright (c) 2012 Erick Ruiz de Chavez. Licensed under the MIT license.