README.md

gulp-multi-extend

A gulp plugin to extend JSON contents with a separate JSON file. Uses node.extend plugin for extend.

Usage

var gulp = require('gulp');
var extend = require('gulp-multi-extend');
var path = require('path');

// Extend JSON files in ./files/to/extend/ folder
// with contents of ./file/to/extend/with.json
// and output files into ./dist folder
gulp.src('./files/to/extend/*.json')
  .pipe(extend('./file/to/extend/with.json'))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist'));
  
// Process with.json file with processJSON function
function processJSON(srcFilePath, contents) {
  var basename = path.basename(srcFilePath, path.extname(srcFilePath));
  // e.g. /path/to/files/to/extend/en.json -> en
  return contents[basename];
}

gulp.src('./files/to/extend/*.json')
  .pipe(extend('./file/to/extend/with.json', processJSON))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist'));

API

extend(filePath[, processFn [, jsonSpace]])

filePath

Type: String

The JSON file to extend other files with

processFn

Type: Function(srcFilePath, contents)

Default: undefined

Params:

• srcFilePath - The file path given from gulp.src
• contents - The JSON contents of the file given to extend in filePath

jsonSpace

Type: String or Number

Default: undefined

Number of spaces used for pretty printing JSON.

License

MIT License