docpad-plugin-pluginmanager

Plugin Manager Plugin for DocPad

Docpad plugin that enables the viewing and managing of plugins from within a docpad website. It's designed to function as part of a admin/CMS interface.

At the moment it adds the list of installed plugins to the docpad templateData which makes this data available to application templates. It also adds a description field to each plugin, pulled from the package.json file for each plugin and makes available data URLs to retrieve a plugin's readme file or package.json.

Default configuration

        config:
            readmeURL: '/admin/plugins/:pluginName/readme'
            packageURL: '/admin/plugins/:pluginName/package'

Example template (eco)

Eco template that generates a table listing the plugins used in an application.

<table width="100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th width="60%">Description</th>
      <th>Version</th>
      <th>Enabled</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <%plugins = @loadedPlugins%>
    <%for name,plugin of plugins:%>
    <%rowClass = if plugin.isEnabled() then "" else "disabled"%>
    <tr class="<%-rowClass%>" data-name="<%-name%>">  
      <td><a data-id="<%-name%>" class="readme-btn" href="/admin/readme/"><%-name%></a></td>
      <td><%-plugin.description%></td>
      <td><%-plugin.version%></td>
      <td><%-plugin.isEnabled()%></td>
    </tr>
    <%end%>
  </tbody>
</table>

License

Licensed under the incredibly permissive MIT license

Copyright © 2016+ Steve McArthur [e-mail] (http://www.stevemcarthur.co.uk)