grunt-css-datauri

convert file-uris to data-uris in css-files

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-css-datauri --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-css-datauri');

The "css_datauri" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named css_datauri to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  css_datauri: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.exclude

Type: Array Default value: []

Exclude files by providing an array of glob-patterns

Usage Examples

Basic Example

Convert file-uris to data-uris in css-files

grunt.initConfig({
  css_datauri: {
    build: {
      options: {},
      src: 'src/styles.css',
      dest: 'build/styles.css'
    }
  }
});

Exclude files

You can exclude files by specifying a glob-pattern

grunt.initConfig({
  css_datauri: {
    build: {
      options: {
        exclude: ['*.gif']
      },
      src: 'src/styles.css',
      dest: 'build/styles.css'
    }
  }
});