grunt-download-node

Grunt task to download node binaries for multiple platform

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-download-node --save-dev

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

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-download-node');

The "download_node" task

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  download_node: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
      version: 'v0.10.29',
      platforms: ['linux-x86'],
      dest: 'node'
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.version (required)

Type: String Default value: '' Example value: 'v0.10.29'

A string value that is used to determin the node version to be downloaded.

options.platforms (required)

Type: Array of Strings Default value: [] Example value: ['linux-x86']

Possible array values:

• linux-x86
• linux-x64
• darwin-x86
• darwin-x64
• sunos-x86
• sunos-x64
• windows-x86
• windows-x64

An array of string value that are used to determin what platforms of node executables to be downloaded.

options.dest

Type: String Default value: node

The path to the downloaded executable. The node executable for each platform will be saved in the sub-dir of this path. For example, node\linux-x86.

options.extract

Type: Boolean Default value: true

A boolean value to indicate whether should extract the node executable from a tar ball. (Not applicable for windows)

Usage Examples

Single Target

grunt.initConfig({
  download_node: {
    main: {
      options: {
        version: 'v0.10.29',
        platforms: ['windows-x64', 'darwin-x64', 'sunos-x86', 'linux-x64'],
        dest: 'node'
      },
    },
  },
});

Multiple Targets with common options

grunt.initConfig({
  download_node: {
    options: {
      version: 'v0.10.29',
      dest: 'node'
    },
    linux: {
      options: {
        platforms: ['linux-x86']
      }
    },
    mac: {
      options: {
        platforms: ['darwin-x86']
      }
    },
  },
});

Multiple Targets

grunt.initConfig({
  download_node: {
    linux: {
      options: {
        version: 'v0.10.29',
        dest: 'node',
        platforms: ['linux-x86']
      }
    },
    mac: {
      options: {
        version: 'v0.10.19',
        dest: 'node',
        platforms: ['darwin-x86'],
        extract: false
      }
    },
  },
});

Contributing

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.

Release History

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