parcel-plugin-static-files-copy

ParcelJS plugin to copy static files from some directory to directory with bundle.

Install

yarn add parcel-plugin-static-files-copy --dev

npm install -D parcel-plugin-static-files-copy

Usage

1. Create static directory in you project root.
2. Fill it with your static files
3. Run build - and that's all!

Customization

Beyond the default settings, you can:

1. Name of the directory to be copied.
2. Copy single files.
3. Copy multiple directories.
4. Copy from a different directory based on different output directory.
5. Watch for changes during development (rebuilding when necessary).
6. Exclude paths from copying.

Example

The following configures the plugin to copy all files in public to the build directory and watch for changes in all source files (** is a deep wildcard).

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": "public",
        "watcherGlob": "**"
    }
}

Multiple Static Directories

To copy more than one directory to the build directory, specify staticPath as an array. The following copies public and vendor/public:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": ["public", "vendor/public"]
    }
}

Copying single files

To copy single file (instead of content of directory) just pass path to a file instead of directory.

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": ["path/to/a/file.txt"]
    }
}

Different source of static files based on output directory

To copy different files (from different directories) based on output directory (e.g. --out-dir dist1 and --out-dir dist2) make staticPath a object:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": [
            {
                "outDirPattern": "**/dist1",
                "staticPath": "static1"
            },
            {
                "outDirPattern": "**/dist2",
                "staticPath": "static2"
            }
        ]
  },
}

Specify directory to copy static files into

If you want your files from staticPath to get copied into a subdirectory inside the parcel --out-dir, make staticPath an object with staticOutDir key:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": [
            {
                "staticPath": "static1",
                "staticOutDir": "vendor"
            }
        ]
  },
}

Copies files from static1 into the vendor directory inside the --out-dir.

Watching for Changes

Parcel can rebuild your bundle(s) whenever changes occur in the static directory. This is disabled by default, but it can be enabled by specifying a glob pattern for files that shoudl be watched.

Note the relative file path is used in matching (not just the file name). To match filenames in deep directories, start with a "globstar" (double star). The plugin uses Node's built-in Minimatch Library for glob matching.

The following watches all XML files in the static directory:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": "public",
        "watcherGlob": "**/*.xml"
    }
}

To disable watching, either remove the "watcherGlob" key (disabled is the default) or set it to false/null/undefined:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": "public",
        "watcherGlob": false
    }
}

Excluding paths

You can exclude files and directories in your staticPath from getting copied to the outDir by specifying excludeGlob:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": "public",
        "excludeGlob": "**/*.md"
    }
}

Excludes all .md files in the public path from getting copied.

Multiple excludeGlobs are possible by specifying it as array:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": "public",
        "excludeGlob": ["docs", "docs/**"]
    }
}

Excludes the docs directory and all files inside the docs directory from getting copied.

Including paths

You can use the excludeGlob and negate it to achieve including behavior:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": "src",
        "excludeGlob": "**/!(locales)/*.+(!(txt)|!(json))"
    }
}

Includes only files from locales directory with .txt or .json extension.

Minimatch glob options

Passing options into minimatch to change watcherGlob and excludeGlob behavior is possible by specifying a globOptions object:

// package.json
{
    ...
    "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": "public",
        "excludeGlob": ["test", "test/**"],
        "globOptions": {
            "dot": true
        }
    }
}

Excludes the test directory and all files inside the test directory, including files starting with a dot, from getting copied.

Dev and production config using NODE_ENV

You can use env parameter in staticPath object to select static path used in environment chosen by passing NODE_ENV:

// package.json
{
    ...
      "scripts": {
        "build:dev": "NODE_ENV=dev parcel build src/index.html",
        "build:prod": "NODE_ENV=prod parcel build src/index.html"
      },
    ...
      "staticFiles": {
        "staticPath": [
          {
            "staticPath": "static-dev",
            "env": "dev"
          },
          {
            "staticPath": "static-prod",
            "env": "prod"
          }
        ]
      }
}

Then running:

• build:dev will copy files from static-dev only,
• build:prod will copy files from static-prod only.

You can specify from zero to many static paths per environment.

Additional examples

Check examples directory for additional examples.

Contribute

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License

MIT