require-textify

A Node (javascript) package that provides a Browserify transform to allow using require on files to get them as plain text (UTF-8), selecting them by a glob pattern (using minimatch).

Based on the stringify transform, which does something similar but only allows identifying files by their extension. My use case was a bit more complicated, so I decided to create this alternative package.

Example

For a file README:

This is the content of the readme file.

In your javascript you can do:

var readmeText = require('./README');
console.log(readmeText); // => This is the content of the readme file.

And specify a glob pattern that matches the readme file when using Browserify to pack your app, in the command line like so:

browserify -t [ require-textify --match **/README ] ./

Install

npm install require-textify

Usage

require-textify only requires files as UTF-8 strings when the filename matches a glob pattern, such as these:

• **/*.txt will match any file with the .txt extension.
• **/folder/file will match any file named file under a folder folder.
• **/debug*.log will match files named debug2.log, debug-output.log, etc.

From the command line

After installing in your project folder, run browserify from the command line the following way, specifying a globPattern pattern to test against required filenames.

browserify -t [ require-textify --match globPattern ] main.js

From javascript

The below pattern allows specifying a globPattern pattern when using the require-textify transform.

var browserify = require('browserify');
var textify = require('require-textify');
var fs = require('fs');

browserify('main.js')
    .transform(textify({ match: globPattern }))
    .bundle()
    .pipe(fs.createWriteStream('bundle.js'));

License

Copyright (c) 2017, agj

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.