SFMC Boilerplate

bundle your scripts for Cloudpages & E-Mails easily and automated

Installation

> npm install --save-dev sfmc-boilerplate

Usage

run npx sfmc-build in the root of your project to see all available commands.

Config files (email.json / cloudpage.json)

This required file is used to specify loading order and other details for compiling your code. Place it inside of each folder where you keep the source files for one email or one cloudpage.

{
    "name": "name of your page or email",
    "author": "[e-mail]",
    "server": {
        "coreVersion": "1.1.1",
        "scriptAttributes": {
            "executioncontexttype": "post"
        },
        "dependencies": {
            "other": ["server/lib/lib.something.html"],
            "ssjs": ["server/lib/lib.ab.ssjs", "server/lib/lib.cd.ssjs"]
        },
        "src": ["server/server.ssjs"]
    },
    "public": ["public/index.html", "public/style.css", "public/app.js"],
    "dest": "dist/bundle.html",
    "template": {
        "DEV":{
        },
        "QA": {
            "_DEV": "_QA"
        },
        "PROD": {
            "_DEV": ""
        }
    }
}

Parameter	Description
name	identifies how the page or email is called in SFMC
author	name or email of author
server.coreVersion	this is used to insert "Platform.Load("core", "x.x.x");" before any SSJS code
server.scriptAttributes	define any attributes you want to see on auto-inserted <script> tags for SSJS
server.dependencies	put any re-usable libraries that you will not modifiy as part of the current app here
server.dependencies.ssjs	all SSJS lib files; code will be wrapped in one single <script runat="server">...</script>
server.dependencies.other	any non-SSJS lib files (HTML, AMP, mixed); no wrapping code will be added
server.src	this is where your server-side app goes. You can use multipe files as well if needed
public	list your front end files here; any type is supported. JS & CSS will be autowrapped in their own <script> / <style> nodes
dest	define the path and file name of your output file. The path is relative to the cloudpage.json
template	allows you to do string replacements and will output dedicated bundles per template

License

MIT licensed