theo-loader

theo loader for webpack

A webpack loader that transforms Design Tokens files using Salesforce's theo.

Installation

npm install --save-dev webpack theo theo-loader

Note: npm deprecated auto-installing of peerDependencies from npm@3, so required peer dependencies like theo and webpack must be listed explicitly in your package.json.

Usage

props.json

{
  "aliases": {
    "WHITE": "#FFFFFF",
    "LINK_WATER": "#F4F6F9"
  },
  "props": {
    "COLOR_BACKGROUND": {
      "value": "{!LINK_WATER}",
      "comment": "Default background color for the whole app."
    },
    "COLOR_BACKGROUND_ALT": {
      "value": "{!WHITE}",
      "comment": "Second default background color for the app."
    }
  },
  "global": {
    "type": "color",
    "category": "background"
  }
}

import designTokens from 'theo-loader!./props.json'
// => {
//  COLOR_BACKGROUND: "rgb(244, 246, 249)",
//  COLOR_BACKGROUND_ALT: "rgb(255, 255, 255)"
// }

Documentation: Using loaders

Formats and Transforms

The loader uses the web transform and common.js format by default. You can specify another transform or format in the query parameters:

import designTokens from 'theo-loader?{"transform":{"type":"web"},"format":{"type":"scss"}!./props.json';
// => "$color-background: rgb(244, 246, 249);\n$color-background-alt: rgb(255, 255, 255);"

or you can use the shorthand:

import designTokens from 'theo-loader?transform=web&format=scss!./props.json';
// => "$color-background: rgb(244, 246, 249);\n$color-background-alt: rgb(255, 255, 255);"

You can specify other options to pass to theo via the LoaderOptionsPlugin in your webpack configuration:

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
  ...
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.json$/,
        loader: "theo-loader"
      }
    ]
  },
 
  plugins: [
    new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
      options: {
        theo: {
          // These options will be passed to Theo in all instances of theo-loader
          transform: {
            type: 'web'
          },
 
          // `getOptions` will be called per import
          // `prevOptions` will be a merged object of the options specified
          // above, as well as any passed to the loader via query string
          getOptions: (prevOptions) => {
            let newOptions = prevOptions;
 
            const formatOptions = (prevOptions && prevOptions.format) || {};
            const formatType = format.type;
 
            if (formatType === 'scss') {
              newOptions = {
                ...prevOptions,
                format: {
                  ...formatOptions,
                  // SCSS variables will be named by applying 'PREFIX_' to the
                  // front of the token name
                  propsMap: prop => prop.update('name', name => `PREFIX_${name}`)
                },
              };
            }
 
            return newOptions;
          }
        }
      }
    })
  ]
};

See the theo documentation for more information about the Theo options format.

theo Initialization

You can perform any initialization for theo, like registering custom transforms or formatters using registerTransform, registerValueTransform or registerFormat, in your webpack configuration:

import theo from 'theo';
 
// Do any theo initialization here
theo.registerValueTransform(
  'animation/web/curve',
  prop => prop.get('type') === 'animation-curve',
  prop => 'cubic-bezier(' + prop.get('value').join(', ') + ')'
);
 
module.exports = {
  ...
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.json$/,
        loader: "theo-loader"
      }
    ]
  },
 
  plugins: {
    new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
      options: {
        theo: {
          // Configure theo-loader here
          ...
        }
      }
    })
  }
}