boxcars

boxcars is a zero-dependency tiny library for fetching remote resources. It supports both NodeJS and web browsers.

Tested Platforms: Node, IE6, Chrome, Firefox

Install

$ npm install boxcars

Usage

one-liner:

var boxcars  = require('boxcars');

boxcars('http://google.com', 'http://amazon.com', 'http://github.com')(function(error, homepages){
  console.log( homepages[0] ); // puts the homepage of google.com
});

Defining collections:

var templates = boxcars('templates/foo.html', 'templates/bar.html', 'templates/qux.html');

templates('templates/corge.html', function(error, templates){

  console.log( templates.length ); // 4
  console.log( templates[0] ); // will put the content of templates/foo.html

});

Passing Objects:

templates({ 'corge': 'templates/corge.html', 'eggs': 'templates/eggs.html' }, function(error, moreTemplates){
 if(error) throw error;

 console.log( moreTemplates.corge );

});

Preloading:

templates.cache({
  'quux.json': '{}',
  'templates/foo.html': '<strong>Hello {{ name }}!</strong>',
  'templates/bar.html': '<strong>Hello {{ name }}!</strong>'
});

Reset the cache:

templates.cache(undefined);

Testing

Publish the tests and visit localhost:1314 with the browser you want to test.

$ make test

To run the tests on NodeJS:

$ make test do=command cmd=node

To see the summary of the results;

$ make test do=verify