var connect = require( 'connect' );
var Preprocessor = require( 'connect-preprocess' );
var engine = require( 'some-preprocessor-engine' );

var server = connect.createServer();
server.use( Preprocessor({ engine: engine }));

Options

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
`accept`	`Array`	File types to preprocess	`[ 'html' , 'css' , 'js' ]`
`engine`	`Function`	The preprocessor engine	`function(str){return str}`

Examples

grunt connect plugin

Gruntfile.js

var Preprocessor = require( 'connect-preprocess' );

grunt.initConfig({
  // ...
  connect: {
    options: { port: 9000 },
    server: {
      options: {
        middleware: function ( connect , options , middlewares ) {
          middlewares.unshift( Preprocessor({ engine: grunt.config.process }));
          return middlewares;
        }
      }
    }
  },
  // ...
});

example.html

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
    <title><%= pkg.name %></title>
    <script src="<%= pkg.main %>"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <a href="<%= pkg.homepage %>">visit the homepage!</a>
</body>
</html>

result

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
    <title>connect-preprocess</title>
    <script src="index.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <a href="https://github.com/elnarddogg/connect-preprocess">visit the homepage!</a>
</body>
</html>

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Package last updated on 14 Dec 2015

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