engine-cache

engine-cache

express.js inspired template-engine manager.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save engine-cache

Usage

var Engines = require('engine-cache');

API

Engines

Params

• engines {Object}: Optionally pass an object of engines to initialize with.

Example

var Engines = require('engine-cache');
var engines = new Engines();

.setEngine

Register the given view engine callback fn as ext.

Params

• ext {String}
• options {Object|Function}: or callback fn.
• fn {Function}: Callback.
• returns {Object} Engines: to enable chaining.

Example

var consolidate = require('consolidate')
engines.setEngine('hbs', consolidate.handlebars)

.setEngines

Add an object of engines onto engines.cache.

Params

• obj {Object}: Engines to load.
• returns {Object} Engines: to enable chaining.

Example

engines.setEngines(require('consolidate'))

.getEngine

Return the engine stored by ext. If no ext is passed, undefined is returned.

Params

• ext {String}: The engine to get.
• returns {Object}: The specified engine.

Example

var consolidate = require('consolidate');
var engine = engine.setEngine('hbs', consolidate.handlebars);

var engine = engine.getEngine('hbs');
console.log(engine);
// => {render: [function], renderFile: [function]}

.helpers

Get and set helpers for the given ext (engine). If no ext is passed, the entire helper cache is returned.

Example:

See [helper-cache] for any related issues, API details, and documentation.

Params

• ext {String}: The helper cache to get and set to.
• returns {Object}: Object of helpers for the specified engine.

Example

var helpers = engines.helpers('hbs');
helpers.addHelper('bar', function() {});
helpers.getEngineHelper('bar');
helpers.getEngineHelper();

Changelog

v0.18.0 the .load method was renamed to .setHelpers

v0.16.0 the .clear() method was removed. A custom inspect method was added.

v0.15.0 .getEngine() no longer returns the entire cache object when ext is undefined.

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• assemble: Assemble is a powerful, extendable and easy to use static site generator for node.js. Used… more | homepage
• async-helpers: Use async helpers in templates with engines that typically only handle sync helpers. Handlebars and… more | homepage
• engines: Template engine library with fast, synchronous rendering, based on consolidate. | homepage
• helper-cache: Easily register and get helper functions to be passed to any template engine or node.js… more | homepage
• templates: System for creating and managing template collections, and rendering templates with any node.js template engine… more | homepage

Contributing

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Building docs

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Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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