engine-cache

engine-cache

express.js inspired template-engine manager.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save engine-cache

Install with yarn:

$ yarn add 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

v0.19.0 ensure the string is only rendered once by passing the compiled function to the render method

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.

About

Related projects

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• 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

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Contributors

Commits	Contributor
113	jonschlinkert
51	doowb

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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