base-engines v0.2.1

base-engines

Adds support for managing template engines to your base application.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save base-engines

Usage

Register the plugin with your base application:

var Base = require('base');
var engines = require('base-engines');
base.use(engines());

API

.engine

Register a view engine callback fn as ext. Calls .setEngine and .getEngine internally.

Params

• exts {String|Array}: String or array of file extensions.
• fn {Function|Object}: or settings
• settings {Object}: Optionally pass engine options as the last argument.

Example

app.engine('hbs', require('engine-handlebars'));

// using consolidate.js
var engine = require('consolidate');
app.engine('jade', engine.jade);
app.engine('swig', engine.swig);

// get a registered engine
var swig = app.engine('swig');

.setEngine

Register engine ext with the given render fn and/or settings.

Params

• ext {String}: The engine to set.

Example

app.setEngine('hbs', require('engine-handlebars'), {
  delims: ['<%', '%>']
});

.getEngine

Get registered engine ext.

Params

• ext {String}: The engine to get.

Example

app.engine('hbs', require('engine-handlebars'));
var engine = app.getEngine('hbs');

About

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Contributing

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

Contributors

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. MIT

This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.4.2, on February 21, 2017.