json-flat-pack-loader v0.0.1

JSON Flat Pack Loader

This webpack loader flattens out JSON into '.' delimited key value pairs before it is written to a file. This is useful for when you would like to store structured data but a library requires flattend key value pairs such as react-intl.

Before

{
  "buttons": {
    "sign-in": "Sign In",
    "go-back": "Go Back"
  },
  "errors": {
    "account-not-found": "no account was not found matching the email and password provided"
  }
}

After

{
  "buttons.sign-in": "Sign In",
  "buttons.go-back": "Go Back",
  "errors.account-not-found": "no account was not found matching the email and password provided" 
}

Install

npm install --save-dev json-flat-pack-loader

Usage

Use the loader either via your webpack config, CLI or inline.

Webpack config

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      { test: /\.json$/, use: 'json-flat-pack-loader' }
    ]
  }
};

In your application

import json from './file.json'

CLI

webpack --module-bind 'json=json-flat-pack-loader'

In your application

import json from 'file.json';

Inline

In your application

import json from 'json-flat-pack-loader!./file.json';