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map-files

Return an object for a glob of files. Pass a rename function for the keys, or a parse function for the content, allowing it to be used for readable or require-able files.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install map-files --save

Heads up!

Breaking changes in v0.8.0. See the history for details.

Usage

var mapFiles = require('map-files');
console.log(mapFiles('templates/*.txt'));

Returns an object of vinyl files that looks something like this:

{ 'test/fixtures/a.txt': <File "test/fixtures/a.txt" <Buffer 41 41 41>>,
  'test/fixtures/b.txt': <File "test/fixtures/b.txt" <Buffer 42 42 42>>,
  'test/fixtures/c.txt': <File "test/fixtures/c.txt" <Buffer 43 43 43>> }

Options

options.cwd

Specify the current working directory

Params

Type: String

Default: process.cwd()

Example

files('*.txt', {cwd: 'templates'});

options.renameKey

Rename the key of each file object:

Params

Type: Function

Default: file.relative

Example

var files = mapFiles('templates/*.txt', {
  renameKey: function (file) {
    return file.basename;
  }
});

Returns something like:

{ 'a.txt': <File "test/fixtures/a.txt" <Buffer 41 41 41>>,
  'b.txt': <File "test/fixtures/b.txt" <Buffer 42 42 42>>,
  'c.txt': <File "test/fixtures/c.txt" <Buffer 43 43 43>> }

options.decorate

Pass an object of methods to decorate as getters onto each file in the results.

var yaml = require('js-yaml');

var files = mapFiles('test/fixtures/*.yml', {
  renameKey: 'stem',
  decorate: {
    yaml: function(file) {
      return yaml.safeLoad(file.contents.toString());
    }
  }
});

console.log(files.a.yaml);
//=> {title: 'AAA'}

History

v0.8.0

options.name was removed, use options.renameKey instead.
options.cache was removed
options.read was removed
options.decorate was added. See the decorate docs.

v0.5.0

As of v0.5.0, map-files returns absolute file paths by default. You can achieve the same results by using a custom name function as in the examples.

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