relative-path-map v1.0.1

relative-path-map

Resolves a map of paths where some paths are relative to others in the same object. Useful for describing directory structures and for project configuration.

Install

Install via npm:

npm install --save-dev relative-path-map

Examples

Simple example

var relativePathMap = require('relative-path-map');

relativePathMap({
  root: 'root/path',
  sub: '[root]/sub' // => 'root/path/sub'
});

Sub-object with relative paths

relativePathMap({
  root: 'root/path',
  obj: {
    sub: '[root]/sub', // => 'root/path/sub'
    file: '[sub]/file.js' // => 'root/path/sub/file.js'
  }
});

Array with relative paths

relativePathMap({
  root: 'root/path',
  arr: [
    '[root]/sub', // => 'root/path/sub'
    '[0]/file.js' // => 'root/path/sub/file.js'
  ]
});

Placeholder with sub-property

relativePathMap({
  obj: {
    sub: 'some/path',
  },
  dot: '[obj.sub]/dot-notation.js' // => // 'some/path/dot-notation.js'
});

API

relativePathMap(map)

Params

map object

An object containing strings representing paths. Paths beginning with a placeholder [<prop>] are relative to some other path in the same object, where <prop> is a property name, e.g. [root], or a sub-property name, e.g [root.src].

Returns

Type: object

Returns an object whose relative paths have been resolved.

License

Copyright © 2016 Akim McMath. Licensed under the MIT License.