svg-asset-loader v1.1.4

svg-asset-loader

Webpack loader for processing SVG files. Loader options allows 3 options: embedding SVGs directly into the HTML, combining SVGs into a single spritesheet injected into the HTML, or extracting SVGs into an external sprite file for linking.

Installation

npm i svg-asset-loader

Usage

Spritesheet injection :link:

// webpack.config.js

const config = {
  ...
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.svg$/,
        loader: 'svg-asset-loader',
      },
    ],
  },
  ...
};

export default config;

// index.js

import icon from '../../assets/stop-watch.svg';
import icon2 from '../../assets/coconut-tree.svg';

...
<div>
  <svg viewBox="${icon.viewBox}">
    <use href="#${icon.id}"></use>
  </svg>
  <svg viewBox="${icon2.viewBox}">
    <use href="#${icon2.id}"></use>
  </svg>
</div>
...

Inline :link:

// webpack.config.js

const config = {
  ...
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.svg$/,
        loader: 'svg-asset-loader',
        options: {
          strategy: 'inline',
        },
      },
    ],
  },
  ...
};

export default config;

// index.js

import icon from '../../assets/stop-watch.svg';
import icon2 from '../../assets/coconut-tree.svg';

...
<div>
  <img src=${icon} height="100px" width="100px" />
  <img src=${icon2} height="100px" width="100px" />
</div>
...

Extraction and linking :link:

// webpack.config.js

const config = {
  ...
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.svg$/,
        loader: 'svg-asset-loader',
        options: {
          strategy: 'extract',
          outFile: './public/spritesheet.svg',
          prefix: './spritesheet.svg',
        },
      },
    ],
  },
  ...
};

export default config;

// index.js

import icon from '../../assets/stop-watch.svg';
import icon2 from '../../assets/coconut-tree.svg';

...
<div>
  <svg viewBox="${icon.viewBox}">
    <use href=${icon.href}></use>
  </svg>
  <svg viewBox="${icon2.viewBox}">
    <use href=${icon2.href}></use>
  </svg>
</div>
...

Loader Options

Running Examples Locally

# Build the loader
npm run build

# Go to the example directory
cd examples/inlineSVGs/

# Start the server
npm run start