grunt-html2object

Convert HTML into Javascript Object and used directly in Application

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.2

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-html2object --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-html2object');

The "html2object" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named html2object to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  html2object: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.target

Type: String Default value: 'window.$.html'

A string value that is used to do something with whatever.

options.storage

Type: String Default value: '{}'

A string value that is used to do something else with whatever else.

Usage Examples

Default Options

In this example, the default options will generate js object to $.html from html files in src

grunt.initConfig({
  html2object: {
    options: {},
    files: {
      'dest/default_options.js': ['src/**.html'],
    },
  },
});

Custom Options

In this example, custom options will generate js localStorage to $.html from html files in src

grunt.initConfig({
  html2object: {
    options: {
      target: 'window.$.html',
      storage: 'window.localStorage',
    },
    files: {
      'dest/custom_options.js': ['src/**.html'],
    },
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

v0.1.3 Fix minifier variable and fix test

v0.1.2 Log html minifier exception, remove htmlmin option removeAttributeQuotes

v0.1.1 Fix missing semicolon

v0.1.0 Initial Release, support basic convertion from html to javascript object