unplugin-config

A tool that generates configuration files for web applications, allowing customization of global variables that can be externally modified without the need for repackaging.

Features

• ✨ Generates configuration files for web applications.
• 🔨 Allows customization of global variables.
• 🌈 Built-in support for dotenv, enabling parsing of environment variables starting with a specified prefix.
• 🚀 Supports packaging with Vite, Webpack, Rollup, and more.
• 🎉 Tree-shakable, generates only the configuration file required for the application.
• 🌟 Compatible with TypeScript.

Install

npm i unplugin-config

// vite.config.ts
import ConfigPlugin from "unplugin-config/vite";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    ConfigPlugin({ /* options */ }),
  ],
});

// rollup.config.js
import ConfigPlugin from "unplugin-config/rollup";

export default {
  plugins: [
    ConfigPlugin({ /* options */ }),
  ],
};

// webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
  /* ... */
  plugins: [
    require("unplugin-config/webpack")({ /* options */ })
  ]
};

// nuxt.config.js
export default {
  buildModules: [
    ["unplugin-config/nuxt", { /* options */ }],
  ],
};

// vue.config.js
module.exports = {
  configureWebpack: {
    plugins: [
      require("unplugin-config/webpack")({ /* options */ }),
    ],
  },
};

// esbuild.config.js
import { build } from "esbuild";
import ConfigPlugin from "unplugin-config/esbuild";

build({
  plugins: [ConfigPlugin()],
});

Configuration

The Options object contains the following properties:

Application Options (appName and baseDir)

• appName (string, optional): The name of the application.
• baseDir (string, optional): The base directory for the output.

Configuration File Options (configFile)

• generate (boolean, optional): Enable or disable generating the configuration file. Default is true.
• fileName (string, optional): The name of the global configuration file. Default is "config.js".
• outputDir (string, optional): The directory where the configuration file is generated. Default is "./dist".

HTML Injection Options (htmlInjection)

• enable (boolean, optional): Enable or disable injecting configuration into HTML files. Default is true.
• templates (string[], optional): An array of template files to transform.
• position (string, optional): The position where the configuration script is injected into HTML files. Possible values are "head", "body", "head-prepend", or "body-prepend". Default is "head-prepend".
• decodeEntities (boolean, optional): Whether to decode HTML entities in the injected HTML code. If set to true, HTML entities in the injected HTML code will be decoded. Default is false.

Environment Variables Options (envVariables)

• prefix (string, optional): The prefix for environment variables used in configuration.
• files (string[], optional): An array of configuration files to load environment variables from.

Example

const configurationOptions = {
  appName: "MyApp",
  baseDir: "/",
  configFile: {
    generate: true,
    fileName: "_app.config.js",
    outputDir: "dist",
  },
  htmlInjection: {
    enable: true,
    templates: ["index.html"],
    position: "head-prepend",
  },
  envVariables: {
    prefix: "VITE_GLOB_",
    files: [".env.production", ".env"],
  },
};

Example

kirklin/celeris-admin

License

MIT License © 2022-PRESENT Kirk Lin