README.md

babel-transform-config

If you ever wanted to update a Nuxt or Next config file programmatically.

Readme: wip

Simplest way to understand what it does:

git clone https://github.com/hypervillain/babel-transform-config;
cd babel-transform-config && npm install;
node examples/nuxt.simple.js

This should display some info 👇

1/ previous code:

The actual nuxt.config.js file that was read from file. Something like:

export default {
  css: [],
  modules: ['@org/my-nuxt-module'],
  build: {
    webpack : {}
  },
};

2/ args passed :

The arguments that were passed to babel-transform-config. Something like:

const args = {
  css: ['path/to/file'],
  modules: [
    ['my-module', { config: true }]
  ],
  transpile: ['my-other-module']
}
// will be used like this:
// transformConfig(code, 'nuxt', args)

3/ the transpiled code :

What you came for:

export default {
  css: ["path/to/file"],
  modules: ['@org/my-nuxt-module', ["my-module", {
    "config": true
  }]],
  build: {
    webpack: {},
    transpile: ["my-other-module"]
  }
};

Using the module

This package exports a transformConfig function that takes as arguments some code, a framework key, and key-value params that will help the module transform these arguments.

For example, these arguments:

const args = {
    script: ['path/to/script-file.js']
}
transformConfig(myNuxtConfig, 'nuxt', args)

transformConfig will try & match your script key and transform your arguments into:

transforms: [{
    'head:script': {
        action: 'create:merge',
        value: ['path/to/script-file.js']
    }
],

This will help the underlying Babel plugin perform the right actions, based on what it knows of your framework. The complete call:

const fs = require('fs')
const transformConfig = require('babel-transform-config')

const code = fs.readFileSync('path/to/config', 'utf8')
const args = { script: ['path/to/script-file.js'] }

const { code: updatedCode} = transformConfig(code, 'nuxt', args)

// ⚠️ this is experimental, please log things first
fs.writeFileSync('path/to/config', updatedCode, 'utf8')

Direct transform / Babel plugin

Right now, transformConfig only supports Nuxt framexwork. If you want to use things for yourself with another framework, you should use the lower-level transform method:

const { transform } = require('babel-transform-config')

const transforms = {
  'head:script': { // create or replace export default { head: { script: [] }}
    action: 'create:replace',
    value: ['my/script.js']
  },
  'deleteMe': { // delete export default { deleteMe: ... }
    action: 'delete'
  },
  'build:transpile': { // merges export default { babel: { transpile: arrayOrObject } }
    action: 'merge',
    value: ['path/to/file']
  }
}
const { code: updatedCode } = transform(yourCustomCode, transforms)

👆 See examples/transform.

Quick note

ATM you'll need to use ES2015 export default feature to use this plugin.