swig-webpack-plugin

Note: since swig isn't maintained anymore, this plugin will not receive any new features.

Note: forked from html-webpack-plugin.

This is a webpack plugin that simplifies creation of HTML files to serve your webpack bundles. This is especially useful for webpack bundles that include a hash in the filename which changes every compilation. You can either let the plugin generate an HTML file for you or supply your own template (using swig).

Installation

Install the plugin with npm:

$ npm install swig-webpack-plugin --save-dev

Basic Usage

The plugin will generate an HTML file for you that includes all your webpack bundles in the body using script tags. Just add the plugin to your webpack config as follows:

var SwigWebpackPlugin = require('swig-webpack-plugin')
var webpackConfig = {
  entry: 'index.js',
  output: {
    path: 'dist',
    filename: '[name].js'
  },
  plugins: [new SwigWebpackPlugin()]
}

This will generate a file index.html from the default template.

If you have multiple webpack entry points, they will all be included with script tags in the generated HTML.

Configuration

You can pass a hash of configuration options to HtmlWebpackPlugin. Allowed values are as follows:

• beautify: Beautify the HTML.
• uglify: Uglify the HTML.
• watch: add files to webpack's file-dependencies
• filename: The file to write the HTML to. Defaults to index.html. You can specify a subdirectory here too (eg: src/admin.html).
• data: Any data you want to pass to your swig templates. It will be available as {{data.myvariable}} in your templates.

Here's an example webpack config illustrating how to use these options:

{
  entry: 'index.js',
  output: {
    path: 'dist',
    filename: 'bundle.js'
  },
  plugins: [
    new SwigWebpackPlugin({
      filename: 'src/*.html',
      watch: 'src/**/*',
      beautify: true,
      data: {
      	myvariable: 'myvalue'
      }
    })
  ]
}

Generating Multiple HTML Files

To generate more than one HTML file, declare the plugin more than once in your plugins array:

{
  entry: 'index.js',
  output: {
    path: 'dist',
    filename: 'bundle.js'
  },
  plugins: [
    new SwigWebpackPlugin(), // Generates default index.html
    new SwigWebpackPlugin({  // Also generate a test.html
      filename: 'test.html',
      template: 'src/test.html'
    })
  ]
}

Writing Your Own Templates

If the default generated HTML doesn't meet your needs you can supply your own swig template. The default template is a good starting point for writing your own.

To use a custom template, configure the plugin like this:

{
  entry: 'index.js',
  output: {
    path: 'dist',
    filename: '[name].js'
  },
  plugins: [
    new SwigWebpackPlugin({
      template: 'src/my_template.html'
    })
  ]
}

Alternatively, if you already have your template's content in a String, you can pass it to the plugin using the templateContent option:

plugins: [
  new SwigWebpackPlugin({
    templateContent: templateContentString
  })
]

Note the plugin will throw an error if you specify both template and templateContent.