esbuild-plugin-handlebars

A handlebars template precompiler for esbuild.

Installation

npm i esbuild-plugin-handlebars --save-dev

General Usage

esbuild configuration

import hbsPlugin from "esbuild-plugin-handlebars";

esbuild.build({
    entryPoints: ["index.ts"],
    ...
    plugins: [
        hbsPlugin({
            filter: /\.(hbs|handlebars)$/i,
            additionalHelpers: {
                toLowerCase: "templateHelpers/toLowerCase",
                translate: "templateHelpers/translate"
            },
            precompileOptions: {}
        })
    ]
});

Your JS making use of the templates

import template from "template.hbs";
// => returns template.hbs content as a template function

Details

Helpers must be provided as options to the plugin. It is unknown whether external partials work.

Options

• filter: the filenames that will be processed by this plugin. Defaults to files with the extensions .hbs or .handlebars.
• additionalHelpers: the helpers that can be used in templates.
• precompileOptions: options passed into the hb.precompile() call.

Change Log

See the CHANGELOG.md file.

License

MIT (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license)