HTML STRING REPLACE WEBPACK PLUGIN

This is a webpack plugin that replace string in html files that created by html-webpack-plugin.
This is especially useful for adding some cdn prefix.

Installation

Install the plugin with npm:

$ npm install html-string-replace-webpack-plugin-webpack-4 --save-dev

Basic Usage

Add plugin to webpack config plugins. And pass options.

var HtmlStringReplace = require("html-string-replace-webpack-plugin-webpack-4");
var webpackConfig = {
  entry: "index.js",
  output: {
    path: "dist",
    filename: "index_bundle.js"
  },
  plugins: [
    new HtmlWebpackPlugin(),
    new HtmlStringReplace({
      enable: true,
      patterns: [
        {
          match: /href/g,
          replacement: function(match) {
            return match;
          }
        }
      ]
    })
  ]
};

Configuration

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

• enable: true | false whether enable this plugin or not.
• patterns: add some patterns and how to replace the string.
• patterns[parrern].replacement standard ECMAScript replace function or string

example:

new HtmlStringReplace({
  enable: true,
  patterns: [
    {
      // eg.
      // <link href="build.css">  =>
      // <link href="//cdn.baidu.com/static/build.css">
      match: /href=\"([^\"]*)\"/g,
      replacement: function(match, $1) {
        return 'href="' + CDN_PREFIX + $1 + '"';
      }
    },
    {
      // eg.
      // <script src="build.js">  =>
      // <script src="//cdn.baidu.com/static/build.js">
      match: /src=\"([^\"]*)\"/g,
      replacement: 'href="' + CDN_PREFIX + '$1"'
    }
  ]
});