Split SVG Spritesheet into individual SVG files

split-svg-spritesheet.js

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');

var markup = fs.readFileSync('sprite.svg').toString();
var lines = markup.split(/\n/g);
var symbols = {};
var currentSymbol = null;

lines.forEach(function(line){
    var open = line.match(/symbol.*?id="(.*?)"/);
    var close = line.match(/<\/symbol>/);
    if(currentSymbol){
        symbols[currentSymbol].push(line);
    }
    if(open){
        currentSymbol = open[1];
        symbols[currentSymbol] = [line];
    }
    if(close){
        symbols[currentSymbol] = symbols[currentSymbol].join('\n').replace('<symbol', '<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"').replace('</symbol', '</svg');
        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'src/svg/' + currentSymbol + '.svg'), symbols[currentSymbol]);
        currentSymbol = null;
    }
});

console.log( Object.keys(symbols) );

How to use this?

• Save to a file
• have your sprite.svg in the same directory
• might need to create src/svg/ path in the directory you have this script and sprite
• execute using nodeJS
  -> your files will be in src/svg/

I've tried alot of things can you write this? So its a question of copy pasting and running a command in nodejs for that location.

I'm a noob here.

Thanks, man. <3

Worked very well thanks a lot!

I can't use it. It gives me an error.
Line: 3
Character: 1
Error: It was waiting for an object
Code: 800A138F