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An example of how to use [node-ssi](https://npmjs.org/package/ssi) in a custom Grunt task to inline all your apache includes.

Flatten SSI Includes

An example of how to use node-ssi in a custom Grunt task to inline all your apache includes.

Instructions

Download the gist.

From the root of the project, run the following steps in your terminal:

  1. Install the dependencies.

     $ npm install
    
  2. Run grunt.

     $ grunt
    
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module.exports = function( grunt ) {
grunt.initConfig({
pkg: grunt.file.readJSON( 'package.json' ),
buildPath: '../<%= pkg.name %>-build/',
clean: {
options: {
force: true
},
dist: [ '<%= buildPath %>' ]
},
copy: {
dist: {
files: [
{
src: [
'**',
'!**/node_modules/**'
],
dest: '<%= buildPath %>'
}
]
}
},
ssi: {
options: {
input: '<%= buildPath %>',
output: '<%= buildPath %>',
matcher: '**/*.html'
}
}
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-contrib-clean' );
grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-contrib-copy' );
grunt.registerTask('ssi', 'Flatten SSI includes in your HTML files.', function() {
var ssi = require( 'ssi' )
, opts = this.options()
, files = new ssi( opts.input, opts.output, opts.matcher )
;
files.compile();
});
grunt.registerTask( 'default', [
'clean',
'copy',
'ssi'
]);
};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Flatten SSI</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Flatten SSI</h1>
<!--#include file="content.inc" -->
</body>
</html>
{
"name": "Flatten-SSI",
"version": "0.0.1",
"author": "Ryan Fitzer",
"dependencies": {
"grunt": "~0.4.1",
"grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.4.1",
"grunt-contrib-copy": "~0.4.1",
"ssi": "~0.1.2"
}
}
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Thank you @ryanfitzer!
This was really helpful! Sometimes the people developing the packages are too spartan in their explanations. Your gist truly saved my day. ;-)
Keep on rocking!

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