Gradle Node Plugin

This plugin enables you to run build of your frontend using NodeJs technologies via gradle build system. The plugin supports multiple node-js packager managers:

• npm
• yarn
• pnpm
• cnpm

To start using the plugin add this into your build.gradle file.

plugins {
    id "com.palawanframe.node" version "0.2.4"
}

By default, the plugin tries to execute NodeJs available on PATH. One may configure the plugin to download preferred version of NodeJs and execute build using downloaded version.

Configuring Plugin

There are two major ways how plugin can be used:

1. With NodeJs available on PATH
2. With downloaded version of NodeJs or package manager

Below are configuration parameters and its default values.

node {
    // Use downloaded NodeJs
    download = false
    // NodeJs version to be downloaded (if download=true)
    version = "16.13.2"
    // Node execution command (to support system aliases)
    command = "node"
    // Directory where nodejs will be downloaded
    workingDir = file(".gradle/nodejs")
    // URL to nodejs repository
    url = "https://nodejs.org/dist"

    // Below are different package managers that can be used. Only one can be configured.
    // Default uses NPM package manager available with NodeJs installation

    // Configures NPM packager for dependencies
    npm {
        // Npm version to be downloaded. If not defined uses latest
        version = "8.1.2"
        // NPM execution command
        command = "npm"
        // NPX execution command
        cliCommand = "npx"
        // Directory where NPM will be downloaded
        workingDir = file(".gradle/npm")
    }

    // Configures Yarn packager for dependencies
    yarn {
        version = "1.22.17"
        command = "yarn"
        workingDir = file(".gradle/yarn")
    }

    // Configures PNPM packager for dependencies
    pnpm {
        version = "6.27.1"
        command = "pnpm"
        cliCommand = "pnpx"
        workingDir = file(".gradle/pnpm")
    }

    // Configures CNPM packager for dependencies
    cnpm {
        version = "7.1.0"
        command = "cnpm"
        workingDir = file(".gradle/cnpm")
    }

    // Configures Custom packager for dependencies
    custom {
        version = "1.0.0"
        command = "myNpm"
        workingDir = file(".gradle/custom")
        // Package manager name needs to be defined in order to download it from repository
        npmPackage = "myNpm"

        // Define input/outputs to realize task only when needed
        inputFiles = [ "package.json" ]
        outputFiles = [ "package-lock.json" ]
        outputDirectories = [ "node_modules" ]

        cli {
            command = "myNpx"
        }
    }
}

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