vite-plugin-generate-file

vite-plugin-generate-file is a vite plugin which generate static file and write them to dist folder after packaging.

Usage

Install dev dependency :

yarn add vite-plugin-generate-file -D
npm install vite-plugin-generate-file -D

Since vite-plugin-generate-file@v0.1.0, Vite v3.1 or above is required.

Add plugin to your vite.config.ts :

// vite.config.ts
import generateFile from 'vite-plugin-generate-file'

export default {
  plugins: [
    generateFile([{
      type: 'json',
      output: './output.txt',
      data: {
        foo: 'bar'
      }
    }])
  ]
}

Here are the available options for configuration:

Name	Description	Options	Defaults
type	Specifies the format type of the generated file.	json yaml template	json
output	Defines the path to the output file that the plugin will generate. This path is relative to the dist folder.	-	./output.txt
template	Specifies the path to the template file. Supports ejs format template. This option is available when type is set to template.	-	-
data	Specifies the data to be used in the generated file or to be passed into the template.	-	-
contentType	Defines the Content-Type response returned from the dev server. If left empty, it will be inferred from the output path extension.	-	-

In dev mode, plugin will mock file by dev server. See localhost:5173/__generate_file_list/ for more detail.

Credits

This plugin was inspired by Alicevia/vite-plugin-generate-config-into-dist and antfu/vite-plugin-inspect

License

MIT