Install package with NPM and add it to your development dependencies:
npm install --save-dev gulp-index
| Package | gulp-index |
| Description | Creates an index of the files specified. |
| Node Version | >= 4.4.5 |
var index = require('gulp-index');
gulp.task('html:buildIndex', function() {
return gulp.src('./src/client/**/*.*')
.pipe(index())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/client'));
});This will build a index.html from the files found in ./src/client in the distribution folder ./dist/client.
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1 class="index__title">Index page</h1>
<section class="index__section">
<h2 class="index__section-heading">src</h2>
<ul class="index__list">
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="src/client/pages/home.html">src - client/pages/home.html</a>
</li>
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="src/client/pages/test.html">src - client/pages/test.html</a>
</li>
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="src/client/pages/about.html">src - client/pages/about.html</a>
</li>
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="src/client/components/button.html">src - client/components/button.html</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</body>Various options can be specified, the default are:
{
// written out before index contents
'prepend-to-output': () => `<head>
</head>
<body>
`,
// written out after index contents
'append-to-output': () => `</body>
`,
// Title for the index page
'title': 'Index page',
// Title template function used to construct the title section
'title-template': (title) =>`<h1 class="index__title">${title}</h1>
`,
// folders to use as heading, affected by 'relativePath'
'pathDepth': 1,
// Section function used to construct each section identified using path depth
'section-template': (sectionContent) => `<section class="index__section">
${sectionContent}</section>
`,
// Section heading function used to construct each section heading
'section-heading-template': (heading) => `<h2 class="index__section-heading">${heading}</h2>
`,
// List function used to construct a file list
'list-template': (listContent) => `<ul class="index__list">
${listContent}</ul>
`,
// Item function used to construct each list item
'item-template': (filepath, filename) => `<li class="index__item"><a class="index__item-link" href="${filepath}/${filename}">${filepath} - ${filename}</a></li>
`,
// part of path to discard e.g. './src/client' when creating index
'relativePath': './src/client',
// name of output file
'outputFile': './index.html',
// initial tab depth
'tab-depth': 0,
// tab string, default is two spaces
'tab-string': ' '
}E.g.
var index = require('gulp-index');
gulp.task('html:buildIndex', function({relativePath: './src/client'}) {
return gulp.src('./src/client/**/*.*')
.pipe(index())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/client'));
});Splits pages and components into sections
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1 class="index__title">Index page</h1>
<section class="index__section">
<h2 class="index__section-heading">pages</h2>
<ul class="index__list">
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="pages/home.html">pages - home.html</a>
</li>
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="pages/test.html">pages - test.html</a>
</li>
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="pages/about.html">pages - about.html</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section class="index__section">
<h2 class="index__section-heading">components</h2>
<ul class="index__list">
<li class="index__item">
<a class="index__item-link" href="components/button.html">components - button.html</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</body>Wrapping you're output in something more intersting.
return gulp.src(client.html.indexIn)
.pipe(index({
'prepend-to-output': () => fs.readFileSync('./src/index-partials/index-front-matter.html'),
'append-to-output': () => fs.readFileSync('./src/index-partials/index-end-matter.html'),
relativePath: './src/client'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest(dist));The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Lee Chase leechase@live.com
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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