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Overview

What is Metagen​

Metagen is a simple templating engine which helps to automate creation of entire modules with files, folders and subfolders, from a special meta template, and a payload. It also uses an input payload to render files content with the Handlerbars.

How to Install​

npm i -g @metagen/core

CLI​

Metagen can render templates by running CLI command. Usage:

metagen -t <template-directory> -p <payload-json-file> -o <output-directory>

Currently available options:

  • -t, --template <directory> - meta template folder
  • -o, --output <directory> - output folder
  • -p, --payload <json file> - payload (context) to render templates in JSON format
  • -d, --dry-run - dry run mode
  • -v, --verbose - enable debugging mode (detailed output)
  • -h, --help - display help for command

Javascript API​

The javascipt interface repeats CLI one. The library includes TypeScript type definitions and JSDoc comments.

import { MetaGenerator } from '@metagen/core';

new MetaGenerator('./templateFolder').generate({
  destination: './output',
  payload: {
    modules: ['users', 'orders', 'prices']
  },
  isDryRun: false,
});