helper-cache

Easily register and get helper functions to be passed to any template engine or node.js application. Methods for both sync and async helpers.

Table of Contents

• Install
• API
• About

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save helper-cache

Install with yarn:

$ yarn add helper-cache

API

HelperCache

Create an instance of HelperCache with the given options.

Params

• options {Object}

Example

var App = require('helper-cache');
var app = new App();

.addHelper

Register a helper.

Params

• name {String}
• fn {Function}
• returns {Object}: Retuns the instance of HelperCache for chaining.

Example

app.helper('uppercase', function(str) {
  return str.toUpperCase();
});

.getHelper

Get a helper.

Params

• name {String}
• fn {Function}
• returns {Object}: Retuns the instance of HelperCache for chaining.

Example

app.helper('uppercase', function(str) {
  return str.toUpperCase();
});

.helper

Register a sync template helper fn as name.

Params

• name {String}
• fn {Function}
• returns {Object}: Retuns the instance of HelperCache for chaining.

Example

app.helper('uppercase', function(str) {
  return str.toUpperCase();
});

.helpers

Register multiple sync helpers at once.

Params

• helpers {Object}: Array of globs, file paths or key-value pair helper objects.
• returns {Object}: Retuns the instance of HelperCache for chaining.

Example

app.helpers({
  foo: function() {},
  bar: function() {},
  baz: function() {}
});

.asyncHelper

Register an async template helper fn as name.

Params

• name {String}
• fn {Function}
• returns {Object}: Retuns the instance of HelperCache for chaining.

Example

app.asyncHelper('uppercase', function(str) {
  return str.toUpperCase();
});

.asyncHelpers

Register multiple async helpers at once.

Params

• helpers {Object}: Array of globs, file paths or key-value pair helper objects.
• returns {Object}: Retuns the instance of HelperCache for chaining.

Example

app.asyncHelpers({
  foo: function() {},
  bar: function() {},
  baz: function() {}
});

.group

Namespace a collection of sync helpers on the given prop.

Params

• helpers {Object|Array}: Object, array of objects, or glob patterns.

Example

app.group('mdu', require('markdown-utils'));
// Usage: '<%= mdu.heading("My heading") %>'

.asyncGroup

Namespace a collection of async helpers on the given prop.

Params

• helpers {Object|Array}: Object, array of objects, or glob patterns.

Example

app.asyncGroup('mdu', require('markdown-utils'));
// Usage: '<%= mdu.heading("My heading") %>'

.load

Load helpers.

Params

• helpers {Object}: Array of globs, file paths or key-value pair helper objects.
• returns {Object}: Retuns the instance of HelperCache for chaining.

Example

app.load({
  foo: function() {},
  bar: function() {},
  baz: function() {}
});

About

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Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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