Simple Nunjucks CLI Wrapper and templates watcher, to generate static HTML files.

npm i -D nunjucks-cli # local
npm i -g nunjucks-cli # global

nunjucks <file|glob> [context] [options]

For convenience, process.env object is added to the context as env.

nunjucks foo.tpl data.json

Compiles foo.tpl to foo.html with data from data.json (and variables from process.env as env).

nunjucks **/*.tpl

Compiles all .tpl files (including subdirectories), except the ones starting by _ (so you can use them as layouts).

-p <directory>

Path where the templates live. Default to the current working directory. See https://mozilla.github.io/nunjucks/api.html#configure

-o <directory>

Output directory.

-w

Allows to keep track of file changes and render accordingly (except files starting by _).

-e <ext>

Extension for rendered files. Defaults to html.

-O <file>

Takes a json file as Nunjucks options. Defaults are :

trimBlocks: true,
lstripBlocks: true,
noCache: true

See https://mozilla.github.io/nunjucks/api.html#configure

nunjucks foo.tpl -p src -o dist -O nj.json

Compiles src/foo.tpl to dist/foo.html, with nj.json as nunjucks environnement options.

nunjucks *.tpl data.json -w -p src

Compiles all .tpl files (except ones starting with _) in the src folder to the current working directory, with data.json as metadata, and keeps running in the background for files changes.