Exports Sass files to Json format, able to manage sections with annotations in comments.


Keywords
Sass, Sass Utilities, Scss, Sass Annotations, Sass to JS, Scss Json, Sass to Json, sass variables exporting, Node Sass, cli, json, node, scss-to-json, typescript
License
ISC
Install
npm install sass-export@2.1.2

Documentation

Sass-Export

Sass-export takes SCSS files and export them to a JSON file you can use as data. This is perfect for generating your site documentation.

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Try it online: Playground (demo)

CLI

Install it from NPM

 npm install -g sass-export

Ready to export:

 sass-export scss/config/*.scss -o exported-sass-array.json -a

Here's a sample output

input: _variables.css

  $gray-medium: #757575;
  $base-value: 25px;
  $gray-dark: darken($gray-medium, 5%);
  $logo: url(logo.svg);
  $logo-quotes: url('logo.svg');
  $calculation: $base-value - 12px;
  $multiple-calculations: $base-value - floor(12.5px);

output: exported-sass-array.json

[
  { "name": "$gray-medium", "value": "#757575", "compiledValue": "#757575" },
  { "name": "$base-value", "value": "25px", "compiledValue": "25px" },
  { "name": "$gray-dark", "value": "darken($gray-medium, 5%)", "compiledValue" :"#686868" },
  { "name": "$logo", "value": "url(logo.svg)", "compiledValue": "url(logo.svg)" },
  { "name": "$logo-quotes", "value": "url('logo.svg')", "compiledValue": "url(\"logo.svg\")" },
  { "name": "$calculation", "value": "$base-value - 12px", "compiledValue": "13px" },
  { "name": "$multiple-calculations", "value": "$base-value - floor(12.5px)", "compiledValue": "13px" }
]

Section Groups Annotations

You can easily organize your variables into a Javascript object using sass-export annotations:

input: _annotations.scss

$black: #000;
$slate: #8ca5af;

/**
 * @sass-export-section="brand-colors"
 */
$brand-gray-light: #eceff1;
$brand-gray-medium: #d6d6d6;
$brand-gray: #b0bec5;
//@end-sass-export-section [optional]

/**
 * @sass-export-section="fonts"
 */
$font-size: 16px;
$font-color: $brand-gray-medium;
//@end-sass-export-section

$global-group: #FF0000;

Then we run sass-export:

 sass-export scss/_annotations.scss -o exported-grouped.json

output exported-grouped.json

{
    "variables": [
        { "name": "$black", "value": "#000", "compiledValue": "#000" },
        { "name": "$slate", "value": "#8ca5af", "compiledValue": "#8ca5af" },
        { "name": "$global-group", "value": "#ff0000", "compiledValue": "#ff0000" }
    ],
    "brand-colors": [
        { "name": "$brand-gray-light", "value": "#eceff1", "compiledValue":"#eceff1" },
        { "name": "$brand-gray-medium", "value": "#d6d6d6" ,"compiledValue":"#d6d6d6" },
        { "name": "$brand-gray", "value": "#b0bec5", "compiledValue": "#b0bec5" }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        { "name": "$font-size", "value": "16px", "compiledValue": "16px" },
        { "name": "$font-color", "value": "$brand-gray-medium", "compiledValue":"#d6d6d6" }
    ]
}

Include Paths for @import

In order to support @import we need to include --dependencies parameter with a comma separated list of the folder path to include:

sass-export scss/_fonts.scss -o=exported-dependencies.json  -d "src/sass/config/, src/sass/libs/"

in order to use:

@import "breakpoints";
@import "variables";

$imported-value: $bp-desktop;
$font-size: $global-font-size;

Map support

In case you wanted your sass Maps variable to be an array we included te mapValue property for variables identified as maps.

input: _breakpoints.scss

$breakpoints: (
  small: 767px,
  medium: 992px,
  large: 1200px
);

output: exported-maps.json

{
  "variables": [
    {
      "name": "$breakpoints",
      "value": "(small: 767px,  medium: 992px,  large: 1200px)",
      "mapValue": [
        { "name": "small", "value": "767px", "compiledValue": "767px" },
        { "name": "medium","value": "992px", "compiledValue": "992px" },
        { "name": "large", "value": "1200px", "compiledValue": "1200px" }
      ],
      "compiledValue": "(small:767px,medium:992px,large:1200px)"
    }
}

Mixin/Function support

For mixins and functions we've added a reserved 'mixins' group for it.

input: _mixins.scss

@mixin box($p1, $p2) {
  @content;
}

@function my-function($val) {
}

@mixin z($val: 10px, $p2: '#COFF33') {
  @content;
}

@mixin no-params() {
}

output: exported-mixins.json

{
  "mixins": [
    {
      "name": "box",
      "parameters": [ "$p1", "$p2" ]
    },
    {
      "name": "my-fucntion",
      "parameters": [ "$val" ]
    },
    {
      "name": "z",
      "parameters": [ "$val: 10px", "$p2: '#COFF33'" ]
    },
    {
      "name": "no-params",
      "parameters": []
    }
  ]
}

Import it in your Node App?

import syntax:

 import { exporter } from 'sass-export';

Require syntax:

const exporter = require('sass-export').exporter;

const exporterBuffer = require('sass-export').buffer;

Example

Written using ES5 syntax.

const exporter = require('sass-export').exporter;

//basic options
const options = {
  inputFiles: ['_variables.scss', '_fonts.scss'],
  includePaths: ['libs/'] // don't forget this is the folder path not the files
};

// you can get an object {variables:[], colors: []}
const asObject = exporter(options).getStructured();

console.log(asObject.variables);
console.log(asObject.colors);

// or get an array [{}, {}]
const asArray = exporter(options).getArray();

console.log(asArray)

Usage

Usage: sass-export [inputFiles] [options]

Options Type Description
-o, --output String File path where to save the JSON exported.
-a, --array Boolean If it is present, it will output an array file instead of a object structured.
-d, --dependencies String[] List of dependencies separated by comma, where Sass will try to find the @imports that your inputFiles need to work. Example: "libs/, config/, variables/".
-h, --help Boolean Shows up this help screen.

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Contributing

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Check our Contributing page for more information.

License


MIT

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