Configuration

Similarly to many other libraries, Squirrelly allows you to customize its behavior via options.

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List of options

Option	Description	Type	Default	Required?
async	Whether to generate async templates	boolean	false	Yes
autoEscape	Whether to automatically XML-escape	boolean		Yes
autoTrim	Configure automatic whitespace trimming	autoTrim	[false, "nl"]	Yes
cache	Cache templates by name or filename	boolean		Yes
defaultFilter	Pass all interpolates through a function	false \| Function	false	Yes
filename	Absolute filepath of template (for caching)	string	undefined	No
l	Function that returns helpers. See l	Function	defaultConfig.l	Yes
name	Template name (for caching)	string	undefined	No
plugins	Plugins object	plugins	defaultConfig.plugins	Yes
root	Base filepath. Defaults to "\" internally	string	undefined	No
storage	Object containing templates, helpers, filters	storage	defaultConfig.storage	Yes
tags	Template delimiters. CAVEATS	[string, string]	["{{", "}}"]	Yes
useWith	Use with(){} to have data scope as global	boolean	undefined	No
varName	Name of data object	string	"it"	Yes
view cache	Overrides cache	boolean	undefined	No
views	Absolute filepath to views directory	string	undefined	No

Delimiter Caveats

Closing delimiters (like {{) can't have any of (, ), |, or =>.

Delimiters must be RegExp-escaped.

autoTrim

autoTrim controls whitespace trimming.

Signature

"nl" | "slurp" | boolean | ["nl" | "slurp" | boolean, "nl" | "slurp" | boolean]

Options

• "nl" trims first character
• "slurp" trims all leading/trailing whitespace
• true is equivalent to "slurp"

When an array is passed, Squirrelly uses the equivalent options on the left or right side of the string

l

l is a function that is used inside template functions to fetch filters and helpers.

Signature

(container: "H" | "F", name: string) => Function

Default

function (container, name) {

if (container === 'H') {

var hRet = helpers.get(name)

if (hRet) {

return hRet

} else {

throw SqrlErr("Can't find helper '" + name + "'")

}

} else if (container === 'F') {

var fRet = filters.get(name)

if (fRet) {

return fRet

} else {

throw SqrlErr("Can't find filter '" + name + "'")

}

}

},

plugins

plugins is an object with the following properties:

Property	Description	Type	Default
processAST	List of functions that manipulate Squirrelly syntax tree	Array<object>	[]
processFnString	List of functions that manipulate Squirrelly template function	Array<object>	[]

storage

storage points to helpers, native helpers, filters, and templates. It's an object with the following properties:

Property	Description	Type	Default
filters	Filters cache	Cacher<FilterFunction>	Sqrl.filters
helpers	Helpers cache	Cacher<HelperFunction>	Sqrl.helpers
nativeHelpers	Native helpers cache	Cacher<NativeHelperFunction>	Sqrl.nativeHelpers
templates	Templates cache	Cacher<TemplateFunction>	Sqrl.templates

You only need to modify it if you want to create environments with different caches.

defaultConfig

Sqrl.defaultConfig returns the default configuration. See above.

getConfig

getConfig takes some config options and merges them with the default. It optionally takes a third parameter, which it merges with the default first.

High-level APIs like render and compile call getConfig internally, but you should call lower-level APIs (like compileToString) with a valid config object, which you can get from this function.

Syntax

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Example

Sqrl.compileToString(myTemplate, Sqrl.getConfig({ tags: ["<%", "%>"] }));