babel-template

Generate an AST from a string template.

In computer science, this is known as an implementation of quasiquotes.

Install

sh npm install --save-dev babel-template

Usage

```js import template from "babel-template"; import generate from "babel-generator"; import * as t from "babel-types";

const buildRequire = template(var IMPORT_NAME = require(SOURCE););

const ast = buildRequire({ IMPORT_NAME: t.identifier("myModule"), SOURCE: t.stringLiteral("my-module") });

console.log(generate(ast).code); ```

js const myModule = require("my-module");

API

template(code, [opts])

code

Type: string

options

babel-template accepts all of the options from babylon, and specifies some defaults of its own:

• allowReturnOutsideFunction is set to true by default.
• allowSuperOutsideMethod is set to true by default.

preserveComments

Type: boolean Default: false

Set this to true to preserve any comments from the code parameter.

Return value

babel-template returns a function which is invoked with an optional object of replacements. See the usage section for an example.