Nodelix

Seamless Node.js in Elixir.

⚠️ WARNING

This is a pre-release version. As such, anything may change at any time, the public API should not be considered stable, and using a pinned version is recommended.

Provides Mix tasks for the installation and execution of Node.js.

This project is currently not recommended for production Elixir use. Its main purpose is to offer a straightforward interface for utilizing Node.js and npm libraries within Mix tasks.

Installation

gpg must be available in your PATH to verify the signature of Node.js releases.

The package can be installed by adding nodelix to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:nodelix, "1.0.0-alpha.13", only: :dev, runtime: false}
  ]
end

Now you can install Node.js by running:

$ mix nodelix.install --version 18.18.2

And invoke Node.js with:

$ mix nodelix --version 18.18.2 some-script.js --some-option

If you omit the --version flag, the latest known LTS version at the time of publishing will used.

The Node.js installation is located at _build/dev/nodejs/versions/$VERSION.

Nodelix configuration

There is one global configuration for the nodelix application:

• :cacerts_path - the directory to find certificates for https connections

Profiles

You can define multiple nodelix profiles. There is a default empty profile which you can configure its args, current directory and environment:

config :nodelix,
  default: [
    args: ~w(
      some-script.js
      --some-option
    ),
    cd: Path.expand("../assets", __DIR__),
  ],
  custom: [
    args: ~w(
      another-script.js
      --another-option
    ),
    cd: Path.expand("../assets/scripts", __DIR__),
    env: [
      NODE_DEBUG: "*"
    ]
  ]

The default current directory is your project's root.

To use a profile other than default, you can use the --profile option:

mix nodelix --profile custom

When mix nodelix is invoked, the task arguments will be appended to the ones configured in the profile.

Versioning

This project follows the principles of Semantic Versioning (SemVer).

Credits

Based on the code from tailwind (v0.2.2). For licensing and copyright details, refer to the LICENSE file.