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spritify

SPRITIFY is a node.js package to create image sprite(s) from images and update css file(s) with new image sprite(s) details.


Features:

  • Create image sprite(s), and search for background, background-image css properties in the css file, and update the value with the new sprite image url and dimension by adding/overwrite css properties like background-size, background-position, width ...etc.

  • Option to optimize sprite css by comine class names to one background-image css property.

  • Supports SVG sprites.

  • Supports Retina sprites.

  • Can inline sprites using base64 encoding.

  • Can check for unused images in the sprite(s).

  • Can check for missing images, by searching for image path in the background, background-image css properties and can't find the image.

  • Can be used in grunt, gulp or any build tool.

spritify console log

Demo

Clone or download Spritify example repo and run it.

Install

npm install spritify --save-dev

OR

npm install -g spritify

CLI

Usage:
  spritify [OPTIONS] [ARGS]


Options:
  -h, --help : Help
  -v, --version : Version
  -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG : JSON Config file path (It should be relative path)
  -s SRC, --src=SRC : Source directory of the images for the sprite image (It should be relative path).
  -d DEST, --dest=DEST : Destination file path of the sprite image (It should be relative path).
  -l LAYOUT, --layout=LAYOUT : layout of the sprite image e.g: 'top-down', 'left-right'.
  -p PADDING, --padding=PADDING : Padding pixels around the sprite image. e.g: 10.
  -svg, --svg : Flag to build svg sprite image

CLI usage example

./node_modules/.bin/spritify -c CONFIG/FILE/PATH.json

OR create only image sprite

./node_modules/.bin/spritify -s SOURCE/DIRECTORY/PATH/ -d DESTINATION/FILE/PATH.png -p 15 -l left-right

OR create only svg image sprite

./node_modules/.bin/spritify -s SOURCE/DIRECTORY/PATH/ -d DESTINATION/FILE/PATH.svg -svg

CLI config file schema example

{
    "css": [
        {
            "src": "__tests__/fixtures/css/style-a.css",
            "dest": "build/css/style-a.css"
        },
        {
            "optimize": false,
            "inline": true,
            "src": "__tests__/fixtures/css/style-inline.css",
            "dest": "build/css/style-inline.css"
        },
        {
            "optimize": false,
            "src": "__tests__/fixtures/css/style-svg-a.css",
            "dest": "build/css/style-svg-a.css"
        }
    ],
    "sprites": [
        {
            "layout": "top-down",
            "src": [
                "public/images/common",
                "public/images/other-icons"
            ],
            "dest": "build/img/sprite-site.png",
            "relative": "../img"
        },
        {
            "padding": 10,
            "layout": "top-down",
            "src": "__tests__/fixtures/img/icons",
            "dest": "build/images/sprite.png",
            "relative": "../images"
        },
        {
            "retina": 2,
            "src": "__tests__/fixtures/img/icons@2x",
            "dest": "build/images/[email protected]",
            "relative": "../images"
        },
        {
            "svg": true,
            "src": "__tests__/fixtures/img/svg",
            "dest": "build/images/sprite-svg.svg",
            "relative": "../images"
        }
    ]
}

Programatic usage

const Spritify = require('spritify');
Spritify.build(params, callback);

Programatic usage example

/* 
    File: ./bin/run-spritify.js
    Run: node ./bin/run-spritify.js
*/
const Spritify = require('spritify');

const params = {
    debug: true,
    showIgnoredRules: true,
    css: [
        {
            optimize: false,
            inline: true,
            src: 'public/stylesheets/site.css',
            dest: 'build/css/site.css'
        },
        {
            src: 'build/css/theme.css',
            dest: 'build/css/theme.css'
        }
    ],
    sprites: [
        {
            layout: 'top-down',
            src: [
                'public/images/common',
                'public/images/other-icons'
            ],
            dest: 'build/img/sprite-site.png',
            relative: '../img'
        },
        {
            layout: 'top-down',
            src: 'public/images/icons',
            dest: 'build/img/sprite.png',
            relative: '../img'
        },
        {
            padding: 15,
            retina: 2,
            layout: 'left-right',
            src: 'public/img/icons@2x',
            dest: 'build/img/[email protected]',
            relative: '../img'
        },
        {
            svg: true,
            src: 'public/img/svg',
            dest: 'build/img/svg-sprite.svg',
            relative: '../img'
        }
    ]
};

Spritify.build(params, (err) => {

    if (err) {
        console.error(err.stack || err);
        return;
    }
});

Spritify CSS Directives

NAME Syntax Description
Ignore /* spritify: ignore */ Ignore statement, to ignore css rule or css declaration

Documentation

Spritify.build(params, callback)

Generates sprite(s) based on the provided images, and search for background, background-image css properties in the css files based on the provided css, and it will update the value(s) with the new sprite image(s) and dimensions by adding/overwrite background-size, background-position, width ...etc.

params Object:

NAME TYPE DEFAULT REQUIRED DESCRIPTION
css Array of Objects YES Array of spritify css object.
sprites Array of Objects YES Array of spritify sprites object.
debug Boolean false NO Option to show debug info.
showIgnoredRules Boolean false NO Option to show ignored css rules.

callback Function:

Is a callback function which should have signature function (err), err is Error|null.

css object:

NAME TYPE DEFAULT REQUIRED DESCRIPTION
src String YES Source path of the css file.
dest String YES Destination path of the css file.
optimize Boolean true NO Option to optimize sprite css by comine class names to one background-image css property.
inline Boolean false NO Option inline sprites using base64 encoded.

sprites object:

NAME TYPE DEFAULT REQUIRED DESCRIPTION
src String Or Array of Strings YES Source directory path(s) of the images.
dest String YES Destination path of the sprite file.
relative String YES Relative destination directory path of the sprite in the css file.
svg Boolean false NO Option to create svg sprite for svg images.
padding Number 0 NO Option to add more padding around the images in the css.
retina Number 1 NO Option to support retina images by setting value. e.g: to use 2X retina, set retina: 2.
layout String binary-tree NO Option to pack images with. please layouts table.
engine String pixelsmith NO Option to use different engine for spritesmith.

Layouts

top-down left-right diagonal alt-diagonal binary-tree
top-down left-right diagonal alt-diagonal binary-tree

License

Copyright 2017, Yahoo Holdings.

Copyrights licensed under the New BSD License. See the accompanying LICENSE file for terms.

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