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grunt-css-2-data-uri

Replace image urls to data uri. Also warns if a data uri would be duplicated, so developer can move them under one CSS rule to save size.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-css-img-2-data-uri --save-dev

One the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-css-img-2-data-uri');

The "css_img_2_data_uri" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named css_img_2_data_uri to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
    throwOnDuplicate: true,
    css_img_2_data_uri: {
        options: {
            files: [
                {
                    src: 'path/to/source.css',
                    dest: 'path/to/output.css'
                },
                {
                    src: 'path/to/another/source.css',
                    dest: 'path/to/another/output.css'
                }
            ]
        }
    }
})

Options

options.files

Type: Array

List of css files which needs to be processed.

options.throwOnDuplicate

Type: Boolean

If set to true, it throws an error when the same image found twice, so the grunt build would stop.

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Usage no npm install needed!