directory

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• Importing SVG from directory
• Usage
• Options
• Validation
• Examples

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title: Importing SVG from directory
types:
  SVG: '../svg/index.md'
  IconSet: '../icon-set/index.md'
functions:
  cleanupSVG: '../icon/cleanup.md'
  parseColors: '../icon/colors.md'
  runSVGO: '../icon/svgo.md'

Importing SVG from directory

This function is part of import functions in Iconify Tools.

Functions [func]importDirectory() and [func]importDirectorySync() find and import all SVG files from a directory.

Both functions are identical, the only difference is in how they read files. Function [func]importDirectorySync() reads files synchronously, [func]importDirectory() reads files asynchronously.

Functions create [type]IconSet instance, which can be exported to various formats.

Usage

Function has the following parameters:

• [prop]dir, [type]string. Directory to import from.
• [prop]options, [type]object. Options (optional).

Function returns [type]IconSet instance.

Options

The [prop]options object has the following optional properties:

• [prop]prefix, [type]string. Icon set prefix.
• [prop]includeSubDirs, [type]boolean. Scans files in subdirectories. Enabled by default.
• [prop]keyword, [type]function. Callback that returns keyword for icon based on file name.
• [prop]ignoreImportErrors, [type]boolean | "warn". Does not throw an error when an icon fails to load. Enabled by default. Disable for strict error checking. If set to [str]warn, will log warning, but will not throw an error.
• [prop]keepTitles, [type]boolean. If enabled, keeps titles in SVG. Disabled by default.

Keyword callback can be asynchronous in [func]importDirectory(), but must be synchronous in [func]importDirectorySync(). It has 3 parameters: file name, default generated keyword, icon set. It should return [type]string with keyword or [type]undefined if file should be skipped.

Validation

After importing icons, they need to be:

• Cleaned up and validated using [func]cleanupSVG().
• In some cases palette needs to be fixed using [func]parseColors().
• Optimised using [func]runSVGO().

See example below.

Examples

Asynchronous example:

src: libraries/tools/import/dir.ts
title: 'example.ts'

Synchronous example:

src: libraries/tools/import/dir-sync.ts
title: 'example.ts'