Load source files from JSON file in Gulpjs

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I know it's a basic question, but I couldn't find a proper answer.

Is there a way of storing a list of my project's source files in a JSON file and load it on gulpfile.js? For example, instead of doing:

gulp.src(['a.js', 'b.js'])

Do something like:

var sources = some_load_file_func('sources.json');

gulp.src(sources.js_files))

OverZealous · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-13 23:10:20Z

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A gulpfile is just node, and in node you can simply use require on JSON files, like so:

var sources = require('sources.json');

Now sources will be an object (or whatever is in your JSON file).

answered May 13, 2014 at 23:10

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Koustuv Sinha Over a year ago

Where should this sources.json be? in gulp folder or in project root?

OverZealous Over a year ago

The require function is always relative to the file you are in, or it will look in node_modules. Th answer should have been require('./sources.json'), and the file next to wherever you need it, or adjust the path accordingly.

jannis Over a year ago

A word of warning: watch out when using this method with gulp watch: stackoverflow.com/a/29596396/4494577

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