piral-instance-webpack-plugin/README.md

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# piral-instance-webpack-plugin

The `piral-instance-webpack-plugin` helps you to build Piral instances using Webpack.

## Getting Started

To begin, you'll need to install `piral-instance-webpack-plugin`:

```sh
npm install piral-instance-webpack-plugin --save-dev
```

Then add the plugin to your `webpack` config. For example:

**webpack.config.js**

```js
const { PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin } = require('piral-instance-webpack-plugin');
const piralPkg = require('./package.json');

const excludedDependencies = ['piral', 'piral-core', 'piral-base', piralPkg.name];
const dependencies = piralPkg.pilets?.externals ?? [];
const externals = dependencies.filter((m) => !excludedDependencies.includes(m));

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin({
      name: piralPkg.name,
      version: piralPkg.version,
      externals,
    }),
  ],
};
```

And run `webpack` via your preferred method.

## Options

### `variables`

Allows supplying additional variables to be used as definitions. Similar to the `definePlugin`.

Example:

```js
const { PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin } = require('piral-instance-webpack-plugin');
const piralPkg = require('./package.json');

const excludedDependencies = ['piral', 'piral-core', 'piral-base', piralPkg.name];
const dependencies = piralPkg.pilets?.externals ?? [];
const externals = dependencies.filter((m) => !excludedDependencies.includes(m));

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin({
      name: piralPkg.name,
      version: piralPkg.version,
      externals,
      variables: {
        PIRAL_CLI_VERSION: require('piral-cli/package.json').version,
      },
    }),
  ],
};
```

### `debug`

Defines the version of the general debugging tools, if any. Setting `true` will auto-determine the version. Setting `false` or omitting will not include general debugging tools.

Example:

```js
const { PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin } = require('piral-instance-webpack-plugin');
const piralPkg = require('./package.json');

const excludedDependencies = ['piral', 'piral-core', 'piral-base', piralPkg.name];
const dependencies = piralPkg.pilets?.externals ?? [];
const externals = dependencies.filter((m) => !excludedDependencies.includes(m));

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin({
      name: piralPkg.name,
      version: piralPkg.version,
      externals,
      debug: true,
    }),
  ],
};
```

### `emulator`

Defines the path of the emulator pilet API, if any. Setting `true` will take the default path. Setting `false` or omitting will not include the emulator pilet API call.

Example:

```js
const { PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin } = require('piral-instance-webpack-plugin');
const piralPkg = require('./package.json');

const excludedDependencies = ['piral', 'piral-core', 'piral-base', piralPkg.name];
const dependencies = piralPkg.pilets?.externals ?? [];
const externals = dependencies.filter((m) => !excludedDependencies.includes(m));

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new PiralInstanceWebpackPlugin({
      name: piralPkg.name,
      version: piralPkg.version,
      externals,
      emulator: '/$pilet-api',
    }),
  ],
};
```

## Contributing

Contributions in any form are appreciated and much welcome!

Just make sure to post an issue or reach out to me on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/piral-io/community) before starting actual work on anything. It really helps to avoid problems.

## License

This plugin is released using the MIT license.

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