Utility that provides a single API for loading the content of a path/URL. This module works in the browser and in io.js/Node.js. Right now this module supports the following loaders:
- http/https: This loader is used by default in the browser and will also be used in io.js/Node.js if the location being
loaded starts with
http:
orhttps:
- file: This loader is the used by default in io.js/Node.js and will throw an error in the browser (Due to how
locations are mapped to loaders, the only way to use the
file
loader in the browser is to attempt to load a file using the URL-version of its location. (Example:file:///Users/not-you/projects/path-loader/package.json
))
In the future, there will likely be a pluggable infrastructure for altering this list or overriding the loaders provided by the project but for now that is not an option.
path-loader is available for both Node.js and the browser. Installation instructions for each environment are below.
Installation for browser applications can be done via Bower or by downloading a standalone binary.
bower install path-loader --save
The standalone binaries come in two flavors:
- path-loader.js: 112kb, full source and source maps
- path-loader-min.js: 16kb, minified, compressed and no sourcemap
Installation for Node.js applications can be done via NPM.
npm install path-loader --save
The documentation for this project can be found here: https://github.com/whitlockjc/path-loader/blob/master/docs/README.md