helper-sort-items

Helper for filtering and sorting an assemble collection based on an array of strings.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save helper-sort-items

Usage

This is designed with assemble collections in mind, but it's generic enough that it should work with an array of strings too.

Example

The following example shows how to sort and filter the items in an assemble collection.

var assemble = require('assemble');
var app = assemble();

app.helper('sortItems', require('helper-sort-items'));
app.pages('templates/*.hbs');

Given that four pages have been loaded: foo.hbs, bar.hbs, baz.hbs, and some-file.hbs, the following:

<!-- in "some-file.hbs" -->
{{#pages}}
  {{#each (sortItems items) as |item|}}
    {{item.basename}}
  {{/each}}
{{/pages}}

When rendered with these options:

var locals = {order: ['baz', 'bar', 'foo']};

app.render('some-file.hbs', locals, function(err, view) {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    process.exit(1);
  }
  console.log(view.contents.toString());
});

Would result in:

baz.hbs
bar.hbs
foo.hbs

Sort order

You can also pass the sort order as the last argument as a comma-separated string:

{{#pages}}
  {{#each (sortItems items "baz,foo,bar") as |item|}}
    {{item.basename}}
  {{/each}}
{{/pages}}

Or when used as a handlebars helper, you can pass the sort order on the options hash as a comma-separated string:

{{#pages}}
  {{#each (sortItems items order="baz,foo,bar") as |item|}}
    {{item.basename}}
  {{/each}}
{{/pages}}

About

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Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Please read the contributing guide for advice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. MIT

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