Baked File System

Include (bake them) static files into a binary at compile time and access them anytime you need.

Installation

Add this to your application's shard.yml:

dependencies:
  baked_file_system:
    github: schovi/baked_file_system
    version: 0.10.0

Usage

A custom type that extends BakedFileSystem is used as a file system. The macro bake_folder bakes all files in a given path into the virtual file system. Both relative and absolute paths are supported, as well as baking multiple folders.

You can control whether dotfiles files and folders (those starting with a dot, like .gitignore or .hidden/) are included using the include_dotfiles option (default: false).

require "baked_file_system"

class FileStorage
  extend BakedFileSystem

  bake_folder "/home/my_name/work/crystal_project/public"
  bake_folder "../public", include_dotfiles: true
end

Files can be loaded using get and get? class methods.

file = FileStorage.get("path/to/file.png")

file.gets_to_end  # returns content of file
file.path         # returns path of file
file.size         # returns size of original file

When try to get missing file, get raises a BakedFileSystem::NoSuchFileError exception while get? returns nil.

begin
  FileStorage.get "missing/file"
rescue BakedFileSystem::NoSuchFileError
  puts "File #{path} is missing"
end

FileStorage.get? "missing/file" # => nil

Development

TODO: Write development instructions here

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/schovi/baked_file_system/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

• schovi David Schovanec
• straight-shoota Johannes Müller