Fractal

# Exporting to static HTML

Fractal provides the option to export the web UI view into static HTML files, which can quickly and easily be shared with clients or hosted using a simple static file server.

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When developing locally you'll want to use the local development server to preview your project while you work on it, rather than running repeated exports after changes have been made.

# Configuration

Before you can run the build step you need to set a build destination for your Fractal instance:

fractal.web.set('builder.dest', __dirname + '/build');

# Running the build

You can either start the export using the Fractal CLI tool (if you are using it) or programmatically using Fractal's API.

# Using the CLI tool

You can use the build command from within the root of your project to get the server up and running:

fractal build

You can provide the following optional command line options to override the default configuration:

  • -t, --theme <theme-name> - a custom theme to use.

# Programmatically

If you wish to start the export process programmatically, (often useful for build tool integrations), you can create a new builder instance using the fractal.web.builder() method and then start it as required:

const builder = fractal.web.builder();

builder.build().then(function(){
    console.log(`Fractal static HTML build complete!`);
});

The Builder object returned by the call to fractal.web.builder() is a Node EventEmitter and will emit error events (and others) that you can bind to. See the fractal.web API docs for full details.

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