static html builder

README.md

@@ -34,3 +34,12 @@ Only 1st level heads and links are parsed. The rest are printed as is:
 [link name](link url)
 
 ```
+
+## Static HTML builder
+
+Sometimes the reloading of styles and links is hard due to caching.
+You can create a fully static single HTML page with:
+
+```
+bash build_static.sh  -l example_links.txt -c config.js -s style.css  > templated.html
+```

build_static.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+_help() {
+    echo "Pass arguments to create a static version of the index, printed on stdout
+    Templating will replace config values  config.style and config.source to null
+
+    -l [links.txt]   Path to links.txt.  must be passed
+    -c [config.js]   *Path to configuration js replacing config values
+    -s [styles.css]  *Path to extra styles
+
+    * can be left out
+    "
+    exit
+}
+
+_checkenv() {
+    if [[ ! -e "$LINKS" ]]; then
+        echo "Links file '$LINKS' not found."
+        _help
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "$CONFIG" ]]; then
+        if [[ ! -e "$CONFIG" ]]; then
+            echo "Config file '$CONFIG' not found."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "$STYLE" ]]; then
+        if [[ ! -e "$STYLE" ]]; then
+            echo "Styles file '$STYLE' not found."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    echo "
+    Links file: $LINKS
+    Config file: $CONFIG
+    Style file: $STYLE
+    " >&2
+
+}
+_replace_links() {
+    if [[ -e "$LINKS" ]]; then
+        sed \
+        -e '/TEMPLATED:LINKS/a config.source=null;' \
+        -e '/TEMPLATED:LINKS/a config.links=`' \
+        -e "/TEMPLATED:LINKS/r $LINKS" \
+        -e '/TEMPLATED:LINKS/a `;'
+        #-e "/TEMPLATED:LINKS/d"
+    else
+        cat -
+    fi
+}
+_replace_config() {
+    if [[ -e "$CONFIG" ]]; then
+        sed \
+        -e "/TEMPLATED:CONFIG/r $CONFIG" \
+        -e "/^.script language.*config.js.*script.*/d"
+        #-e "/TEMPLATED:CONFIG/d"
+    else
+        cat -
+    fi
+}
+_replace_style() {
+    if [[ -e "$STYLE" ]]; then
+        sed \
+        -e "/TEMPLATED:STYLE/r $STYLE" \
+        -e '/TEMPLATED:CONFIG/a config.style=null;' \
+        #-e "/TEMPLATED:STYLE/d"
+    else
+        cat -
+    fi
+}
+
+_replace() {
+
+    cat index.html | _replace_links | _replace_config | _replace_style
+
+}
+
+CONFIG=
+STYLE=
+LINKS=
+
+for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
+  j=$(( i + 1 ))
+  [[ "${!i}" = "-h" ]] && _help
+  [[ "${!i}" = "--help" ]] && _help
+  [[ "${!i}" = "-l" ]] && { LINKS="${!j}"; shift 1; continue; }
+  [[ "${!i}" = "-c" ]] && { CONFIG="${!j}"; shift 1; continue; }
+  [[ "${!i}" = "-s" ]] && { STYLE="${!j}"; shift 1; continue; }
+done
+
+_checkenv
+_replace

index.html

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
          0% { opacity: 0.00; }
        100% { opacity: 1.00; }
     }
+    /* TEMPLATED:STYLE */
 </STYLE>
 <script language="javascript">
 function init() {
@@ -269,17 +270,22 @@ function reload_source() {
 function get_URL(s) {
     if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); }
     else { xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
-    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
+    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
-            { if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
+        if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) {
-                {   parse_links(xmlhttp.responseText);
+            parse_links(xmlhttp.responseText);
-    }}
+        }
+    }
     xmlhttp.open("GET", s, true);
     xmlhttp.send();
 }
 
 function read_links() {
+    if (config.source === null && config.links) {
+        parse_links(config.links);
+    } else {
         get_URL(config.source);
     }
+}
 
 function parse_links(s) {
   var linkRows=s.split("\n");
@@ -498,7 +504,8 @@ var config = {
   arrows:['&#x1F4D9;','&#x1F4dA;'], // Arrow characters for in/out tab icon
   foldCategories:true // fold categories in single column mode
 };
-
+// TEMPLATED:CONFIG
+// TEMPLATED:LINKS
 </script>
 <script language="javascript" src="config.js"></script>
 </head>