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Static bundle

By providing your own JavaScript bundle you can create a custom Happo integration that you have full control over.

Installation

First, install the happo-static and happo.io npm libraries.

npm install --save-dev happo-static happo.io

Configuration

Then, create or modify .happo.js and add a generateStaticPackage property. Point it to the root of a static folder. In our example, we're using ./static.

// .happo.js
module.exports = {
apiKey: process.env.HAPPO_API_KEY,
apiSecret: process.env.HAPPO_API_SECRET,
generateStaticPackage: () => ({ path: './static' }),
};

The configuration above assumes a pre-built static folder. You can also generate the package on the fly here, something like

// .happo.js
const makeStaticPackage = require('./makeStaticPackage');

module.exports = {
apiKey: process.env.HAPPO_API_KEY,
apiSecret: process.env.HAPPO_API_SECRET,
generateStaticPackage: async () => {
const pathToStaticFolder = await makeStaticPackage();
return { path: pathToStaticFolder };
},
};

Prepare javascript bundle

The happo-static library has two methods you should use when creating your javascript bundle:

happoStatic.init()

Call this method once in your bundle. This will prep the bundle for usage on Happo workers. It doesn't matter when you call init (can be first, last or in between).

happoStatic.registerExample()

Call this method to register your Happo examples. Takes an object with the following structure:

  • component - (string) name of the component
  • variant - (string) name of the component variant
  • render - (async function) render things into the document here

Here's a full example:

// main.js

const happoStatic = require('happo-static');

happoStatic.init();

happoStatic.registerExample({
component: 'Hello',
variant: 'red',
render: () => {
document.body.innerHTML = '<div style="background-color:red">Hello</div>';
},
});

happoStatic.registerExample({
component: 'Hello',
variant: 'blue',
render: () => {
document.body.innerHTML = '<div style="background-color:blue">Hello</div>';
},
});

Create an iframe.html file

Once you have your bundle, you need a minimal html file to serve the bundle to Happo's workers. Save this file as static/iframe.html (replace "static" with the name of your static folder):

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<script src="/bundle.js"></script>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>

/bundle.js is the path to your javascript bundle. You can assume that the static folder is the root, so in our case, /bundle.js would refer to ./static/bundle.js.

Running happo

Once you have everything set up, you can invoke the happo run command via the command line.

npx happo run

Testing locally

If you serve the static folder (./static in our case) through an http server, you can open up iframe.html and test the integration straight in your browser. You can use http-server for that:

npx http-server ./static

Once the server is up and running, open http://localhost:8080/iframe.html in a browser window. Then, in the javascript console of the page (e.g. through Chrome DevTools), call the following function:

window.happo.nextExample();

This should render the first example. Repeat calling this method until you've rendered all your examples.

Continuous integration

To integrate a Static bundle integration with CI, follow the instructions on the Continuous Integration page.