Using glob patterns not for default Grunt keys

Question

1. Summary

I can't set grunt-clean-console plugin, that it works for all my .html files.

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2. Details

grunt-clean-console check browser console errors for .html files.

I want to check browser console errors for all .html files of my site. In official descripition I read, how plugin works for specific values of url key. I have many pages in my site; I don't want add each .html file separately. But I can't find, how I can use patterns.

I find, that I can use patterns for built-in Grunt cwd, src, dest keys. But how I can use glob (or another) patterns for custom keys as url of this plugin?

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3. Data

• Gruntfile.coffee:

  module.exports = (grunt) ->
  
      grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-clean-console'
  
      grunt.initConfig
          'clean-console':
              all:
                  options:
                      url: 'output/index.html'
      return
  

• example project configuration:

  output
  │   404.html
  │   index.html
  │
  ├───KiraFirstFolder
  │       KiraFirstfile.html
  │
  └───KiraSecondFolder
          KiraSecondFile.html
  

• If I set specific values for url key without patterns as in example above, grunt-clean-console successfully works:

  phantomjs: opening page output/index.html
  
  phantomjs: Checking errors after sleeping for 5000ms
  ok output/index.html
  
  phantomjs process exited with code 0
  
  Done.
  

3.1. Steps to reproduce

I run in console:

grunt clean-console --verbose

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4. Not helped

4.1. Globbing

• Official documentation

• Gruntfile.coffee:

  module.exports = (grunt) ->
  
      grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-clean-console'
  
      grunt.initConfig
          'clean-console':
              all:
                  options:
                      url: 'output/**/*.html'
      return
  

• output:

  phantomjs: opening page http://output/**/*.html
  
  phantomjs: Unable to load resource (#1URL:http://output/**/*.html)
  
  
  phantomjs:   phantomjs://code/runner.js:30 in onResourceError
  Error code: 3. Description: Host output not found
  
    phantomjs://code/runner.js:31 in onResourceError
  
  phantomjs: loading page http://output/**/*.html status fail
  
    phantomjs://code/runner.js:50
  
  phantomjs process exited with code 1
  url output/**/*.html has 1 error(s)
  >> one of the urls failed clean-console check
  Warning: Task "clean-console:all" failed. Use --force to continue.
  
  Aborted due to warnings.
  

4.2. Building the object dinamically

• Official documentation

• Gruntfile.coffee (example):

  module.exports = (grunt) ->
  
      grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-clean-console'
  
      grunt.initConfig
          'clean-console':
              all:
                  options:
                      url:
                          files: [
                              expand: true
                              cwd: "output/"
                              src: ['**/*.html']
                              dest: "output/"
                          ]
      return
  

• output:

  File: [no files]
  Options: urls=[], timeout=5, url=["output/**/*.html"]
  
  Fatal error: missing url
  

4.3. Templates

• Official documentation

• Gruntfile.coffee:

  module.exports = (grunt) ->
  
      grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-clean-console'
  
      grunt.initConfig
          'clean-console':
              all:
                  options:
                      url: '<%= kiratemplate %>'
          kiratemplate: ['output/**/*.html'],
      return
  

• output:

  phantomjs: opening page http://output/**/*.html
  
  phantomjs: Unable to load resource (#1URL:http://output/**/*.html)
  
  
  phantomjs:   phantomjs://code/runner.js:30 in onResourceError
  Error code: 3. Description: Host output not found
  
    phantomjs://code/runner.js:31 in onResourceError
  loading page http://output/**/*.html status fail
  
    phantomjs://code/runner.js:50
  
  phantomjs process exited with code 1
  url output/**/*.html has 1 error(s)
  >> one of the urls failed clean-console check
  Warning: Task "clean-console:all" failed. Use --force to continue.
  
  Aborted due to warnings.
  

Answer 1

Create a function before the grunt.initConfig part that utilizes grunt.file.expand. For instance:

Gruntfile.js

module.exports = function(grunt) {

  grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-clean-console'

  // Add this function...
  function getFiles() { return grunt.file.expand('output/**/*.html'); }

  grunt.initConfig({
    'clean-console': {
      all: {
        options: {
          url: getFiles() // <-- invoke the function here.
        }
      }
    }
    // ...
  });

  // ...
}

Notes:

• The getFiles function returns an array of file paths for all .html files matching the given glob pattern, i.e. 'output/**/*.html'.
• The value of the options.url property is set to getFiles() to invoke the function.