eleventy: Trigger builds programmatically via JavaScript API without the cli

If you do build a normal API, it would be really nice if 11ty could produce a stream that can be consumed by Gulp. As it stands, one must built to a temp directory first…

I did post a quick example of this here https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1167115558552244226 but work is ongoing here for something official

So @zachleat has this example here:

https://gist.github.com/zachleat/5b5ae0ddadbeba6169f18e5b4aa58a66

Problem is, AFAICT, that the config still comes from a .js file.

this.config = config.getConfig();

https://github.com/11ty/eleventy/blob/master/src/Eleventy.js#L30

In a cloud function this could be a problem since you may need to determine paths dynamically at runtime.

Is there a way to pass the config to the Eleventy constructor instead?

I came here to request this feature so that I can use the step-through debugger.

Have you looked at cmd.js?

This isn’t a very ergonomic solution, as I want to be able to just require() the package and be done. Would a pull request for this functionality be welcome?

First draft of the docs for this feature are available: https://www.11ty.dev/docs/programmatic/

Note that 1.0 will have this functionality too. https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1358966988203323394

Subscribe to https://github.com/11ty/eleventy/pull/1629

Have you looked at cmd.js?

I hadn’t looked at it yet, but I think you’re right that it could potentially have what I need. Thanks! If I’m able to trigger builds with some of that code, I’ll post an update.