Bundle React.js project into single js file that can be embedded in Ghost blog post

Asked 30/5, 2022 at 23:39 Answered 7/6, 2022 at 5:7

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After building a React.js project, I want to bundle all the files (HTML, js, CSS) into a single js file that can be embedded into a ghost blog post.

Here is an example of how this was done for a ghost blog post.

https://blog.openbloc.com/including-a-js-app-in-a-ghost-post/

My question is how do I bundle the React.js project files into a single file that can be deployed in a ghost blog post?

This can be successfully done for Vue.js but I am not sure if it can be done for React.js

Bundle Vue project into single js file that can be embedded in Ghost blog post

I am using the React v18

Frau answered 30/5, 2022 at 23:39 Comment(0)

Creating a single JS file output

Scaffold a Vite project with the React template:

npm init vite my-react-project -- --template react

Install vite-plugin-css-injected-by-js to automatically inject the app's styles into the document <head>:
```
cd my-react-project
npm i -D vite-plugin-css-injected-by-js
```

Configure Vite to use that plugin via plugins; and to disable CSS code splitting via build.cssCodeSplit:

// vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import cssInjectedByJsPlugin from 'vite-plugin-css-injected-by-js'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    cssInjectedByJsPlugin(),
  ],
  build: {
    cssCodeSplit: false,
  },
})

Configure Vite to build a single JavaScript file (i.e., the main.jsx file) via build.rollupOptions.input:

// vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'

export default defineConfig({
  build: {
    rollupOptions: {
      input: {
        app: './src/main.jsx',
      },
    },
  },
})

Configure Vite to specify the deployment target's base URL via base:
```
// vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'

export default defineConfig({
  base: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/tony19-sandbox/vite-react-single-js-file/dist/',
})
```
The base URL is ideally a CDN link for optimum load performance. For example, if the app files were hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/tony19-sandbox/vite-react-single-js-file/tree/main/dist, the CDN link would be https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/tony19-sandbox/vite-react-single-js-file/dist/.

Build the app:

cd my-react-project
npm run build

The build then produces a dist directory containing these files:

dist/assets/app.d91c60c0.js
dist/assets/logo.ecc203fb.svg

Usage in Ghost

In your blog page, insert a custom HTML block.

In the HTML block, add a div with an ID that matches the mounting point in src/main.jsx from your app's original source (the default ID is "root").
```
<div id="root">App loading...</div>
```
Add a <script> that pulls in the app.js file previously built. For example, if you've hosted the script on GitHub, you could use a CDN link like this:
```
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/tony19-sandbox/vite-react-single-js-file/dist/assets/app.d91c60c0.js"></script>
```

The result looks like this:

GitHub

Ghost page

Gleaning answered 7/6, 2022 at 5:7 Comment(0)

You can use gulp for bundling react project into a single file. Steps:

Install dependencies npm install --save-dev gulp gulp-inline-source gulp-replace

Create a .env file which will disable source maps.

INLINE_RUNTIME_CHUNK=false
GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false
SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true

Create gulpfile.js file in the root folder and write this in it.

const gulp = require('gulp');
const inlinesource = require('gulp-inline-source');
const replace = require('gulp-replace');

gulp.task('default', () => {
  return gulp
    .src('./build/*.html')
    .pipe(replace('.js"></script>', '.js" inline></script>'))
    .pipe(replace('rel="stylesheet">', 'rel="stylesheet" inline>'))
    .pipe(
      inlinesource({
        compress: false,
        ignore: ['png'],
     })
    )
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./build'));
});

Now run npm run build to create an optimized production build and then run npx gulp to bundle all the JS and CSS files in the static build folder into the single main html file.

Roti answered 2/6, 2022 at 2:30 Comment(0)

Creating a single JS file output

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