pubspec_extract 2.1.0

Extracts Dart pubspec.yaml file and generate pubspec.dart at build time

Pubspec Extract

Extracts Dart pubspec.yaml file and generate pubspec.dart at build time.

Usage as a command line tool

Install the command-line tool locally

Add the pubspec_extract dev dependency

dart pub add --dev pubspec_extract

then run:

dart run pubspec_extract -s pubspec.yaml  -d lib/pubspec.dart --map-list

Install the command-line tool globally

run:

dart pub global activate pubspec_extract

The executable will be compiled and available at $HOME/.pub-cache/bin or %APPDATA%\Pub\Cache\bin. You can run it using:

Builder options in command-line args:

dart pub global run pubspec_extract -s pubspec.yaml  -d lib/pubspec.dart --map-list

Command line arguments

Arg	Abbr	Description
source	s	YAML source file. Default - pubspec.yaml
destination	d	Output dart file export path. Default - lib/pubspec.dart
class-name	c	Output dart class. Default - Pubspec
[no-]format	f	Format output dart code. Default - true
map-list	m	Add a list of the exported variables
[no-]extract-name		Extract top-level 'name' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-description		Extract top-level 'description' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-version		Extract top-level 'version' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-topics		Extract top-level 'version' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-homepage		Extract top-level 'homepage' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-issue-tracker		Extract top-level 'issue_tracker' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-publish-to		Extract top-level 'publish_to' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-funding		Extract top-level 'funding' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-screenshots		Extract top-level 'screenshots' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-false-secrets		Extract top-level 'false_secrets' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-environment		Extract top-level 'environment' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-dependencies		Extract top-level 'dependencies' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-dependency-overrides		Extract top-level 'dependency_overrides' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-ignored-advisories		Extract top-level 'ignored_advisories' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-dev-dependencies		Extract top-level 'dev_dependencies' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-flutter		Extract top-level 'flutter' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-executables		Extract top-level 'executables' from pubspec. Default - true
[no-]extract-undocumented-keys		Extract other undocumented top-level keys from pubspec. Default - true
version		Extractor version
verbose	v	Verbose output
help	h	Show usage info

Usage with build_runner

Add the build_runner dev dependency

dart pub add --dev build_runner

Build the pubspec.dart file

dart run build_runner build

Builder options are configured in your pubspec.yaml:

pubspec_extract:
  class_name: Pubspec
  source: pubspec.yaml
  destination: lib/pubspec.dart
  format: true
  map_list: false
  extract-name: true
  extract-description: true
  extract-version: true
  extract-topics: true
  extract-homepage: true
  extract-issue-tracker: true
  extract-publish-to: true
  extract-funding: true
  extract-screenshots: true
  extract-false-secrets: true
  extract-environment: true
  extract-dependencies: true
  extract-dependency-overrides: true
  extract-ignored-advisories: true
  extract-undocumented-keys: true

Usage

Then in your application, you can import pubspec.dart:

import 'pubspec.dart'; // May not exist but it's okay!

void main() {
  print(Pubspec.name);
  print(Pubspec.description);
  print(Pubspec.version);
}