GetAsset for Craft 3.1

This little plugin looks in a certain folder for a file that was last modified and returns the value in Twig.

Installation

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

cd /path/to/project

2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

composer require youandmedigital/craft-getasset

Introduction

This little plugin looks in a certain folder for a file that was last modified and returns the value in Twig.

This might be useful to you if

• You're running Craft 3.1 or above
• You're not using something like Asset Rev or Twigpack for Webpack
• You've setup your local build system to hash your compiled CSS or Javascript
• You're looking for a low-fi solution to pull in your hashed CSS or Javascript files and make them available in your templates

Examples

Output a file that was last modified in a directory

Inside /assets/css there are 3 files, with the following timestamps:

22 Apr 22:54 c.min.d6df804850.css
22 Apr 22:55 plugin.css
22 Apr 22:54 ie.min.8af08fe73b.css

In our Twig templates, we set a variable and give GetAssets a folder path to search:

{% set settings =
    {
        path: '/assets/css/'
    }
%}
{% set file = craft.getasset.config(settings) %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/{{ file }}">

This example Twig code would output:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/plugin.css">

Output a file that was last modified in a directory, which matches a regex pattern

Inside /assets/css there are 4 files, with the following timestamps:

22 Apr 22:54 c.min.d6df804850.css
22 Apr 22:50 c.min.a8xd808007.css
22 Apr 22:55 p.min.d6df804850.css
22 Apr 22:54 ie.min.8af08fe73b.css

In our Twig templates, we set a variable, give GetAssets a folder path to search and a regex pattern to match:

{% set settings =
    {
        path: '/assets/css/',
        pattern: '/^(c).min.*\\S{10}.css$/'
    }
%}
{% set file = craft.getasset.config(settings) %}  
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/{{ file }}">

This example Twig code would output:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/c.min.d6df804850.css">

Configuring GetAsset

• path (string, required): A valid folder for GetAsset to search
• pattern (string, optional, default value '*'): A regex pattern to match

Example configuration:

{% set myVarSettings =
    {
        path: '<path>',
        pattern: '<pattern>'
    }
%}
{% set myVar = craft.getasset.config(myVarSettings) %}