A fake file system for Deno binaries by Mandarine.

Leaf is a fake file system for Deno binaries. This means, you can save your files along with the binary generated by deno compile, this way, you can put all your files together in a single executable which leads to easier deployments and a more compacted deliverable output.

Using Leaf in your application is very simple, you just use the regular Deno APIs after you ran a 'leaf compile'. More on this below.

The Leaf.compile() method is responsible for creating a typescript file with your resources in it. This file is then compiled into your binary.

Leaf.compile() takes one argument containing the options to include.

// File: compile.ts
import { Leaf } from "https://deno.land/x/leaf/mod.ts";

Leaf.compile({
    modulePath: "./myEntryPoint.ts",
    contentFolders: ["./resources"],
    // flags: [],
    // output: ''
})

modulePath and contentFolders are necessary.

• modulePath: File to be compiled into a binary.
• contentFolders: Folders to be attached to the binary.
• flags optional: the Deno flags normally used for deno compile.
• output optional: Replaces the --output flags option.

Synchronously reads and returns the entire contents of a file as an array of bytes. TextDecoder can be used to transform the bytes to string if required. Reading a directory returns an empty data array.

const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8");
const data = Deno.readFileSync("hello.txt");
console.log(decoder.decode(data));

Reads and returns the entire contents of a file as an array of bytes. TextDecoder can be used to transform the bytes to string if required. Reading a directory returns an empty data array.

const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8");
const data = await Deno.readFile("hello.txt");
console.log(decoder.decode(data));

Synchronously reads and returns the entire contents of a file as utf8 encoded string.

const data = Deno.readTextFileSync("hello.txt");
console.log(data);

Reads and returns the entire contents of a file as utf8 encoded string.

const data = await Deno.readTextFile("hello.txt");
console.log(data);

We run the compile.ts script which creates the file system .ts which then runs deno compile to build the final binary.

// compile.ts
import { Leaf } from "https://deno.land/x/leaf/mod.ts";

Leaf.compile({
    modulePath: "./myEntryPoint.ts",
    contentFolders: ["./resources"]
})

./resources/hello.txt

Hello World

myEntryPoint.ts:

console.log(Deno.readTextFileSync("./resources/hello.txt"));

deno run --allow-all --unstable compile.ts

./myEntryPoint (.exe if windows)
# output: Hello World

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