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node-sass - Node.js bindings to libsass
Supported Node.js versions vary by release, please consult the releases page
https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases. Below is a quick guide for minimium support:
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ NodeJS Minimum node-sass version Node Module │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Node 12 4.12+ 72 │
│ Node 11 4.10+ 67 │
│ Node 10 4.9+ 64 │
│ Node 8 4.5.3+ 57 │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Node-sass is a library that provides binding for Node.js to LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass, the
C version of the popular stylesheet preprocessor, Sass.
It allows you to natively compile .scss files to css at incredible speed and automatically via a connect
middleware.
Find it on npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-sass
Follow @nodesass on twitter for release updates: https://twitter.com/nodesass
Install
npm install node-sass
Some users have reported issues installing on Ubuntu due to node being registered to another package.
Follow the official NodeJS docs
https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager to install NodeJS
so that #!/usr/bin/env node correctly resolves.
Compiling on Windows machines requires the node-gyp prerequisites
https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows.
Are you seeing the following error? Check out our Troubleshooting guide
https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/TROUBLESHOOTING.md#installing-node-sass-4x-with-node--4.**
SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.
Having installation troubles? Check out our Troubleshooting guide
https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/TROUBLESHOOTING.md.
Install from mirror in China
npm install -g mirror-config-china --registry=http://registry.npm.taobao.org
npm install node-sass
Usage
var sass = require('node-sass');
sass.render({
file: scss_filename,
[, options..]
}, function(err, result) { /*...*/ });
// OR
var result = sass.renderSync({
data: scss_content
[, options..]
});
Options
file
• Type: String
• Default: null
Special: file or data must be specified
Path to a file for LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass to compile.
data
• Type: String
• Default: null
Special: file or data must be specified
A string to pass to LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass to compile. It is recommended that you use
includePaths in conjunction with this so that LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass can find files when
using the @import directive.
importer (>= v2.0.0) - experimental
This is an experimental LibSass feature. Use with caution.
• Type: Function | Function[] signature function(url, prev, done)
• Default: undefined
Function Parameters and Information:
• url (String) - the path in import as-is, which LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass encountered
• prev (String) - the previously resolved path
• done (Function) - a callback function to invoke on async completion, takes an object literal containing
• file (String) - an alternate path for LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass to use OR
• contents (String) - the imported contents (for example, read from memory or the file system)
Handles when LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass encounters the @import directive. A custom importer
allows extension of the LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass engine in both a synchronous and
asynchronous manner. In both cases, the goal is to either return or call done() with an object literal.
Depending on the value of the object literal, one of two things will happen.
When returning or calling done() with { file: "String" }, the new file path will be assumed for the
@import. It's recommended to be mindful of the value of prev in instances where relative path resolution
may be required.
When returning or calling done() with { contents: "String" }, the string value will be used as if the
file was read in through an external source.
Starting from v3.0.0:
• this refers to a contextual scope for the immediate run of sass.render or sass.renderSync
• importers can return error and LibSass will emit that error in response. For instance:
done(new Error('doesn\'t exist!'));
// or return synchronously
return new Error('nothing to do here');
• importer can be an array of functions, which will be called by LibSass in the order of their occurrence
in array. This helps user specify special importer for particular kind of path (filesystem, http). If
an importer does not want to handle a particular path, it should return null. See functions section
#functions--v300---experimental for more details on Sass types.
functions (>= v3.0.0) - experimental
This is an experimental LibSass feature. Use with caution.
functions is an Object that holds a collection of custom functions that may be invoked by the sass files
being compiled. They may take zero or more input parameters and must return a value either synchronously
(return ...;) or asynchronously (done();). Those parameters will be instances of one of the constructors
contained in the require('node-sass').types hash. The return value must be of one of these types as well.
See the list of available types below:
types.Number(value [, unit = ])
• getValue()/ setValue(value) : gets / sets the numerical portion of the number
• getUnit() / setUnit(unit) : gets / sets the unit portion of the number
types.String(value)
• getValue() / setValue(value) : gets / sets the enclosed string
types.Color(r, g, b [, a = 1.0]) or types.Color(argb)
• getR() / setR(value) : red component (integer from 0 to 255)
• getG() / setG(value) : green component (integer from 0 to 255)
• getB() / setB(value) : blue component (integer from 0 to 255)
• getA() / setA(value) : alpha component (number from 0 to 1.0)
Example:
var Color = require('node-sass').types.Color,
c1 = new Color(255, 0, 0),
c2 = new Color(0xff0088cc);
types.Boolean(value)
• getValue() : gets the enclosed boolean
• types.Boolean.TRUE : Singleton instance of types.Boolean that holds "true"
• types.Boolean.FALSE : Singleton instance of types.Boolean that holds "false"
types.List(length [, commaSeparator = true])
• getValue(index) / setValue(index, value) : value must itself be an instance of one of the constructors
in sass.types.
• getSeparator() / setSeparator(isComma) : whether to use commas as a separator
• getLength()
types.Map(length)
• getKey(index) / setKey(index, value)
• getValue(index) / setValue(index, value)
• getLength()
types.Null()
• types.Null.NULL : Singleton instance of types.Null.
Example
sass.renderSync({
data: '#{headings(2,5)} { color: #08c; }',
functions: {
'headings($from: 0, $to: 6)': function(from, to) {
var i, f = from.getValue(), t = to.getValue(),
list = new sass.types.List(t - f + 1);
for (i = f; i <= t; i++) {
list.setValue(i - f, new sass.types.String('h' + i));
}
return list;
}
}
});
includePaths
• Type: Array<String>
• Default: []
An array of paths that LibSass https://github.com/sass/libsass can look in to attempt to resolve your
@import declarations. When using data, it is recommended that you use this.
indentedSyntax
• Type: Boolean
• Default: false
true values enable Sass Indented Syntax https://sass-lang.com/documentation/file.INDENTED_SYNTAX.html for
parsing the data string or file.
Note: node-sass/libsass will compile a mixed library of scss and indented syntax (.sass) files with the
Default setting (false) as long as .sass and .scss extensions are used in filenames.
indentType (>= v3.0.0)
• Type: String
• Default: space
Used to determine whether to use space or tab character for indentation.
indentWidth (>= v3.0.0)
• Type: Number
• Default: 2
• Maximum: 10
Used to determine the number of spaces or tabs to be used for indentation.
linefeed (>= v3.0.0)
• Type: String
• Default: lf
Used to determine whether to use cr, crlf, lf or lfcr sequence for line break.
omitSourceMapUrl
• Type: Boolean
• Default: false
Special: When using this, you should also specify outFile to avoid unexpected behavior.
true values disable the inclusion of source map information in the output file.
outFile
• Type: String | null
• Default: null
Special: Required when sourceMap is a truthy value
Specify the intended location of the output file. Strongly recommended when outputting source maps so
that they can properly refer back to their intended files.
Attention enabling this option will not write the file on disk for you, it's for internal reference
purpose only (to generate the map for example).
Example on how to write it on the disk
sass.render({
...
outFile: yourPathTotheFile,
}, function(error, result) { // node-style callback from v3.0.0 onwards
if(!error){
// No errors during the compilation, write this result on the disk
fs.writeFile(yourPathTotheFile, result.css, function(err){
if(!err){
//file written on disk
}
});
}
});
});
outputStyle
• Type: String
• Default: nested
• Values: nested, expanded, compact, compressed
Determines the output format of the final CSS style.
precision
• Type: Integer
• Default: 5
Used to determine how many digits after the decimal will be allowed. For instance, if you had a decimal
number of 1.23456789 and a precision of 5, the result will be 1.23457 in the final CSS.
sourceComments
• Type: Boolean
• Default: false
true Enables the line number and file where a selector is defined to be emitted into the compiled CSS as
a comment. Useful for debugging, especially when using imports and mixins.
sourceMap
• Type: Boolean | String | undefined
• Default: undefined
Special: Setting the sourceMap option requires also setting the outFile option
Enables the outputting of a source map during render and renderSync. When sourceMap === true, the value
of outFile is used as the target output location for the source map. When typeof sourceMap === "string",
the value of sourceMap will be used as the writing location for the file.
sourceMapContents
• Type: Boolean
• Default: false
true includes the contents in the source map information
sourceMapEmbed
• Type: Boolean
• Default: false
true embeds the source map as a data URI
sourceMapRoot
• Type: String
• Default: undefined
the value will be emitted as sourceRoot in the source map information
render Callback (>= v3.0.0)
node-sass supports standard node style asynchronous callbacks with the signature of function(err,
result). In error conditions, the error argument is populated with the error object. In success
conditions, the result object is populated with an object describing the result of the render call.
Error Object
• message (String) - The error message.
• line (Number) - The line number of error.
• column (Number) - The column number of error.
• status (Number) - The status code.
• file (String) - The filename of error. In case file option was not set (in favour of data), this will
reflect the value stdin.
Result Object
• css (Buffer) - The compiled CSS. Write this to a file, or serve it out as needed.
• map (Buffer) - The source map
• stats (Object) - An object containing information about the compile. It contains the following keys:
• entry (String) - The path to the scss file, or data if the source was not a file
• start (Number) - Date.now() before the compilation
• end (Number) - Date.now() after the compilation
• duration (Number) - end - start
• includedFiles (Array) - Absolute paths to all related scss files in no particular order.
Examples
var sass = require('node-sass');
sass.render({
file: '/path/to/myFile.scss',
data: 'body{background:blue; a{color:black;}}',
importer: function(url, prev, done) {
// url is the path in import as is, which LibSass encountered.
// prev is the previously resolved path.
// done is an optional callback, either consume it or return value synchronously.
// this.options contains this options hash, this.callback contains the node-style callback
someAsyncFunction(url, prev, function(result){
done({
file: result.path, // only one of them is required, see section Special Behaviours.
contents: result.data
});
});
// OR
var result = someSyncFunction(url, prev);
return {file: result.path, contents: result.data};
},
includePaths: [ 'lib/', 'mod/' ],
outputStyle: 'compressed'
}, function(error, result) { // node-style callback from v3.0.0 onwards
if (error) {
console.log(error.status); // used to be "code" in v2x and below
console.log(error.column);
console.log(error.message);
console.log(error.line);
}
else {
console.log(result.css.toString());
console.log(result.stats);
console.log(result.map.toString());
// or better
console.log(JSON.stringify(result.map)); // note, JSON.stringify accepts Buffer too
}
});
// OR
var result = sass.renderSync({
file: '/path/to/file.scss',
data: 'body{background:blue; a{color:black;}}',
outputStyle: 'compressed',
outFile: '/to/my/output.css',
sourceMap: true, // or an absolute or relative (to outFile) path
importer: function(url, prev, done) {
// url is the path in import as is, which LibSass encountered.
// prev is the previously resolved path.
// done is an optional callback, either consume it or return value synchronously.
// this.options contains this options hash
someAsyncFunction(url, prev, function(result){
done({
file: result.path, // only one of them is required, see section Special Behaviours.
contents: result.data
});
});
// OR
var result = someSyncFunction(url, prev);
return {file: result.path, contents: result.data};
}
}));
console.log(result.css);
console.log(result.map);
console.log(result.stats);
Special behaviours
• In the case that both file and data options are set, node-sass will give precedence to data and use
file to calculate paths in sourcemaps.
Version information (>= v2.0.0)
Both node-sass and libsass version info is now exposed via the info method:
var sass = require('node-sass');
console.log(sass.info);
/*
it will output something like:
node-sass 2.0.1 (Wrapper) [JavaScript]
libsass 3.1.0 (Sass Compiler) [C/C++]
*/
Since node-sass >=v3.0.0 LibSass version is determined at run time.
Integrations
Listing of community uses of node-sass in build tools and frameworks.
Brackets extension
@jasonsanjose https://github.com/jasonsanjose has created a Brackets http://brackets.io extension based
on node-sass: https://github.com/jasonsanjose/brackets-sass. When editing Sass files, the extension
compiles changes on save. The extension also integrates with Live Preview to show Sass changes in the
browser without saving or compiling.
Brunch plugin
Brunch http://brunch.io's official sass plugin uses node-sass by default, and automatically falls back to
ruby if use of Compass is detected: https://github.com/brunch/sass-brunch
Connect/Express middleware
Recompile .scss files automatically for connect and express based http servers.
This functionality has been moved to node-sass-middleware https://github.com/sass/node-sass-middleware in
node-sass v1.0.0
DocPad Plugin
@10xLaCroixDrinker https://github.com/10xLaCroixDrinker wrote a DocPad http://docpad.org/ plugin that
compiles .scss files using node-sass: https://github.com/10xLaCroixDrinker/docpad-plugin-nodesass
Duo.js extension
@stephenway https://github.com/stephenway has created an extension that transpiles Sass to CSS using
node-sass with duo.js http://duojs.org/ https://github.com/duojs/sass
Grunt extension
@sindresorhus https://github.com/sindresorhus/ has created a set of grunt tasks based on node-sass:
https://github.com/sindresorhus/grunt-sass
Gulp extension
@dlmanning https://github.com/dlmanning/ has created a gulp sass plugin based on node-sass:
https://github.com/dlmanning/gulp-sass
Harp
@sintaxi https://github.com/sintaxi’s Harp web server implicitly compiles .scss files using node-sass:
https://github.com/sintaxi/harp
Metalsmith plugin
@stevenschobert https://github.com/stevenschobert/ has created a metalsmith plugin based on node-sass:
https://github.com/stevenschobert/metalsmith-sass
Meteor plugin
@fourseven https://github.com/fourseven has created a meteor plugin based on node-sass:
https://github.com/fourseven/meteor-scss
Mimosa module
@dbashford https://github.com/dbashford has created a Mimosa module for sass which includes node-sass:
https://github.com/dbashford/mimosa-sass
Example App
There is also an example connect app here: https://github.com/andrew/node-sass-example
Rebuilding binaries
Node-sass includes pre-compiled binaries for popular platforms, to add a binary for your platform follow
these steps:
Check out the project:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/sass/node-sass.git
cd node-sass
npm install
node scripts/build -f # use -d switch for debug release
# if succeeded, it will generate and move
# the binary in vendor directory.
Command Line Interface
The interface for command-line usage is fairly simplistic at this stage, as seen in the following usage
section.
Output will be sent to stdout if the --output flag is omitted.
Usage
node-sass [options] <input> [output]
Or:
cat <input> | node-sass > output
Example:
node-sass src/style.scss dest/style.css
Options:
-w, --watch Watch a directory or file
-r, --recursive Recursively watch directories or files
-o, --output Output directory
-x, --omit-source-map-url Omit source map URL comment from output
-i, --indented-syntax Treat data from stdin as sass code (versus scss)
-q, --quiet Suppress log output except on error
-v, --version Prints version info
--output-style CSS output style (nested | expanded | compact | compressed)
--indent-type Indent type for output CSS (space | tab)
--indent-width Indent width; number of spaces or tabs (maximum value: 10)
--linefeed Linefeed style (cr | crlf | lf | lfcr)
--source-comments Include debug info in output
--source-map Emit source map
--source-map-contents Embed include contents in map
--source-map-embed Embed sourceMappingUrl as data URI
--source-map-root Base path, will be emitted in source-map as is
--include-path Path to look for imported files
--follow Follow symlinked directories
--precision The amount of precision allowed in decimal numbers
--error-bell Output a bell character on errors
--importer Path to .js file containing custom importer
--functions Path to .js file containing custom functions
--help Print usage info
The input can be either a single .scss or .sass, or a directory. If the input is a directory the --output
flag must also be supplied.
Also, note --importer takes the (absolute or relative to pwd) path to a js file, which needs to have a
default module.exports set to the importer function. See our test fixtures
https://github.com/sass/node-sass/tree/974f93e76ddd08ea850e3e663cfe64bb6a059dd3/test/fixtures/extras for
example.
The --source-map option accepts a boolean value, in which case it replaces destination extension with
.css.map. It also accepts path to .map file and even path to the desired directory. When compiling a
directory --source-map can either be a boolean value or a directory.
Binary configuration parameters
node-sass supports different configuration parameters to change settings related to the sass binary such
as binary name, binary path or alternative download path. Following parameters are supported by
node-sass:
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Variable name .npmrc parameter Process argument Value │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ SASS_BINARY_NAME sass_binary_name --sass-binary-name path │
│ SASS_BINARY_SITE sass_binary_site --sass-binary-site URL │
│ SASS_BINARY_PATH sass_binary_path --sass-binary-path path │
│ SASS_BINARY_DIR sass_binary_dir --sass-binary-dir path │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
These parameters can be used as environment variable:
• E.g. export SASS_BINARY_SITE=http://example.com/
As local or global .npmrc https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config configuration file:
• E.g. sass_binary_site=http://example.com/
As a process argument:
• E.g. npm install node-sass --sass-binary-site=http://example.com/
Post-install Build
Install runs only two Mocha tests to see if your machine can use the pre-built LibSass
https://github.com/sass/libsass which will save some time during install. If any tests fail it will build
from source.
Maintainers
This module is brought to you and maintained by the following people:
• Michael Mifsud - Project Lead (Github https://github.com/xzyfer / Twitter https://twitter.com/xzyfer)
• Andrew Nesbitt (Github https://github.com/andrew / Twitter https://twitter.com/teabass)
• Dean Mao (Github https://github.com/deanmao / Twitter https://twitter.com/deanmao)
• Brett Wilkins (Github https://github.com/bwilkins / Twitter https://twitter.com/bjmaz)
• Keith Cirkel (Github https://github.com/keithamus / Twitter https://twitter.com/Keithamus)
• Laurent Goderre (Github https://github.com/laurentgoderre / Twitter https://twitter.com/laurentgoderre)
• Nick Schonning (Github https://github.com/nschonni / Twitter https://twitter.com/nschonni)
• Adeel Mujahid (Github https://github.com/am11 / Twitter https://twitter.com/adeelbm)
Contributors
We <3 our contributors! A special thanks to all those who have clocked in some dev time on this project,
we really appreciate your hard work. You can find a full list of those people here.
https://github.com/sass/node-sass/graphs/contributors
Note on Patches/Pull Requests
Check out our Contributing guide /.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2015 Andrew Nesbitt. See LICENSE https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/LICENSE for
details.
January 2020 NODE-SASS()