postinstall script added

Author: estruyf

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 **Enhancements**
 
 - Allow the `TaxonomyPicker` to also be used in Application Customizer [#77](https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-controls-react/issues/77)
+- Add `npm postinstall` script to automatically add the locale config [#78](https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-controls-react/issues/78)
 
 **Fixes**
 

docs/documentation/docs/about/release-notes.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 **Enhancements**
 
 - Allow the `TaxonomyPicker` to also be used in Application Customizer [#77](https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-controls-react/issues/77)
+- Add `npm postinstall` script to automatically add the locale config [#78](https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-controls-react/issues/78)
 
 **Fixes**
 

package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "gulp",
     "versionUpdater": "gulp versionUpdater",
     "karma": "karma start --circle true",
-    "changelog": "node scripts/sync-changelogs.js"
+    "changelog": "node scripts/sync-changelogs.js",
+    "postinstall": "postinstall/install.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@pnp/common": "^1.0.1",

postinstall/install.js

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+console.log("INFO: Adding the required localized resource configuration to the config.json file.");
+
+// Get the current directory
+const crntDir = __dirname;
+// Split the whole directory path
+const nesting = crntDir.split("/");
+// Check if correctly splitted
+if (nesting.length > 0) {
+  // Find the first node_modules folder location
+  const idx = nesting.indexOf("node_modules");
+  // Slice unnecessary nodes
+  const nest = nesting.slice(idx);
+  if (nest && nest.length > 0) {
+    const paths = nest.map(m => "..");
+    // Get the path of the projects root location
+    const rootDir = path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, paths.join('/')));
+    const fileLoc = `${rootDir}/config/config.json`;
+    // Check if config.json file exists
+    if (fs.existsSync(fileLoc)) {
+      // Get the config file
+      const config = fs.readFileSync(fileLoc, "utf8");
+      if (config && typeof config === "string") {
+        const contents = JSON.parse(config);
+        if (contents && contents.localizedResources && !contents.localizedResources.ControlStrings) {
+          contents.localizedResources["ControlStrings"] = "node_modules/@pnp/spfx-controls-react/lib/loc/{locale}.js";
+          // Update the file
+          fs.writeFileSync(fileLoc, JSON.stringify(contents, null, 2));
+          console.log("INFO: Localized resource added.");
+        } else {
+          console.warn(`WARNING: it seems something is wrong with the config.json file or the "ControlStrings" reference was already set.`);
+        }
+      } else {
+        console.warn("WARNING: the config.json file was not correctly retrieved.");
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.warn("WARNING: the config.json file does not exist.");
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.warn("WARNING: something is wrong with the installation path.");
+  }
+} else {
+  console.warn("WARNING: something is wrong with the installation path.");
+}