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Eleventy Documentation

Quick Tip #002—Inline Minified JavaScript

Originally posted on The Simplest Web Site That Could Possible Work Well on zachleat.com

This tip works great if you have small JS utilities that you’d like to have in your <head>. For example, this works great with the Filament Group loadJS or loadCSS utilities.

Installation

npm install terser to make the terser minifier available in your project.

Configuration

Add the following jsmin filter to your Eleventy Config file:

const Terser = require("terser");
eleventyConfig.addFilter("jsmin", function(code) {
    let minified = Terser.minify(code);
    if( minified.error ) {
        console.log("Terser error: ", minified.error);
        return code;
    }

    return minified.code;
});

Create your JavaScript File

Add a sample JavaScript file to your _includes directory. Let’s call it sample.js.

// Hi
console.log("Hi");

Capture and Minify

Capture the JavaScript into a variable and run it through the filter (this sample is using Nunjucks syntax)

<!-- capture the JS content as a Nunjucks variable -->
{% set js %}
  {% include "sample.js" %}
{% endset %}
<!-- feed it through our jsmin filter to minify -->
<script>
  {{ js | jsmin | safe }}
</script>