gulp-bower

Install Bower packages.

This task is designed for gulp 3.

First, install gulp-bower as a development dependency:

npm install --save-dev gulp-bower

Then, add it to your gulpfile.js:

var gulp = require('gulp');
var bower = require('gulp-bower');

gulp.task('bower', function() {
  return bower();
});

This defaults to the directory configured in ./.bowerrc or to ./bower_components when no .bowerrc could be found.

You can also specify a custom Bower directory:

var gulp = require('gulp');
var bower = require('gulp-bower');

gulp.task('bower', function() {
  return bower('./my_bower_components')
    .pipe(gulp.dest('lib/'))
});

To set the current working directory, you must pass in an options object:

var gulp = require('gulp');
var bower = require('gulp-bower');

gulp.task('bower', function() {
  return bower({ directory: './my_bower_components', cwd: './myapp' })
    .pipe(gulp.dest('lib/'))
});

By default gulp-bower runs install command for Bower. Using cmd property, you can specify the custom command. (e.g. update)

var gulp = require('gulp');
var bower = require('gulp-bower');

gulp.task('bower', function() {
  return bower({ cmd: 'update'});
});

• directory - string Install directory, see opts.directory below.

• opts.cmd - string bower command. Default: install
• opts.cwd - string Current working directory. Default: process.cwd()
• opts.directory - string Install directory. Default: From .bowerrc or bower_components
• opts.interactive - boolean Enable prompting on version conflicts. Default: false
• opts.verbosity - number Set verbosity level. Default: 2
  • 0 - No output
  • 1 - Error output
  • 2 - Info

#####0.0.13

• Added verbosity options, prompting, .bowerrc handling, tests and CI. (by Crevil)

#####0.0.12

• Fixed command passing to also handle nested commands (by mechanoid)

#####0.0.11

• Fixed dependencies (by serbrech)

#####0.0.10

• Fixed #28

#####0.0.9

• Fixed #19
• Fixed undefined cwd bug

#####0.0.8

• Fixed dependencies versions (by Karl-Gustav)
• Fixed cwd bug (by mlegenhausen)

#####0.0.7

• Added commands support (by Keksinautin)

#####0.0.6

• Added ability to pass in an initialization object that allows a cwd to be specified (by cb1kenobi)

#####0.0.5

• Emits "end", so the consumer knows when bower is done installing (by agzam)

#####0.0.4

• fixed custom bower directory bug

#####0.0.3

• add logging (by squarejaw)

#####0.0.2

• parse .bowerrc for the bower install directory or allow the user to specify the directory (by eboskma)

#####0.0.1

• initial release