Grunt convert markdown to pdf recursively and dynamically - gruntjs

Question

I am stuck writing a Gruntfile which aim is to convert a bunch of Markdown files to PDF dynamically. Giving the current folder hierarchy:
root/
|_subfolder1
| |_filename1.md
|_subfolder2
|_filename2.md
...
|_node_modules
|_subfolderN
|filenameN.md
I would like to run a Markdown to PDF task which would process the md file and ouput a PDF file with the matching filename in the same output directory.
I did create a custom task which is parsing current directory, ignoring the mode_modules folder and get the markdown file, but I don't know how to configure the md2pdf task with the good properties to reflect dynamic folder mapping.
Here's my current Gruntfile:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// 1 - Configuration
grunt.initConfig({
md2pdf: {
}
});
// 2 - Plugins
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-md2pdf');
// 3 - Task registering
grunt.registerTask('default', 'Get Subfolders', function() {
grunt.file.recurse('.', callback);
function callback(abspath, rootdir, subdir, filename) {
var filenameOutExt;
// if current occurence is a file subdir == undefined
// checking subdir to true means it's not undefined and
// the current path is a directory
if(subdir) {
// excluding node_modules folder
if (!subdir.match('node_modules')) {
// only process markdown files
if(filename.match('.md')) {
filenameOutExt = filename.split('.')[0];
// now for each markdown files, run md2pdf task
// and ouput filenameOutExt.pdf in same folder
// as the input files
}
}
}
}
});
};
I am using this plugin: https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-md2pdf
So my questions is how should I configure the md2pdf task to pass it the markdown files and generate matching filename pdf output in same directory.
Output should be:
root/
|_subfolder1
| |_filename1.md
|_filename1.pdf
|_subfolder2
|_filename2.md
|_filename2.pdf
...
|_node_modules
|_subfolderN
|filenameN.md
|_filenameN.pdf
Thanks a lot

Answer 1

According to this line, this task uses the grunt.files utilitary function. This makes things easier for us!
First, it's not usual in grunt to create a different task to find the files you need in any other task.
That is, each task should receive the files it needs to operate on. For example...
coffee:
main:
files: [
expand: true
cwd: 'assets/script'
src: ['**/*.coffee']
dest: "assets/script"
ext: '.js'
]
(Note that this config is in a Gruntfile.coffee file, hence the CoffeeScript syntax)
This type of file configuration using glob expansion is one of the most common. You can find details in the documentation.
It's pretty obvious:
In every directory (**), take everything (/*) from assets/script/ that ends with .coffee. Put it into assets/script. Rename extensions to .js.
So, your task can probably be configured like that:
md2pdf: {
main: {
files: [ {
expand: true,
src: ['**/*.md', '!node_modules/**/*'],
dest: "pdf/"
} ]
}
}

Answer 2

Ok figured it out !
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// 2 - Plugins
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-md2pdf');
grunt.registerTask('default', 'Dynamically generate PDF from MD', function() {
grunt.file.expand("./**/*.md").forEach( function(file) {
if(!file.match('./node_modules')) {
var md2pdf = grunt.config.get('md2pdf') || {};
md2pdf[file] = {
src: file,
dest: file + '.pdf'
};
grunt.config.set('md2pdf', md2pdf);
}
});
grunt.task.run('md2pdf');
});
};