Events

Lume has events that you can use to run some code at certain times during the compiling process. You can configure those events in the _config.js file with the function addEventListener.

beforeBuild

This event is triggered just before the site build starts. Note that if you are watching the files with lume --serve, this is only executed once before the initial build. Use beforeUpdate for subsequent changes.

site.addEventListener("beforeBuild", () => {
  console.log("The build is about to start");
});

afterBuild

This event is triggered after build the site. Note that if you are watching the files with lume --serve, this is only executed once after the initial build. Use afterUpdate for subsequent changes.

site.addEventListener("afterBuild", () => {
  console.log("The build is finished");
});

beforeUpdate

This event is triggered every time a change is detected on build the site with lume --serve.

site.addEventListener("beforeUpdate", (event) => {
  console.log("New changes detected");
  console.log(event.files); // The files that have changed
});

afterUpdate

This event is triggered after re-build the site after detecting changes with lume --serve.

site.addEventListener("afterUpdate", (event) => {
  console.log("Site updated");
  console.log(event.files); // The files that have changed
});

afterRender

This event is triggered just after all pages are rendered but before process.

site.addEventListener("afterRender", (event) => {
  console.log("All pages rendered");
});

beforeSave

This event is triggered just before saving the generated pages.

site.addEventListener("beforeSave", (event) => {
  console.log("All pages are about to be saved");
});

Execute scripts with events

In addition to functions, you can also execute scripts in events by passing a string with the script name.

// Create the script
site.script("compress", "gzip -r _site site.gz");

// Execute it after build the site
site.addEventListener("afterBuild", "compress").