Custom Templates

Custom templates give you the opportunity to personalize the final generated component by SVGR. In most of case you don't need it, only advanced use-cases require templates.

Custom Component template

A custom template takes place in a file that exports a "template function".

This function is called in a babel plugin: babel-plugin-transform-svg-component and must returns a Babel AST. If you are not familiar with all Babel stuff, you should read this guide.

• api: The API object returned by Babel
• opts: Options passed to babel-plugin-transform-svg-component
• astParts: All pre-compiled parts by SVGR
  • componentName: The component name
  • props: The properties
  • interfaces: All necessary interfaces (typescript)
  • imports: All necessary imports
  • exports: The export of the component
  • jsx: The JSX part of the component

The following template is the default template used by SVGR. It is a good idea to start with it:

function defaultTemplate(
  { template },
  opts,
  { imports, interfaces, componentName, props, jsx, exports },
) {
  const plugins = ['jsx']
  if (opts.typescript) {
    plugins.push('typescript')
  }
  const typeScriptTpl = template.smart({ plugins })
  return typeScriptTpl.ast`${imports}
${interfaces}
function ${componentName}(${props}) {
  return ${jsx};
}
${exports}
  `
}
module.exports = defaultTemplate

As you can see, we use the template.ast helper of Babel. This function have to return an AST.

Let's try something very simple. You want to add some PropTypes to your component:

function propTypesTemplate(
  { template },
  opts,
  { imports, interfaces, componentName, props, jsx, exports },
) {
  const plugins = ['jsx']
  if (opts.typescript) {
    plugins.push('typescript')
  }
  const typeScriptTpl = template.smart({ plugins })
  return typeScriptTpl.ast`${imports}
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
${interfaces}
function ${componentName}(${props}) {
  return ${jsx};
}
${componentName}.propTypes = {
  title: PropTypes.string,
};
${exports}
  `
}
module.exports = propTypesTemplate

As you can see it is very natural, we just add code and use AST parts in the template.

Use with CLI

You can use component template in the CLI:

$ npx @svgr/cli --template template.js my-icon.svg

Use with config

Specify the template in .svgrrc.js:

// .svgrrc.js
module.exports = {
  template: require('./my-template'),
}

Custom index template

When you use the CLI with --out-dir option, an index file is automatically generated.

The customization is the same, a file that exports a function:

function defaultIndexTemplate(filePaths) {
  const exportEntries = filePaths.map(filePath => {
    const basename = path.basename(filePath, path.extname(filePath))
    const exportName = /^\d/.test(basename) ? `Svg${basename}` : basename
    return `export { default as ${exportName} } from './${basename}'`
  })
  return exportEntries.join('\n')
}
module.exports = defaultIndexTemplate

Use with CLI

You can use component template in the CLI:

$ npx @svgr/cli --index-template index-template.js my-icon.svg