Unable to override scripts

[magnusvhendin]

Migrating to NodeBB v2 I came across an issue that I cannot resolve. In my theme/plugin I override two scripts because I want to write my own logic for two pages:

• register
• email

I get this error:

uncaughtException: EEXIST: file already exists, symlink '../../../../node_modules/[PLUGIN/THEME NAME]/lib/client/register.js'

Any ideas on how to get around this?

[julian]

@baris Instead of overriding the file, you can name the file whatever you want, and use filter:script.load on the client-side to remove the call to the built-in module, and insert your own.

hooks.on('filter:script.load', (data) => {
  console.log(data.tpl_url, data.scripts);
});

[baris]

Do you want to completely replace the logic on register page? Can you post a sample from your plugin.json?

I think the suggested way to do this is to use modules section.

[julian]

@baris Instead of overriding the file, you can name the file whatever you want, and use filter:script.load on the client-side to remove the call to the built-in module, and insert your own.

hooks.on('filter:script.load', (data) => {
  console.log(data.tpl_url, data.scripts);
});

[magnusvhendin]

@julian This worked great. I did this in my main client file (like persona.js).

require(['hooks'], (hooks) => {
	hooks.on('filter:script.load', (data) => {
		const replaceMap = {
			register: {
				target: 'forum/register',
				with: 'replacement/register',
			},
		};

		const replace = replaceMap[data.tpl_url];

		if (replace) {
			const index = data.scripts.indexOf(replace.target);
			if (index > -1) data.scripts[index] = replace.with;
			else data.scripts.push(replace.with);
		}

		return data;
	});
});

Then I can just add my scripts that I want to replace to the replaceMap object.