Building code to a variable

[Kycermann]

Hi, I'm using esbuild progammatically like this:

esbuild.build({
   plugins: [],
   entryPoints: [input],
   outfile: output,
   bundle: true,
   minify: false,
})

Is it possible to return the results to a variable instead of outputting to a file?

If not, is it intentional?

[evanw]

https://esbuild.github.io/api/#write

[evanw]

Closing as there is nothing to be done here. Hopefully the documentation in the above link is sufficient.

[GeoffreyBooth]

I came looking to open an issue requesting this and fortunately found this issue. I would have expected this to be mentioned in either https://esbuild.github.io/getting-started/#build-scripts or https://esbuild.github.io/api/#build-api or under the various out* options. I would appreciate some part of the docs where the JavaScript API is fully documented in one place, including the possible return values of build().