create-react-icon

Convert one or multiple svg files into inline-svg React component, inspired by react-icons project.

If you are wondering what the benefit is to use inline svg in React component, please check this post Creating an SVG Icon System with React.

Installation

1$ npm install create-react-icon -g

Usage

1$ create-react-icon ./alert.svg dist
2$ create-react-icon ./*.svg dist

Result

Your source svg file:

1<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M200.4 54.1c-1.9-18.7 8.4-32.9 25.8-32.9h63.1c17.4 0 27.7 14.2 25.8 32.9l-27.7 242.2c-1.9 17.4-13.5 28.3-29.6 28.3s-27.7-11-29.6-28.3L200.4 54.1zm57.3 313.1c32.2 0 56 23.8 56 54.8v1.3c0 30.9-23.8 54.8-56 54.8s-56-23.8-56-54.8V422c0-31 23.8-54.8 56-54.8z"/></svg>
2

Becomes to :

1import React from 'react'
2import Icon from 'react-icon-base'
3
4export default (props) => {
5  return (
6    <Icon viewBox='0 0 512 512' {...props}>
7      <title>{props.title || 'alert'}</title>
8      <g><path d="M200.4 54.1c-1.9-18.7 8.4-32.9 25.8-32.9h63.1c17.4 0 27.7 14.2 25.8 32.9l-27.7 242.2c-1.9 17.4-13.5 28.3-29.6 28.3s-27.7-11-29.6-28.3L200.4 54.1zm57.3 313.1c32.2 0 56 23.8 56 54.8v1.3c0 30.9-23.8 54.8-56 54.8s-56-23.8-56-54.8V422c0-31 23.8-54.8 56-54.8z"/></g>
9    </Icon>
10  )
11}

How to use icons

1import AlertIcon from 'alertIcon'
2
3export default (props) => {
4   return (<div>
5     <AlertIcon title='alert icon' /> Manage my Collections
6  </div>)
7}

Roadmap

• Make the base component configurable

License

MIT