svg-cleaner

A drop-folder service running in Node, which strips out unwanted attributes from SVG files.

This is a proof-of-concept, and needs work to be more robust and configurable. It is not an XML parser; and may break XML files that have other content that matches the attribute name you wish to remove.

In its current state, it strips sodipodi- and inkscape-namespaced attributes, which solves the problem I had with my files (Inkscape content in Adobe Illustrator, exported to SVG).

Usage

• Edit the svg_clean.config JSON file. You can include many items in the watchedFolders array. If no .outputFolder is specified, it will default to the .defaultOutputFolder.
• node svg_clean.js

Todo:

1. Implement more options in svg_clean.config: watchedFolders[].processExisting and .destroyInputFile
2. Watch the .config file, and re-initialize on change.
3. Scan the folder on initial run; fs.watch does not do this.
4. Unit tests.
5. Optimisation: ensure all operations are async.
6. Use array method to remove many attributes.
7. Use Chokidar?