Get a list of gulp tasks from another module

Hi @contra

Is there a way to retrieve the list of gulp tasks from an external module ?

for eg:

//foo.js
var gulp = require('gulp');

module.exports = function(){  
 var gulpTasks = Object.keys(gulp.tasks);
 console.log(gulpTasks);
 // some other stuff
}

//bar.js
require('foo')();

$ > node bar.js
//expect a list of gulp tasks, but getting an empty list

I am getting it to work when I add foo.js as a plugin inside my gulpfile and create a new task.

//gulpfile.js
var foo = require('foo');
gulp.task('fooTask',foo);

$> gulp fooTask
//outputs a list of tasks in gulpfile

The only thing I need gulp for inside foo.js is to get a list of gulp tasks all other stuff inside foo.js is no way related to gulp. Just not sure if foo.js needs to be a gulp plugin only for this purpose.

[niki4810]

@contra Nevermind, I figured it out:

// inside gulpfile.js add
module.exports = function(){
  return gulp;
}

//inside your module 
tasks = Object.keys(require('./gulpfile')().tasks);

had to use tasks = Object.keys(require('./gulpfile')().tasks) instead of this tasks = Object.keys(require('./gulpfile'))

Thanks again for your tip 👍

[niki4810]

@contra with your help on this issue, I was able to finish a little pet project of mine : https://github.com/niki4810/gulp-devtools , wanted to share it with you. Thanks again for you help 😃