[FEATURE] Make plugin always write asset constants file to disk

index.js

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 const cheerio  = require('cheerio')
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
 
 function HtmlWebpackAlterDataPlugin (options) {
   this.options = {
@@ -112,6 +115,23 @@ HtmlWebpackAlterDataPlugin.prototype.apply = function (compiler) {
         return fileContent.length;
       }
     };
+
+    var fullPath = path.resolve(this.outputPath || compilation.compiler.outputPath, this.options.assetsConstants);
+    var directory = path.dirname(fullPath);
+
+    mkdirp(directory, function (err) {
+        if (err) {
+          //return callback(err);
+        }
+        // Write to disk
+        fs.writeFile(fullPath, fileContent, function (err) {
+          if (err) {
+            //return callback(err);
+          }
+        //callback(null);
+      });
+    });
+
   })
 
 };

package-lock.json

@@ -176,6 +176,19 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.some/-/lodash.some-4.6.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-G7nzFO9ri63tE7VJFpsqlF62jk0="
     },
+    "minimist": {
+      "version": "0.0.8",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0="
+    },
+    "mkdirp": {
+      "version": "0.5.1",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM=",
+      "requires": {
+        "minimist": "0.0.8"
+      }
+    },
     "nth-check": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nth-check/-/nth-check-1.0.2.tgz",

package.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "author": "Philipp Dieter <philipp@glanzstueck.agency>",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "cheerio": "^0.22.0"
+    "cheerio": "^0.22.0",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1"
   }
 }