Run PowerShell script using Gulp?

Question

Is there any way to run a PowerShell script in Sitecore using Gulp? We are trying to integrate some content publishing to the build process automatically. All our JS/CSS is stored in the Media Library which needs to be manually published each time there is a new build so we want to automate this task.

Answer 1

PowerShell is a great choice for dealing with Sitecore items. Assume that you already have your somescript.ps1 script ready and want to run it from a Gulp task while building & deploying your project files. The below script will help you to achieve this:

gulp.task('your-task', function (cb) {
    var psScriptPath = "your-script-path";
    exec('powershell.exe -file ' + psScriptPath + 'somescript.ps1', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
        console.log(stdout);
        console.log(stderr);
        cb(err);
    });
});