You can create your own SCSS function for this. Adding the following to your config.rb file.
require 'sass'
require 'cgi'
module Sass::Script::Functions
def inline_svg_image(path, fill)
real_path = File.join(Compass.configuration.images_path, path.value)
svg = data(real_path)
svg.gsub! '{color}', fill.value
encoded_svg = CGI::escape(svg).gsub('+', '%20')
data_url = "url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8," + encoded_svg + "')"
Sass::Script::String.new(data_url)
end
private
def data(real_path)
if File.readable?(real_path)
File.open(real_path, "rb") {|io| io.read}
else
raise Compass::Error, "File not found or cannot be read: #{real_path}"
end
end
end
Then you can use it in your CSS:
.icon {
background-image: inline-svg-image('icons/icon.svg', '#555');
}
You will need to edit your SVG files and replace any fill attributes in the markup with fill="{color}"
The icon path is always relative to your images_dir parameter in the same config.rb file.
Similar to some of the other solutions, but this is pretty clean and keeps your SCSS files tidy!