closes #2578

src/plugins.js

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 
 	Plugins.initialized = false;
 
-	Plugins.requireLibrary = function(pluginData, libraryPath) {
-		Plugins.libraries[pluginData.id] = require(libraryPath);
+	Plugins.requireLibrary = function(pluginID, libraryPath) {
+		Plugins.libraries[pluginID] = require(libraryPath);
 		Plugins.libraryPaths.push(libraryPath);
 	};
 
@@ -287,45 +287,32 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 
 					async.waterfall([
 						function(next) {
-							async.parallel({
-								packageJSON: function(next) {
-									fs.readFile(path.join(file, 'package.json'), next);
-								},
-								pluginJSON: function(next) {
-									fs.readFile(path.join(file, 'plugin.json'), next);
-								}
-							}, next);
+							Plugins.loadPluginInfo(file, next);
 						},
-						function(results, next) {
-							var packageName = path.basename(file),
-								packageInfo, pluginInfo;
-
-							try {
-								packageInfo = JSON.parse(results.packageJSON);
-								pluginInfo = JSON.parse(results.pluginJSON);
-							} catch (err) {
+						function(pluginData, next) {
+							var packageName = path.basename(file);
+
+							if (!pluginData) {
 								winston.warn("Plugin `" + packageName + "` is corrupted or invalid. Please check either package.json or plugin.json for errors.");
-								return next(null, {
-									id: packageName,
-									installed: true,
-									error: true,
-									active: null
-								});
+							 	return next(null, {
+							 		id: packageName,
+							 		installed: true,
+							 		error: true,
+							 		active: null
+							 	});
 							}
 
-							Plugins.isActive(packageInfo.name, function(err, active) {
+							Plugins.isActive(pluginData.name, function(err, active) {
 								if (err) {
 									return next(new Error('no-active-state'));
 								}
 
-								delete pluginInfo.hooks;
-								delete pluginInfo.library;
-								pluginInfo.active = active;
-								pluginInfo.installed = true;
-								pluginInfo.error = false;
-								pluginInfo.version = packageInfo.version;
-
-								next(null, pluginInfo);
+								delete pluginData.hooks;
+								delete pluginData.library;
+								pluginData.active = active;
+								pluginData.installed = true;
+								pluginData.error = false;
+								next(null, pluginData);
 							});
 						}
 					], function(err, config) {

src/plugins/hooks.js

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = function(Plugins) {
 
 			if (typeof data.method === 'string' && data.method.length > 0) {
 				method = data.method.split('.').reduce(function(memo, prop) {
-					if (memo !== null && memo[prop]) {
+					if (memo && memo[prop]) {
 						return memo[prop];
 					} else {
 						// Couldn't find method by path, aborting

src/plugins/load.js

@@ -12,20 +12,13 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 module.exports = function(Plugins) {
 
 	Plugins.loadPlugin = function(pluginPath, callback) {
-		fs.readFile(path.join(pluginPath, 'plugin.json'), function(err, data) {
+		Plugins.loadPluginInfo(pluginPath, function(err, pluginData) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(pluginPath.match('nodebb-theme') ? null : err);
 			}
 
-			var pluginData, staticDir;
-
-			try {
-				pluginData = JSON.parse(data);
-			} catch (err) {
-				var pluginDir = pluginPath.split(path.sep);
-				pluginDir = pluginDir[pluginDir.length -1];
-
-				winston.error('[plugins/' + pluginDir + '] Plugin not loaded - please check its plugin.json for errors');
+			var staticDir;
+			if (!pluginData) {
 				return callback();
 			}
 
@@ -88,7 +81,7 @@ module.exports = function(Plugins) {
 			}
 
 			if (!Plugins.libraries[pluginData.id]) {
-				Plugins.requireLibrary(pluginData, libraryPath);
+				Plugins.requireLibrary(pluginData.id, libraryPath);
 			}
 
 			if (Array.isArray(pluginData.hooks) && pluginData.hooks.length > 0) {
@@ -198,7 +191,35 @@ module.exports = function(Plugins) {
 				callback();
 			});
 		});
-
 	}
 
+	Plugins.loadPluginInfo = function(pluginPath, callback) {
+		async.parallel({
+			package: function(next) {
+				fs.readFile(path.join(pluginPath, 'package.json'), next);
+			},
+			plugin: function(next) {
+				fs.readFile(path.join(pluginPath, 'plugin.json'), next);
+			}
+		}, function(err, results) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+			try {
+				var pluginData = JSON.parse(results.plugin);
+				var packageData = JSON.parse(results.package);
+
+				var obj = utils.merge(pluginData, packageData);
+				obj.id = packageData.name;
+				callback(null, obj);
+			} catch(err) {
+				var pluginDir = pluginPath.split(path.sep);
+				pluginDir = pluginDir[pluginDir.length -1];
+
+				winston.error('[plugins/' + pluginDir + '] Error in plugin.json/package.json! ' + err.message);
+
+				callback();
+			}
+		});
+	};
 };