node-async-walk

Useful directory walker

Install

npm i async-walk-dir

Parameters

Walk options

let walkOptions={//these are default values
    //scan depth, minimal value is 1
    depth:Infinity,
    
    //exclude sub-path in posix format, e.g. 'a/b/c'
    exclude:[],
    
    //call async callback function in parallel (not wait them before the walker ends)
    //not working in async generator mode
    asyncCallbackInParallel:false,//can be a number for max parallel tasks
    
    //file type filter
    types:['File','Directory','BlockDevice','CharacterDevice','FIFO','Socket','SymbolicLink'],
    
    //use Stats object instead of Dirent object in callback info
    withStats:false,
    
    //define a function that will be called on each sub-directory, if not return true, this directory will not be processed. (include the input dir)
    onDirectory:dir=>{return true},
}

callback(subDir, info)

• subDir : Path relative to given directory path. This is the path of sub directory where the file in, not including file name.
• info : If walkOptions.withStats is true, this will be a Stats object, otherwise this will be a Dirent Object. Additional properties are:
  • name : File name.
  • type : Type of this file, the same as which in walkOptions.types.

filter(subDir, info)

Parameters are the same as callback's.

Usage

There are two modes you can use: callback mode and async generator mode. With async generator mode, you can break at where you want in for await.

async function walkFilter(path,filter,callback[,options])

const {walkFilter}=require('async-walk-dir');
walkFilter(__dirname+'/..', (subDir,info)=>{//filter function
    if(info.size > 2048)return true;//filter file whose size > 2048 Bytes
}, (subDir, info)=>{//callback
    console.log(info.type, '\t', subDir, info.name, info.size);
}, {//options
    withStats:true,//use Stats object so we can get file size for filter
	depth:2,//limit scan depth to 2
	exclude:['.git'],//ignore '.git' directory and its children
	types:['File','Directory'],
});

//The filter can be a REGEXP
walkFilter(__dirname+'/..',
	/.+\.js$/,//matcher
	(subDir, info)=>{//callback
		console.log(info.type, '\t', subDir, info.name, info.size);
	}, 
	{//options
		withStats:true,//use Stats object so we can get file size for filter
		depth:2,//limit scan depth to 2
		exclude:['.git'],//ignore '.git' directory and its children
		types:['File','Directory'],
	}
);

async function* walkFilterGenerator(path,filter[,options])

const {walkFilterGenerator}=require('async-walk-dir');
(async ()=>{
    //get the generator
    let gen=walkFilterGenerator(__dirname+'/..', info=>{//filter function
        if(info.size > 2048)return true;//filter file whose size > 2048 Bytes
    }, {//options example
        withStats:true,//use Stats object so we can get file size for filter
    });
    
    //use 'for await' for async generator and you can break at where you want
    for await(let [subDir,info] of gen){
        console.log(info.type,'\t', subDir, info.name);
        if(info.name === 'poi')break;//break when find a file named 'poi'
    }
})();

Other Examples

Parallel async callback

const {walkFilter}=require('async-walk-dir');

walkFilter(__dirname+'/..', info=>{
    if(info.size > 2048)return true;//get file which size > 2048 Bytes
},async (subDir,info)=>{
    return new Promise((ok,fail)=>{
        setTimeout(()=>{//set a random timout,in parallel mode the log will print in random order
            console.log(info.type, '\t', subDir, info.name, info.size);
            ok();
        },5000*Math.random());
    })
},{
    withStats:true,//use Stats object so we can get file size for filter
    asyncCallbackInParallel:4,//run 4 tasks at the same time
});