baker-js
v1.1.1
Published
Baker lets you easily add a command line interface to your node scripts.
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baker
Baker lets you easily add a command line interface to your node scripts. It is inspired by python baker library (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Baker/1.3)
Install
npm install baker-jsUsage
examples/basic.js
const baker = require('baker-js');
function run(a, b, c) {
console.log("Run", a, b, c);
}
function tester(a, rest, options) {
console.log("Test", a, rest, options);
}
if (require.main === module) {
baker.command(tester, { command: "test", args: "rest", opts: "options" });
baker.command(run, { default: true, required: ["a"] });
baker.run();
}output
$ node examples/basic.js --help
Usage: basic.js COMMAND <options>
Available commands:
test
run$ node examples/basic.js run --help
Usage: basic.js, run a <b> <c>
Required Arguments:
a
Options:
--b
--c$ node examples/basic.js run 1 2 3
Run 1 2 3
$ node examples/basic.js test 1 2 3 4 --five 5 --six 6 7
Test 1 [ 2, 3, 4, 7 ] { five: 5, six: 6 }Options
baker.command(func, options)
@param Function func
@param Object options
@param String options.command name of command, defaults to function name. Requried for anonymous functions.
@param Boolean options.default If true this function will run if no command name given on command line.
@param Array options.required List of requried args. Script will eixt with error if arg not found on command line.
@param String options.opts Name of parameter to recieve object with all unmatche named commandline args.
@param String options.args Name of parameter to recieve an array of unmatched positional command line args.Promises
When a promise is returned by the command function baker will wait till the promise is resolved and return the result of the promise
const baker = require('baker-js');
const request = require('request-promise');
function run() {
return request('https://github.com/gabe0x02/baker-js').then((body) => {
return `${body.trim().substring(0, 15)}...`;
});
}
if (require.main === module) {
baker.command(run, { default: true });
baker.run();
}output
$ node examples/promise.js
<!DOCTYPE html>...Generators
Baker also supports co generator flow control. (https://github.com/tj/co) Simply pass in a generator and write some synchronous looking code..
generator_example.js
const baker = require('baker-js');
const request = require('request-promise');
function *run() {
const start = new Date();
console.log("Start");
const body = yield request('https://github.com/gabe0x02/baker-js');
console.log("End");
console.log("Length:", body.length, "chars");
console.log("Duration:", new Date() - start, "ms");
return `${body.trim().substring(0, 15)}...`;
}
if (require.main === module) {
baker.command(run, { default: true });
baker.run();
}output
$ node examples/generator.js
Start
End
Length: 56287 chars
Duration: 744 ms
<!DOCTYPE html>...TODO
- More testing in could be useful.
- Better usage output
- Allow argument descriptions in usage
- Better documentation of options. args, opts, default, etc
- post to npm