pame

Construct and open links in your browser from the comfort of your terminal.

Pronounced páme like the greek word πάμε, meaning Let's go!

Do I need this?

If you tick some of the boxes below, pame will probably save you some time

• You spend time in your terminal
• You often need to open the same or slightly different urls (aws/gcp pages, dashboards, documentation, repositories etc)
• You don't like reaching for your mouse so you can search in bookmarks/open tabs
• You like configuring shortcuts/aliases

Installation

npm i pame -g

Quick Overview

You can create a JSON config with pages you want to open with pame.

// ~/.pame.config.json
{
	"github": {
		"_path": "https://github.com",
		"pr": "/pulls"
	},
	"gh": {
		"_alias": "github"
	},
	"reddit": "https://reddit.com/r",
	"npm": "https://www.npmjs.com/search?q={*}"
}

pame github
# Opens https://github.com

pame github pr
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

pame gh
# Opens https://github.com

pame gh pr
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

pame reddit /news
# Opens https://reddit.com/r/news

pame npm testing
# Opens https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=testing

Main features ✨

• Sub-pages
• Query params placeholders
• Typo tolerance
• Dynamic sub-pages
• Flexible query string
• Aliases
• Extension of existing pages

Configuration

Most of the functionality comes from your config's structure and not CLI options/flags.

By default, all the configuration is done in a file called .pame.config.json in your home directory (e.g. /home/user/.pame.config.json ).

You can override the default config path by setting the PAME_CONFIG environment variable.

e.g.

PAME_CONFIG="/some/path/pame.json"

You can view the config's path and open* your config with pame --config

*The EDITOR environment variable should be set in order to open the file.

Simple url

You can define simple urls as strings or objects

{
	"github": "https://github.com"
}

Or

{
	"github": {
		"_path": "https://github.com"
	}
}

pame github
# Opens https://github.com in a new browser tab

Url nesting

You can add sub-paths to your urls

{
	"github": {
		"_path": "https://github.com",
		"pulls": "/pulls"
	}
}

pame github pulls
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

Nesting doesn't have a depth limit

{
	"github": {
		"_path": "https://github.com",
		"pulls": {
			"_path": "/pulls",
			"m": "/mentioned",
			"a": "/assigned"
		}
	}
}

pame github pulls m
# Opens https://github.com/pulls/mentioned

pame github pulls a
# Opens https://github.com/pulls/assigned

Query Params placeholders

Query params can have placeholder values which can be replaced when constructing the url by starting an argument with a * or by providing a string that doesn't match any sub-path.

• simple placeholder: ?lang={*}
• with default value: ?lang={*en}

Unused placeholders with no default value will be removed from the final url.

{
	"npm": "https://www.npmjs.com/search?q={*}",
	"translate": "https://translate.google.com/?text={*}&sl={*en}&tl={*el}"
}

The following examples will also work without starting the arguments with a * since they do not match any sub-paths.

pame npm *testing
# OR
pame npm testing
# Opens https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=testing

pame translate *hello
# Opens https://translate.google.com/?text=hello&sl=en&tl=el

pame translate *hola *es *en
# Opens https://translate.google.com/?text=hola&sl=es&tl=en

pame translate *"hello there"
# Opens https://translate.google.com/?text=hello%20there&sl=en&tl=el

pame translate
# Opens https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=el

Aliases

You can create same level aliases by using _alias, nested paths and other features will still work!

{
	"github": {
		"_path": "https://github.com",
		"pulls": "/pulls"
	},
	"gh": {
		"_alias": "github"
	}
}

pame gh
# Opens https://github.com

pame gh pulls
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

You can have multiple and/or nested aliases.

{
	"github": {
		"_path": "https://github.com",
		"pulls": "/pulls",
		"pr": {
			"_alias": "pulls"
		},
		"p": {
			"_alias": "pulls"
		}
	},
	"gh": {
		"_alias": "github"
	}
}

pame github pr
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

pame github p
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

pame gh p
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

Extending configurations

Url configs can inherit sub-pages with _extend.

{
	"ddg": {
		"_path": "https://duckduckgo.com",
		"i": "/images"
	},
	"google": {
		"_path": "https://google.com",
		"_extend": "ddg",
		"m": "/maps"
	}
}

pame google
# Opens https://google.com

pame google i
# Opens https://google.com/images

pame google m
# Opens https://google.com/maps

Other features

Typo tolerance

If your input doesn't match your config 100% pame will try the following in order to find a match:

• Trim your input
• Ignore case
• Deburr strings
• Find matches with a Levenshtein distance of 1 or 2 (depending on the input's length)

{
	"github": "https://github.com"
}

pame gthub
# Opens https://github.com

pame gITHUB
# Opens https://github.com

All arguments except the first one will be ignored if they can't be matched and they can't be used as a query param placeholde value.

{
	"github": {
		"_path": "https://github.com",
		"pr": "/pulls"
	}
}

pame github foo pr
# Opens https://github.com/pulls

Dynamic sub-paths

You can append to the end of your url by starting an argument with a slash (/)

{
	"reddit": "https://reddit.com/r"
}

pame reddit /news
# Opens https://reddit.com/r/news

pame reddit /gifs
# Opens https://reddit.com/r/gifs

Query string

A query string found on any level will be moved to the end of the final url

{
	"foo": {
		"_path": "https://foo.com?lang=en",
		"bar": "/bar"
	}
}

pame foo
# Opens https://foo.com?lang=en

pame foo bar
# Opens https://foo.com/bar?lang=en

Options

--config

Prints the config path and opens the file if the EDITOR environment variable is set

--config-show

Prints you config

--dry-run

Prints the constructed url instead of printing and then opening in the browser.