@universal-packages/terminal-document NPM

Terminal Document

Structured document rendering for the terminal.

Install

npm install @universal-packages/terminal-document

TerminalDocument

By instantiating a TerminalDocument object, you can create a structured document that can be rendered to a string that can be printed to the terminal.

import { TerminalDocument } from '@universal-packages/terminal-document'

const document = new TerminalDocument()

document.describe({
  rows: [
    {
      blocks: [{ text: 'Hello World!!' }]
    }
  ]
})

console.log(document.result)

// Hello World!!

Instance Properties

`result` `string`

The rendered document.

Instance Methods

`describe(descriptor: Descriptor)`

Sets the template that will be used to render the document.

Descriptor

blockBorder boolean | [boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean] Whether to render a border around each block in the whole document. An array of 4 booleans can be provided to specify the border for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
blockBorderColor string | [string, string, string, string] If the blockBorder option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the color of the border. An array of 4 strings can be provided to specify the color for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See Colors.
blockBorderStyle string | [string, string, string, string] If the blockBorder option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the style of the border. An array of 4 BorderStyle values can be provided to specify the style for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See BorderStyle
blockPadding number | [number, number, number, number] The padding around each block. An array of 4 numbers can be provided to specify the padding for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
align left | center | right | justify default: left The alignment of the document.
backgroundColor string The background color of the document. See Colors.
backgroundFill word' | text | fill | all The background fill of the document. word will fill the background of each word, text will fill the background of the whole text in each block, fill will fill the background of each block except for the padding, all will fill the background of the whole document.
border boolean | [boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean] Whether to render a border around the whole document. An array of 4 booleans can be provided to specify the border for each side of the document, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
borderColor string | [string, string, string, string] If the border option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the color of the border. An array of 4 strings can be provided to specify the color for each side of the document, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See Colors.
borderStyle string | [string, string, string, string] If the border option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the style of the border. An array of 4 BorderStyle values can be provided to specify the style for each side of the document, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See BorderStyle
color string The color of all text in the document. See Colors.
padding number | [number, number, number, number] The padding around the whole document. An array of 4 numbers can be provided to specify the padding for each side of the document, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
rowBorder boolean | [boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean] Whether to render a border around each row in the whole document. An array of 4 booleans can be provided to specify the border for each side of the row, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
rowBorderColor string | [string, string, string, string] If the rowBorder option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the color of the border. An array of 4 strings can be provided to specify the color for each side of the row, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See Colors.
rowBorderStyle string | [string, string, string, string] If the rowBorder option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the style of the border. An array of 4 BorderStyle values can be provided to specify the style for each side of the row, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See BorderStyle
style bold | italic | underline | inverse | strikethrough | (bold | italic | underline | inverse | strikethrough)[] The style of all text in the document or an array of a combination of styles.
verticalAlign top | middle | bottom default: top The vertical alignment each block in the document.
width number default: 80 The width of the document.
rows Object[] An array of object describing the rows of the document.
- align left | center | right | justify The alignment of each block in the row.
- backgroundColor string The background color of the row. See Colors.
- backgroundFill word' | text | fill | all The background fill of the row. word will fill the background of each word, text will fill the background of the whole text in each block, fill will fill the background of each block except for the padding, all will fill the background of the whole row.
- blockBorder boolean | [boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean] Whether to render a border around each block in the row. An array of 4 booleans can be provided to specify the border for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
- blockBorderColor string | [string, string, string, string] If the blockBorder option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the color of the border. An array of 4 strings can be provided to specify the color for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See Colors.
- blockBorderStyle string | [string, string, string, string] If the blockBorder option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the style of the border. An array of 4 BorderStyle values can be provided to specify the style for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See BorderStyle
- blockPadding number | [number, number, number, number] The padding around each block. An array of 4 numbers can be provided to specify the padding for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
- border boolean | [boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean] Whether to render a border around the whole row. An array of 4 booleans can be provided to specify the border for each side of the row, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
- borderColor string | [string, string, string, string] If the border option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the color of the border. An array of 4 strings can be provided to specify the color for each side of the row, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See Colors.
- borderStyle string | [string, string, string, string] If the border option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the style of the border. An array of 4 BorderStyle values can be provided to specify the style for each side of the row, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See BorderStyle
- color string The color of all text in the row. See Colors.
- padding number | [number, number, number, number] The padding around the whole row. An array of 4 numbers can be provided to specify the padding for each side of the row, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
- style bold | italic | underline | inverse | strikethrough | (bold | italic | underline | inverse | strikethrough)[] The style of all text in the row or an array of a combination of styles.
- verticalAlign top | middle | bottom The vertical alignment each block in the row.
- blocks Object[] An array of object describing the blocks in the row.
  - align left | center | right | justify The alignment of the block.
  - backgroundColor string The background color of the block. See Colors.
  - backgroundFill word' | text | fill | all The background fill of the block. word will fill the background of each word, text will fill the background of the whole text in the block, fill will fill the background of the block except for the padding, all will fill the background of the whole block.
  - border boolean | [boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean] Whether to render a border around the whole block. An array of 4 booleans can be provided to specify the border for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
  - borderColor string | [string, string, string, string] If the border option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the color of the border. An array of 4 strings can be provided to specify the color for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See Colors.
  - borderStyle string | [string, string, string, string] If the border option is set to true, this option can be used to specify the style of the border. An array of 4 BorderStyle values can be provided to specify the style for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively. See BorderStyle
  - color string The color of all text in the block. See Colors.
  - free boolean When a free block is included in a row, only that block will be considered and its text will be rendered as it is without any document styling. Useful to render text previously formatted that the terminal itself can handle.
  - height number The height of the block.
  - id string The id of the block. Used to later update this single block content and style.
  - link string The link of the block. Used to later open the link in the terminal.
  - padding number | [number, number, number, number] The padding around the whole block. An array of 4 numbers can be provided to specify the padding for each side of the block, top, right, bottom, left respectively.
  - style bold | italic | underline | inverse | strikethrough | (bold | italic | underline | inverse | strikethrough)[]
  - text string The text of the block.
  - verticalAlign top | middle | bottom The vertical alignment of the block.
  - width number | fit | string The width of the block if not specified the block width will be calculated based on the document width and how many blocks are in the row. If the value is fit the block will take exactly the width of the longest line in th text. You cal also provide a percentage value as a string, for example 50% and the block will take that percentage of the document width.

`getBlockSize(id: string)`

Gets the size of a single block after rendering.

`update(id: string, block: Object)`

Update a single block content and style and re-render the document.

BorderStyle

Valid string values for border styles are the following:

single

┌──────┐
│      │
└──────┘

single-round

╭──────╮
│      │
╰──────╯

thick

┏━━━━━━┓
┃      ┃
┗━━━━━━┛

double

╔══════╗
║      ║
╚══════╝

dash-2

┌╌╌╌╌╌╌┐
╎      ╎
└╌╌╌╌╌╌┘

dash-2-thick

┏╍╍╍╍╍╍┓
╏      ╏
┗╍╍╍╍╍╍┛

dash-3

┌┄┄┄┄┄┄┐
┆      ┆
└┄┄┄┄┄┄┘

dash-3-thick

┏┅┅┅┅┅┅┓
┇      ┇
┗┅┅┅┅┅┅┛

dash-4

┌┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┐
┊       ┊
└┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┘

Colors

Valid string values for colors are the following:

Reds

Color Name	Hexadecimal
indian-red	$${\color{indianred}██████}$$
light-coral	$${\color{lightcoral}██████}$$
salmon	$${\color{salmon}██████}$$
dark-salmon	$${\color{darksalmon}██████}$$
light-salmon	$${\color{lightsalmon}██████}$$
crimson	$${\color{crimson}██████}$$
red	$${\color{red}██████}$$
fire-brick	$${\color{firebrick}██████}$$
dark-red	$${\color{darkred}██████}$$

Pinks

Color Name	Hexadecimal
pink	$${\color{pink}██████}$$
light-pink	$${\color{lightpink}██████}$$
hot-pink	$${\color{hotpink}██████}$$
deep-pink	$${\color{deeppink}██████}$$
medium-violet-red	$${\color{mediumvioletred}██████}$$
pale-violet-red	$${\color{palevioletred}██████}$$

Oranges

Color Name	Hexadecimal
light-salmon	$${\color{lightsalmon}██████}$$
coral	$${\color{coral}██████}$$
tomato	$${\color{tomato}██████}$$
orange-red	$${\color{orangered}██████}$$
dark-orange	$${\color{darkorange}██████}$$
orange	$${\color{orange}██████}$$

Yellows

Color Name	Hexadecimal
gold	$${\color{gold}██████}$$
yellow	$${\color{yellow}██████}$$
light-yellow	$${\color{lightyellow}██████}$$
lemon-chiffon	$${\color{lemonchiffon}██████}$$
light-goldenrod-yellow	$${\color{lightgoldenrodyellow}██████}$$
papaya-whip	$${\color{papayawhip}██████}$$
moccasin	$${\color{moccasin}██████}$$
peach-puff	$${\color{peachpuff}██████}$$
pale-goldenrod	$${\color{palegoldenrod}██████}$$
khaki	$${\color{khaki}██████}$$
dark-khaki	$${\color{darkkhaki}██████}$$

Purples

Color Name	Hexadecimal
lavender	$${\color{lavender}██████}$$
thistle	$${\color{thistle}██████}$$
plum	$${\color{plum}██████}$$
violet	$${\color{violet}██████}$$
orchid	$${\color{orchid}██████}$$
fuchsia	$${\color{fuchsia}██████}$$
magenta	$${\color{magenta}██████}$$
medium-orchid	$${\color{mediumorchid}██████}$$
medium-purple	$${\color{mediumpurple}██████}$$
rebecca-purple	$${\color{rebeccapurple}██████}$$
blue-violet	$${\color{blueviolet}██████}$$
dark-violet	$${\color{darkviolet}██████}$$
dark-orchid	$${\color{darkorchid}██████}$$
dark-magenta	$${\color{darkmagenta}██████}$$
purple	$${\color{purple}██████}$$
indigo	$${\color{indigo}██████}$$
slate-blue	$${\color{slateblue}██████}$$
dark-slate-blue	$${\color{darkslateblue}██████}$$
medium-slate-blue	$${\color{mediumslateblue}██████}$$

Greens

Color Name	Hexadecimal
green-yellow	$${\color{greenyellow}██████}$$
chartreuse	$${\color{chartreuse}██████}$$
lawn-green	$${\color{lawngreen}██████}$$
lime	$${\color{lime}██████}$$
lime-green	$${\color{limegreen}██████}$$
pale-green	$${\color{palegreen}██████}$$
light-green	$${\color{lightgreen}██████}$$
medium-spring-green	$${\color{mediumspringgreen}██████}$$
spring-green	$${\color{springgreen}██████}$$
medium-sea-green	$${\color{mediumseagreen}██████}$$
sea-green	$${\color{seagreen}██████}$$
forest-green	$${\color{forestgreen}██████}$$
green	$${\color{green}██████}$$
dark-green	$${\color{darkgreen}██████}$$
yellow-green	$${\color{yellowgreen}██████}$$
olive-drab	$${\color{olivedrab}██████}$$
olive	$${\color{olive}██████}$$
dark-olive-green	$${\color{darkolivegreen}██████}$$
medium-aquamarine	$${\color{mediumaquamarine}██████}$$
dark-sea-green	$${\color{darkseagreen}██████}$$
light-sea-green	$${\color{lightseagreen}██████}$$
dark-cyan	$${\color{darkcyan}██████}$$
teal	$${\color{teal}██████}$$

Blues

Color Name	Hexadecimal
aqua	$${\color{aqua}██████}$$
cyan	$${\color{cyan}██████}$$
light-cyan	$${\color{lightcyan}██████}$$
pale-turquoise	$${\color{paleturquoise}██████}$$
aquamarine	$${\color{aquamarine}██████}$$
turquoise	$${\color{turquoise}██████}$$
medium-turquoise	$${\color{mediumturquoise}██████}$$
dark-turquoise	$${\color{darkturquoise}██████}$$
cadet-blue	$${\color{cadetblue}██████}$$
steel-blue	$${\color{steelblue}██████}$$
light-steel-blue	$${\color{lightsteelblue}██████}$$
powder-blue	$${\color{powderblue}██████}$$
light-blue	$${\color{lightblue}██████}$$
sky-blue	$${\color{skyblue}██████}$$
light-sky-blue	$${\color{lightskyblue}██████}$$
deep-sky-blue	$${\color{deepskyblue}██████}$$
dodger-blue	$${\color{dodgerblue}██████}$$
cornflower-blue	$${\color{cornflowerblue}██████}$$
royal-blue	$${\color{royalblue}██████}$$
blue	$${\color{blue}██████}$$
medium-blue	$${\color{mediumblue}██████}$$
dark-blue	$${\color{darkblue}██████}$$
navy	$${\color{navy}██████}$$
midnight-blue	$${\color{midnightblue}██████}$$

Browns

Color Name	Hexadecimal
cornsilk	$${\color{cornsilk}██████}$$
blanched-almond	$${\color{blanchedalmond}██████}$$
bisque	$${\color{bisque}██████}$$
navajo-white	$${\color{navajowhite}██████}$$
wheat	$${\color{wheat}██████}$$
burly-wood	$${\color{burlywood}██████}$$
tan	$${\color{tan}██████}$$
rosy-brown	$${\color{rosybrown}██████}$$
sandy-brown	$${\color{sandybrown}██████}$$
goldenrod	$${\color{goldenrod}██████}$$
dark-goldenrod	$${\color{darkgoldenrod}██████}$$
peru	$${\color{peru}██████}$$
chocolate	$${\color{chocolate}██████}$$
saddle-brown	$${\color{saddlebrown}██████}$$
sienna	$${\color{sienna}██████}$$
brown	$${\color{brown}██████}$$
maroon	$${\color{maroon}██████}$$

Whites

Color Name	Hexadecimal
white	$${\color{white}██████}$$
snow	$${\color{snow}██████}$$
honeydew	$${\color{honeydew}██████}$$
mint-cream	$${\color{mintcream}██████}$$
azure	$${\color{azure}██████}$$
alice-blue	$${\color{aliceblue}██████}$$
ghost-white	$${\color{ghostwhite}██████}$$
white-smoke	$${\color{whitesmoke}██████}$$
seashell	$${\color{seashell}██████}$$
beige	$${\color{beige}██████}$$
old-lace	$${\color{oldlace}██████}$$
floral-white	$${\color{floralwhite}██████}$$
ivory	$${\color{ivory}██████}$$
antique-white	$${\color{antiquewhite}██████}$$
linen	$${\color{linen}██████}$$
lavender-blush	$${\color{lavenderblush}██████}$$
misty-rose	$${\color{mistyrose}██████}$$

Grays

Color Name	Hexadecimal
gainsboro	$${\color{gainsboro}██████}$$
light-gray	$${\color{lightgray}██████}$$
silver	$${\color{silver}██████}$$
dark-gray	$${\color{darkgray}██████}$$
gray	$${\color{gray}██████}$$
dim-gray	$${\color{dimgray}██████}$$
light-slate-gray	$${\color{lightslategray}██████}$$
slate-gray	$${\color{slategray}██████}$$
dark-slate-gray	$${\color{darkslategray}██████}$$
black	$${\color{black}██████}$$

Typescript

This library is developed in TypeScript and shipped fully typed.

Contributing

The development of this library happens in the open on GitHub, and we are grateful to the community for contributing bugfixes and improvements. Read below to learn how you can take part in improving this library.