cmdy v1.4.5

cmdy

table of contents

• cmdy
• table of contents
• about
• Features
  • General
  • cmd (sub cmd)
  • flags
• Getting started
  • 1. Install package
  • 2. Add example code
• npm scripts
  • use
  • base scripts
  • watch mode
• contribution

about

"cmdy" is a node js cmd argument framework that looks like the docker cli tool.

Features

General

• root and sub commands
• differend cmd callbacks
• state and value flags

cmd (sub cmd)

• own flags
• global gflas
• premade or custom help function/generator
• cmd groups

flags

• value flags with types
• default values
• aliases
• shorthand

Getting started

1. Install package

npm i cmdy

2. Add example code

import { Flag, parseCmd, CmdDefinition } from "../src/index"

const force: Flag = {
    name: "force",
    description: "The force flag",
}

const port: Flag = {
    name: "port",
    description: "The port flag",
    shorthand: "p",
    types: ["number"]
}

const verbose: Flag = {
    name: "verbose",
    description: "The verbose flag",
    shorthand: "V",
}

const version: Flag = {
    name: "version",
    description: "The verbose flag",
    alias: ["v", "ve", "ver", "vers", "versi", "versio"],
    shorthand: "v",
}

const ps: CmdDefinition = {
    name: "ps",
    description: "The ps command",
    flags: [
        port
    ],
    allowUnknownArgs: true,
    exe: async (res) => console.log("ps: ", res.cmd.name + "\nres-data:\n", res.flags, res.valueFlags)
}

const start: CmdDefinition = {
    name: "start",
    description: "The start command",
    flags: [
        port
    ],
    exe: async (res) => console.log("start: ", res.cmd.name + "\nres-data:\n", res.flags, res.valueFlags)
}

const stop: CmdDefinition = {
    name: "stop",
    description: "The stop command",
    flags: [
        force
    ],
    exe: async (res) => console.log("stop: ", res.cmd.name + "\nres-data:\n", res.flags, res.valueFlags)
}

const root: CmdDefinition = {
    name: "testcmd",
    description: "The root testcmd command",
    cmds: [
        start,
        stop,
        ps,
    ],
     flags: [
        version
    ],
    //exe: async () => console.log("asdasdd")
}

parseCmd({
    cmd: root,
    globalFlags: [
        verbose
    ]
}).exe()

npm scripts

The npm scripts are made for linux but can also work on mac and windows.

use

You can run npm scripts in the project folder like this:

npm run <scriptname>

Here is an example:

npm run test

base scripts

You can find all npm scripts in the package.json file. This is a list of the most important npm scripts:

• test // test the app
• build // build the app
• exec // run the app
• start // build and run the app

watch mode

Like this example you can run all npm scripts in watch mode:

npm run start:watch

contribution

• 1. fork the project
• 2. implement your idea
• 3. create a pull/merge request

// please create seperated forks for different kind of featues/ideas/structure changes/implementations

cya ;3
by majo418