cmd-line-args-parser
This is a command line arguments parser written in Javascript that helps parse command line arguments and it will return object with boolean-flags array ,value-option object and arguments list. You have to define rules to parse in a defined structure.
Motivation
I am implementing head (shell command) functionality using node js I found that it's difficult write individual parser for each command So by installing this module you can build any command easily even if you are building your own command.
Installation
npm install cmd-line-args-parser
Usage
var Parser=; var parserName=rules; //the following is the structure for specifying rules rules = validOptions: //all the valid options that require values default: //default option to set if no option specified 'n': 10 minimum: 1 /* minimum number of required options if the arguments have less than minimum options than default option will be set*/ maximum: 1 /* maximum number of required options that are allowed otherwise an error will be thrown*/ flags: //all the flags allowed replacer: {} /* rules that define replacers so that they can be converted to a flag */ //pass an array of things to parse method to get parsedArguments parserName; //example let args =['-n','10','files'] for head
Examples
Head command Parser
var Parser=; rules = //rules for head command validOptions: 'n''c' default: 'n': 10 minimum: 1 maximum: 1 flags: 'h' replacer: 'help':'h' //here --help will be replaced by 'h' so 'h' should be valid flag parserName; /* false by default if false then two or more flags cannot be combined like '-acs' will not work if true then it will be ['a','c','s'] */ //default if not given let { let regex = /+$/g return regex; } /* containsValue is a function that can verify if a value is in the option or not like -n10 here 10 is the value so the function can determine if the option contains the value or not. */ parserName; let { return Number; }; /* isNumber is the function that determines if the value given value is legal or not if this function is not given then the below function is used by default. */ parserName; /* if no isValue function is set then the above isNumber will be used by default */ let headParser = rules; /* once some arguments are parsed then you need to reset the parser to parse new arguments again you can do that by */ parserName; //then you can reuse your parser parserName;
Errors thrown at different cases
name:'MaxOptions' message:'Cannot combine : -option1 -option2' name:'MissingValue' message:'Value of : -option is missing' name:'IllegalOption' message:'Illegal option : -option' name:'CombiningFlags' //only when combinedFlags is set false message:'Combining Multiple flags not allowed'
Different cases output for above parser rules
args='-n10''-c12'; //output Error:Cannot combine options : -n -c args='-n10'"toDo.txt"; //output flags: options: n: 10 setByDefault : false //this will be true when the option is set using default arguments: "toDo.txt" args="--help"; //output flags: 'h' options: n: 10 setByDefault : true arguments: args='-n12'"toDo.txt";//once it see argument remaining everything is argument //output flags: options: n: 12 setByDefault : false arguments: "toDo.txt" args=; //output flags: options: n: 10 setByDefault : true arguments: args ='-10'; //output flags: options: n: 10 setByDefault : false arguments:
Unsupported Cases
//when args as belowargs='-n10''-20';//it will replace n value with 20 because default option is n flags: options: n: 20 setByDefault : false arguments: "toDo.txt"