Spinnies

Node.js module to create and manage multiple spinners in command-line interface programs

Installation

$ npm i spinnies

Usage & Example

const spinnies = new Spinnies();
 
spinnies.add('spinner-1', { text: 'I am a spinner' });
spinnies.add('spinner-2', { text: 'I am another spinner' });
 
setTimeout(() => {
  spinnies.succeed('spinner-1', { text: 'Success!' });
  spinnies.fail('spinner-2', { text: 'Fail :(' });
}, 2000);

API

This library follows a non-error-throwing philosophy. If you provide an invalid option or an invalid value for a valid option it will be ignored.

Initialization:

new Spinnies([options])

Parameters

• options - object:

  • color - string: Any valid chalk color. The default value is white.

  • succeedColor - string: Any valid chalk color. The default value is green.

  • failColor - string: Any valid chalk color. The default value is red.

  • spinnerColor - string: Any valid chalk color. The default value is greenBright.

  • succeedPrefix - string: The default value is ✓.

  • failPrefix- string: The default value is ✖.

  • spinner- object:

    • interval - number
    • frames - string[]

    You can see the already provided spinner here.

  • disableSpins - boolean: Disable spins (will still print raw messages).

Note: If you are working in any win32 platform, the default spin animation will be overriden. You can get rid of this defining a different spinner animation manually, or by using the integrated VSCode terminal or Windows Terminal.

Example:

const spinner = { interval: 80, frames: ['🍇', '🍈', '🍉', '🍋'] }
const spinnies = new Spinnies({ color: 'blue', succeedColor: 'green', spinner });

Instance methods:

add(name, [options])

Adds a new spinner with the given name.

Parameters:

• name - string: spinner reference name.
• options - object:
  • text: - string: Optional text to show in the spinner. If none is provided, the name field will be shown.
  • indent: - number: Optional, indent the spinner with the given number of spaces.
  • status - string: Initial status of the spinner. Valid statuses are: succeed, fail, spinning, non-spinnableand stopped.
  • color - string: Any valid chalk color.
  • succeedColor - string: Any valid chalk color.
  • failColor - string: Any valid chalk color.

Return value: Returns the spinner's options.

Example:

const spinnies = new Spinnies();
spinnies.add('spinner-1');
spinnies.add('another-spinner', { text: 'Hello, I am a spinner!', color: 'greenBright' });
 

pick(name)

Picks a spinner.

Parameters:

• name - string: spinner reference name.

Return value: Returns the spinner's options.

remove(name)

Removes a spinner.

Parameters:

• name - string: spinner reference name.

Return value: Returns the spinner's options.

update(name, [options])

Updates the spinner with name name with the provided options.

Parameters:

• name - string: spinner reference name.
• options - object:
  • text: - string: Optional text to show in the spinner. If none is provided, the name field will be shown.
  • status - string: New status of the spinner. Valid statuses are: succeed, fail, spinning, non-spinnableand stopped.
  • color - string: Any valid chalk color.
  • succeedColor - string: Any valid chalk color.
  • failColor - string: Any valid chalk color.

Return value: Returns the spinner's options.

Example:

const spinnies = new Spinnies();
spinnies.add('spinner-1', { text: 'Hello! I am the initial text', color: 'green' });
// some code
spinnies.update('spinner-1', { text: 'Hello, I am an updated text!', color: 'blue' });
 

succeed(name, [options])

Sets the specified spinner status as succeed.

Parameters:

• name - string: spinner reference name.
• options - object:
  • text: - string: Optional text to show in the spinner. If none is provided, the name field will be shown.
  • succeedColor - string: Any valid chalk color.

Return value: Returns the spinner's options.

Example:

const spinnies = new Spinnies();
spinnies.add('spinner-1', { text: 'Hello! I am the initial text', color: 'green' });
// some code
spinnies.succeed('spinner-1', { text: 'Success!', successColor: 'greenBright' });
 

fail(name, [options])

Sets the specified spinner status as fail.

Parameters:

• name - string: spinner reference name.
• options - object:
  • text: - string: Optional text to show in the spinner. If none is provided, the name field will be shown.
  • failColor - string: Any valid chalk color.

Return value: Returns the spinner's options.

Example:

const spinnies = new Spinnies();
spinnies.add('spinner-1', { text: 'Hello! I am the initial text', color: 'green' });
// some code
spinnies.fail('spinner-1', { text: 'I failed', failColor: 'redBright' });
 

stopAll([status])

Stops the spinners and sets the non-succeeded and non-failed ones to the provided status, which can be succeed, fail or stopped. You can see an example here.

hasActiveSpinners()

Return value: returns false if all spinners have succeeded, failed or have been stopped.

Contribute

Star it, fork it, improve it, PR it! 🙌.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to chalk for helping making this lib colorful 🌈 and to ora which was a great inspiration 🦄.

License

MIT