@aegenet/belt-argv-to-obj

Convert an array of command line arguments (argv) to an object.

💾 Installation

yarn add @aegenet/belt-argv-to-obj@^2.0.0
# or
npm i @aegenet/belt-argv-to-obj@^2.0.0

📝 Usage

Common

import { argvToObject } from '@aegenet/belt-argv-to-obj';

const argv = ['--name', 'John', '--age', '25', '--include', 'hello', '--include', 'world'];
// OR ['--name=John', '--age=25', '--include=hello', '--include=world'];
const result = argvToObject(argv);
//=> { name: 'John', age: 25, include: ['hello', 'world'] }

Node.js

import { argv } from 'node:process';
import { argvToObject } from '@aegenet/belt-argv-to-obj';

// --name John --age 25
const result = argvToObject(argv.slice(2));
//=> { name: 'John', age: 25 }

Syntax

Empty

• `` -> {} (empty object)

String

• --key value -> { key: value }

• --key=value -> { key: value }

• --key='value' -> { key: 'value' }

• --key="value" -> { key: 'value' }

• --key='25' -> { key: '25' }

• --key="25" -> { key: "25" }

• --keyOne="value" -> { keyOne: 'value' }

• --key-one="value" -> { 'key-one': 'value' }

Number

• --key=25 -> { key: 25 } (number)

Boolean

• --key=true -> { key: true }
• --key -> { key: true }

Array

• --key="abc" --key="def" -> { key: ['abc', 'def'] }