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@lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper

v0.0.11

Published

Helper plugin for Gluegun CLI Projects

Downloads

12

Readme

CLI Plugin: Helper

The CLI-Plugin: Helper integrates the helper extension for Gluegun CLIs.

It contains

  • showMenu: A menu maker for your commands
  • getConfig: Extends the handling of the configuration, also for ~/.<CLI_BRAND>
  • getDir: Extension of path.join that can handle homedir (~) and automatic OS-specific separator conversion
  • getInput: Checks inputs (e.g. from parameters) and asks if they are not set
  • msToMinutesAndSeconds: Converts milliseconds to minutes:seconds string
  • readFile: Read a file and get the (JSON) data
  • trim: Extension of the string.trim that also replaces line breaks
  • updateCli: Helps you to keep your CLI up to date
  • ...

Menu in action:

Gluegun Menu Demo

Integration

It can be easily integrated into your CLI:

1. Install extension:

$ npm install @lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper

2. Integrate extension as plugin:

src/cli.ts:

// ...
const cli = build()
  // ...
  .plugin(__dirname + '/../node_modules/@lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper/dist', {
    commandFilePattern: '*.js',
    extensionFilePattern: '*.js'
  })
  // ...
  .create();
// ...

3. Extend interface:

src/interfaces/extended-gluegun-toolbox.ts:

import { Helper } from '@lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper';
// ...

/**
 * Extended GluegunToolbox
 */
export interface ExtendedGluegunToolbox extends GluegunToolbox {
  helper: Helper;
  // ...
}

4. Prepare main commands:

src/commands/YOUR_COMMAND/YOUR_COMMAND.ts:

import { IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox } from '@lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper';

/**
 * YOUR_COMMAND menu
 */
module.exports = {
  name: 'YOUR_COMMAND',
  alias: ['YOUR_COMMAND_ALIAS'],
  description: 'YOUR_DESCRIPTION',
  hidden: true,
  run: async (toolbox: IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox) => {
    await toolbox.helper.showMenu('(PARANT_COMMANDS) YOUR_COMMAND');
  }
};

Parameters of showMenu

  1. parentCommands?: string
    command name OR parent names + command name

  2. options?: object

    • level: number => Level of the current section (0 = main section)
    • headline: string => Headline for the current section

Note: If the options in the main menu are to be used, for example to define the headline, null or an empty string '' must be passed as the first parameter:
showMenu(null, {headline: 'Main menu'})

Example

Example file structure:

src/commands/
    section1/
        subsection1/
            subsection1.ts
            yyy1.ts
            yyy2.ts
        section1.ts
        xxx1.ts
        xxx2.ts
    section2/
        section2.ts
        zzz1.ts
        zzz2.ts
    brand.ts

src/commands/brand.ts:

import { IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox } from '@lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper';

/**
 * Main menu
 */
module.exports = {
  name: 'brand',
  description: 'Welcome to brand CLI',
  hidden: true,
  run: async (toolbox: IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox) => {
    await toolbox.helper.showMenu();
  }
};

src/commands/section1/section1.ts:

import { IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox } from '@lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper';

/**
 * Section1 menu
 */
module.exports = {
  name: 'section1',
  alias: ['s1'],
  description: 'Description for section1',
  hidden: true,
  run: async (toolbox: IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox) => {
    await toolbox.helper.showMenu('section1');
  }
};

src/commands/section1/subsection1/subsection1.ts:

import { IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox } from '@lenne.tech/cli-plugin-helper';

/**
 * Subsection1 menu
 */
module.exports = {
  name: 'subsection1',
  alias: ['sub1'],
  description: 'Description for subsection1',
  hidden: true,
  run: async (toolbox: IHelperExtendedGluegunToolbox) => {
    await toolbox.helper.showMenu('section1 subsection1', { headline: 'Subsection1 commands' });
  }
};

Thanks

Many thanks to the developers of Glugun and all the developers whose packages are used here.

License

MIT - see LICENSE