bin-wrapper

Binary wrapper that makes your programs seamlessly available as local dependencies

Install

npm install @lesjoursfr/bin-wrapper

Usage

import path from "path";
import BinWrapper from "@lesjoursfr/bin-wrapper";

const base = "https://github.com/imagemin/gifsicle-bin/raw/main/vendor";
const bin = new BinWrapper()
	.addSrc(`${base}/macos/gifsicle`, "darwin")
	.addSrc(`${base}/linux/x64/gifsicle`, "linux", "x64")
	.addSrc(`${base}/win/x64/gifsicle.exe`, "win32", "x64")
	.setDest(path.join("vendor"))
	.setUse(process.platform === "win32" ? "gifsicle.exe" : "gifsicle")
	.setVersion(">=1.71");

(async () => {
	await bin.run(["--version"]);
	console.log("gifsicle is working");
})();

Get the path to your binary with bin.path():

console.log(bin.path());
//=> 'path/to/vendor/gifsicle'

API

new BinWrapper(options)

Creates a new BinWrapper instance.

options

Type: Object

skipCheck

• Type: boolean
• Default: false

Whether to skip the binary check or not.

strip

• Type: number
• Default: 1

Strip a number of leading paths from file names on extraction.

.addSrc(url, [os], [arch])

Adds a source to download.

url

Type: string

Accepts a URL pointing to a file to download.

os

Type: string

Tie the source to a specific OS.

arch

Type: string

Tie the source to a specific arch.

.setDest(destination)

destination

Type: string

Accepts a path which the files will be downloaded to.

.setUse(binary)

binary

Type: string

Define which file to use as the binary.

.path

Returns the full path to your binary.

.setVersion(range)

range

Type: string

Define a semver range to check the binary against.

.run([arguments])

Runs the search for the binary. If no binary is found it will download the file using the URL provided in .addSrc().

arguments

• Type: Array
• Default: ['--version']

Command to run the binary with. If it exits with code 0 it means that the binary is working.

License

MIT © Kevin Mårtensson