argio

Nodejs command line arguments parser for parsing subcommands, value list and switches with super light-weight single function implementation.

Installation

npm install argio

Get Started

// command line
$ node app.js subcommand1 subcommand2 -p1 v1 v2 v3 --s1 -p2 v4

const argio = require('argio');
const parser = argio()

// Structure of parser
{ params: 
   { subcommands: 
      [ '/usr/local/bin/node',
        '/Users/stefan/git/argio/app.js',
        'subcommand1',
        'subcommand2' ],
     p1: [ 'v1', 'v2', 'v3' ],
     s1: true,
     p2: [ 'v4' ]
   },
  get: [Function: get],
  attributes: ['p1', 's1', 'p2'],
  subcommand: 'subcommand1'
}

// check switches
parser.get('s1') // true
parser.get('s2') // undefined

// check single value
parser.get('p1') // v1
parser.get('p2') // v4

// check value list
parser.params.p1 // [ 'v1', 'v2', 'v3' ]

// check subcommand
parser.subcommand // subcommand1

// check subcommands
parser.params.subcommands // [...]