auger

Install

npm install --save auger

Usage

var auger = require('auger'),
    readline = require('readline'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    rl = readline.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout),
    aug = auger(rl);

rl.setPrompt('OHAI> ');
rl.prompt();

aug.ask('copy src.js? (y/n) ').then(function(bool){
    if(bool){
        console.log('Copying src.js to dest.js');
        var rs = fs.createReadStream('src.js'),
            ws = fs.createWriteStream('dest.js');

        rs.pipe(ws).on('finish', function(){
            rl.close();
        });
    }
});

About

It's pretty self explanatory. Pass an interface of readline to auger, and get an object that has an ask method. The ask method is almost exactly like rl.question except for this difference:

Normal readline

rl.question('question?', function(result){

});

auger readline

aug.ask('question?').then(function(result){

});

Readline input

auger translates input into it's respective javascript types where it can.

These are the type translations from a string to a javascript primitive:

• true/true/n/y -> Boolean
• integers/string -> Number
• comma seperated list -> Array
• everything else -> String

Translation

Call the auger function with options:

aug = auger(rl, {
    translate: false //No translation.
});

aug = auger(rl, {
    //Translate with a function.
    translate: function(answer){
        if(answer === 'y'){
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

The translate option can be a boolean, or a function. The default is a boolean value of true.

If translate is a boolean the default transform is used.

If translate is a function then that function will be called so you can return an appropriate value on each readline input.

If you want to translate some values, and not others that is fine too.

aug1 = auger(rl, {
    translate: false //No translation.
});

aug2 = auger(rl, {
    translate: true //Use translation.
});

More than one instance of auger is fine because they will all share the same readline interface.

Use auger with penumbra

var pen = require('penumbra')(),
    auger = require('auger'),
    rl = require('readline').createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout),
    aug = auger(rl);
    fs = require('vinyl-fs');


pen.task('move', function * (){
    var answer;
    while(true){
        //Keep asking if the input is not a boolean.
        if(typeof (answer = yield aug.ask('Move files? (y/n) ')) === 'boolean'){
            //The answer is boolean.
            break;
        }
    }

    if(!answer){
        return aug.close();
    }
    console.log('moving files');
    yield [
        fs.src(['./*.js']),
        fs.dest('./output')
    ];
    aug.close();
});

If you save the file as move.js then you'd run the command:

node move.js move

Consistency?

auger also has all the methods of readline interface. There's no requirement to use them. You can still command readline from an rl instance.

Happy coding!