console-animations

console-animations is a lightweight Node.js module that provides various animated effects for the console. It allows you to easily add animated spinner, progress bar, bouncing ball, and dot animations to your command-line applications.

Installation

You can install console-animations using npm:

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npm install console-animations

Usage

The module provides the startAnimation and stopAnimation functions to control the animations. Here's an example of how to use them:

`const { startAnimation, stopAnimation } = require('console-animations');

// Start a spinner animation with color index 0 (cyan)
startAnimation('spinner', 0);

// Stop the animation after 3 seconds
setTimeout(() => {
  stopAnimation();
}, 3000);

Animation Types

console-animations supports the following animation types:

• spinner: Displays a spinning animation.
• progress: Displays a progress bar animation.
• bouncing: Displays a bouncing ball animation.
• dots: Displays a dot animation.

To start an animation, use the startAnimation function and provide the animation type as the first argument. For example, to start a spinner animation:

startAnimation('spinner', colorIndex);

Replace colorIndex with the index of the color you want to use (0-7).

Color Types

console-animations supports 8 color types for the animations:

• 0: cyan
• 1: green
• 2: yellow
• 3: magenta
• 4: red
• 5: blue
• 6: white
• 7: gray

To choose the color for an animation, provide the desired color index as the second argument when calling startAnimation. For example, to start a spinner animation with the color green:

startAnimation('spinner', 1); // Use color index 1 (green)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

This module is licensed under the MIT License.