deez-argv

A left-pad inspired package for deserializing an argument list to a Record

Install via the plethora of available package managers!!!!

$ npm i deez-argv

$ yarn add deez-argv

$ pnpm i deez-argv

$ bun i deez-argv

By default process.argv is passed if no argument is given.

const args = deserializeArgumentList();
// ^? Record<string, string>

You can also pass a custom argument list with a custom starting point

const args = deserializeArgumentList(['--foo', 'bar', '-baz=qar'], 0);
// ^? Record<string, string>

The starting point otherwise defaults to 2 for compatibility with process.argv.

You can then pass that object to whatever validation you desire.

const argSchema = z.object({foo: z.string(), baz: z.string()});
const args = argSchema.parse(deserializeArgumentList());
// ^? {foo:string, baz:string}

- and -- denotes an argument that should be parsed. If an argument is followed by another argument, it is assumed to be a boolean flag. Otherwise values can be passed either with a = or with a space. You can use commas to pass multiple values into an array.

$ node index.js --foo bar -biz --baz=qar --qux --shows interstellar,bum, pirates

const args = deserializeArgumentList();
// ^? Record<string, string>
assert.deepStrictEqual(args, {
  foo: 'bar',
  biz: true,
  baz: 'qar',
  qux: true,
  shows: ['interstellar', 'bum', 'pirates'],
});

Obviously this library could handle validation and mapping for you, kind of like the Rust Clap-crate, but for now it's just a simple deserializer.