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A nodejs module wich helps you handle a directory tree providing you its abstraction through tested functions and a custom configuration.
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dree
A nodejs module which helps you handle a directory tree. It provides you an object of a directory tree with custom configuration and optional callback method when a file or dir is scanned. You will also be able to turn the tree into a string representation. With Typescript support and both sync and async support.
The name
A little explaination of the name dree:
I chose it because it comes from the union of Directory Tree.
Install
To install dree as a local module:
$ npm install dree
To install dree as a global module:
$ npm install -g dree
Usage (local module)
Get an object
Simple:
const dree = require('dree');
const tree = dree.scan('./folder');
With custom configuration:
const dree = require('dree');
const options = {
stat: false,
normalize: true,
followLinks: true,
size: true,
hash: true,
depth: 5,
exclude: /dir_to_exclude/,
extensions: [ 'txt', 'jpg' ]
};
const tree = dree.scan('./folder', options);
With file and dir callbacks:
const dree = require('dree');
const options = {
stat: false
};
const fileCallback = function (element, stat) {
console.log('Found file named ' + element.name + ' created on ' + stat.ctime);
};
const dirCallback = function (element, stat) {
console.log('Found file named ' + element.name + ' created on ' + stat.ctime);
};
const tree = dree.scan('./folder', options, fileCallback, dirCallback);
With the asynchronous version:
const dree = require('dree');
const options = {
stat: false,
normalize: true,
followLinks: true,
size: true,
hash: true,
depth: 5,
exclude: /dir_to_exclude/,
extensions: [ 'txt', 'jpg' ]
};
dree.scanAsync('./folder', options)
.then(function (tree) {
console.log(tree);
});
With typescript and by changing the objects onDir and onFile:
import * as dree from 'dree';
interface CustomResult extends dree.Dree {
description: string;
}
const options: dree.Options = {
stat: false
};
const fileCallback: dree.Callback<CustomResult> = function (node, stat) {
node.description = `${node.name} (${node.size})`;
};
const dirCallback: dree.Callback<CustomResult> = function (node, stat) {
node.description = `${node.name} (${node.size})`;
};
const tree: CustomResult = dree.scan<CustomResult>('./folder', options, fileCallback, dirCallback);
Get a string
Simple:
const dree = require('dree');
const string = dree.parse('./folder');
With custom configuration:
const dree = require('dree');
const options = {
followLinks: true,
depth: 5,
exclude: /dir_to_exclude/,
extensions: [ 'txt', 'jpg' ],
symbols: dree.ASCII_SYMBOLS
};
const string = dree.parse('./folder', options);
Get a string from an object:
const dree = require('dree');
const tree = dree.scan('./folder');
const options = {
followLinks: true,
depth: 5,
exclude: /dir_to_exclude/,
extensions: [ 'txt', 'jpg' ]
};
const string = dree.parseTree(tree, options);
With the asynchronous version:
const dree = require('dree');
const options = {
followLinks: true,
depth: 5,
exclude: /dir_to_exclude/,
extensions: [ 'txt', 'jpg' ]
};
dree.parseAsync('./folder', options)
.then(function (string) {
console.log(string);
});
Usage (global module)
Get an object and print on stdout
$ dree scan <source>
This way the result will be printed on stdout
Get an object and save in a file
$ dree scan <source> --dest ./output/result.json
This way the result will be saved in ./output/result.json
Get a string and print on stdout
$ dree parse <source>
This way the result will be printed on stdout
Get a string and save in a file
$ dree parse <source> --dest ./output/result.txt
This way the result will be saved in ./output/result.txt
Log the result and save in a file
$ dree parse <source> --dest ./output/result.txt --show
With --show
option, the result will also be printed with on stdout even if also saved in a file
See all options
scan
and parse
accept the same options of their analog local functions. The options can be specified both as command arguments and json file.
$ dree --help --all-options
Code completion
In case you wanted to add the code completion for cli commands, you can use the following command:
$ dree completion
It will output the code completion for your shell. You can then add it to your .bashrc
or .zshrc
file.
For instance, if you want to add it to your .bashrc
file, you can do it like this:
$ dree completion >> ~/.bashrc
Result
Given a directory structured like this:
sample
├── backend
│ └── firebase.json
│ └── notes.txt
│ └── server
│ └── server.ts
└── .gitignore
With this configurations:
const options = {
stat: false,
hash: false,
sizeInBytes: false,
size: true,
normalize: true,
extensions: [ 'ts', 'json' ]
};
The object returned from scan will be:
{
"name": "sample",
"path": "D:/Github/dree/test/sample",
"relativePath": ".",
"type": "directory",
"isSymbolicLink": false,
"size": "1.79 MB",
"children": [
{
"name": "backend",
"path": "D:/Github/dree/test/sample/backend",
"relativePath": "backend",
"type": "directory",
"isSymbolicLink": false,
"size": "1.79 MB",
"children": [
{
"name": "firebase.json",
"path": "D:/Github/dree/test/sample/backend/firebase.json",
"relativePath": "backend/firebase.json",
"type": "file",
"isSymbolicLink": false,
"extension": "json",
"size": "29 B"
},
{
"name": "server",
"path": "D:/Github/dree/test/sample/backend/server",
"relativePath": "backend/server",
"type": "directory",
"isSymbolicLink": false,
"size": "1.79 MB",
"children": [
{
"name": "server.ts",
"path": "D:/Github/dree/test/sample/backend/server/server.ts",
"relativePath": "backend/server/server.ts",
"type": "file",
"isSymbolicLink": false,
"extension": "ts",
"size": "1.79 MB"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
With similar configurations, parse will return:
sample
└─> backend
├── firebase.json
├── hello.txt
└─> server
└── server.ts
Action
Based on this module the is the github action ga-dree, that allows you to keep a markdown representation of your directory tree updated in your repository's README.md file.
API
Online documentation
The documentation generated with TypeDoc is available in this site. There is also a more specific version for development in this site.
scan
Syntax:
dree.scan(path, options, fileCallback, dirCallback)
Description:
Given a path, returns an object representing its directory tree. The result could be customized with options and a callback for either each file and each directory is provided. Executed synchronously. See Usage to have an example.
Parameters:
- path: Is of type
string
, and is the relative or absolute path the file or directory that you want to scan - options: Optional. Is of type
object
and allows you to customize the function behaviour. - fileCallback: Optional. Called each time a file is added to the tree. It provides you the node, which reflects the given options, and its status returned by fs.stat (fs.lstat if
followLinks
option is enabled). Note that it can be used also to modify the node (only by extending it) and that there are generics typings for it. - dirCallback: Optional. Called each time a directory is added to the tree. It provides you the node, which reflects the given options, and its status returned by fs.lstat (fs.stat if
followLinks
option is enabled). Note that it can be used also to modify the node (only by extending it) and that there are generics typings for it.
Options parameters:
- stat: Default value:
false
. If true every node of the result will containstat
property, provided byfs.lstat
orfs.stat
. - normalize: Default value:
false
. If true, on windows, normalize each path replacing each backslash\\
with a slash/
. - symbolicLinks: Default value:
true
. If true, all symbolic links found will be included in the result. Could not work on Windows. - followLinks: Default value:
false
. If true, all symbolic links will be followed, including even their content if they link to a folder. Could not work on Windows. - sizeInBytes: Default value:
true
. If true, every node in the result will containsizeInBytes
property as the number of bytes of the content. If a node is a folder, only its considered inner files will be computed to have this size. - size: Default value:
true
. If true, every node in the result will containsize
property. Same assizeInBytes
, but it is a string rounded to the second decimal digit and with an appropriate unit. - hash: Default value:
true
. If true, every node in the result will containhash
property, computed by taking in consideration the name and the content of the node. If the node is a folder, all his considered inner files will be used by the algorithm. - hashAlgorithm: Values:
md5
(default) andsha1
. Hash algorithm used bycryptojs
to return the hash. - hashEncoding: Values:
hex
(default),binary
,base64url
andbase64
. Hash encoding used bycryptojs
to return the hash. - showHidden: Default value:
true
. If true, all hidden files and dirs will be included in the result. A hidden file or a directory has a name which starts with a dot and in some systems like Linux are hidden. - depth: Default value:
undefined
. It is a number which says the max depth the algorithm can reach scanning the given path. All files and dirs which are beyound the max depth will not be considered by the algorithm. - exclude: Default value:
undefined
. It is a regex, string (glob patterns) or array of them and all the matched paths will not be considered by the algorithm. - matches: Default value:
undefined
. It is a regex, string (glob patterns) or array of them and all the non-matching paths will not be considered by the algorithm. Note: All the ancestors of a matching node will be added. - extensions: Default value:
undefined
. It is an array of strings and all the files whose extension is not included in that array will be skipped by the algorithm. If value isundefined
, all file extensions will be considered, if it is[]
, no files will be included. - emptyDirectory: Default value:
false
. If value istrue
, theisEmpty
property will be added in all the directory nodes in the result. Its value will betrue
if the directory contains no files and no directories,false
otherwise. - excludeEmptyDirectories: Default value:
false
. If value istrue
, all empty directories will be excluded from the result. Even directories which are not empty but all their children are excluded are excluded from the result because of other options will be considered empty. - descendants: Default value
false
. If true, also the number of descendants of each node will be added to the result. - descendantsIgnoreDirectories: Default value
false
. If true, only files will be count as descendants of a node. It does not have effect if descendants option is not true. - sorted: Default value:
false
. If true, directories and files will be scanned ordered by path. The value can be both boolean for default alpha order, a custom sorting function or a predefined sorting method in SortMethodPredefined. - postSorted: Default value:
false
. If true, the child nodes of a node will be ordered. The value can be both boolean for default alpha order, a custom sorting function or a predefined sorting method in PostSortMethodPredefined. - homeShortcut: Default value:
false
. If true, the unix homedir shortcut ~ will be expanded to the user home directory. - skipErrors: Default value:
true
. If true, folders whose user has not permissions will be skipped. An error will be thrown otherwise. Note: in fact every error thrown byfs
calls will be ignored.
SortMethodPredefined enum:
In Javascript it is an object, in Typescript an enum, whose values are used to determine how the paths should be sorted.
- ALPHABETICAL: Alphabetical order.
- ALPHABETICAL_REVERSE: Alphabetical order, reversed.
- ALPHABETICAL_INSENSITIVE: Alphabetical order, case insensitive.
- ALPHABETICAL_INSENSITIVE_REVERSE: Alphabetical order, reversed, case insensitive.
Result object parameters:
- name: Always returned. The name of the node as a string.
- path: Always returned. The absolute path of the node.
- relativePath: Always returned. The relative path from the root of the node.
- type: Always returned. Values:
file
ordirectory
. - isSymbolicLink: Always returned. A boolean with true value if the node is a symbolic link.
- sizeInBytes: The size in bytes of the node, returned as a number.
- size: The size of the node, returned as a string rounded to two decimals and appropriate unit.
- hash: The hash of the node.
- extension: The extension (without dot) of the node. Returned only if the node is a file.
- isEmpty: A boolean with true value if the node is a directory containig no files and no directories.
- descendants: The number of descendants of the node. Returned only if the node is a directory and descendants option is specified.
- stat: The
fs.lstat
orfs.fstat
of the node. - children: An array of object structured like this one, containing all the children of the node.
This is also the structure of the callbacks' first parameter.
scanAsync
Syntax:
dree.scanAsync(path, options, fileCallback, dirCallback)
Description:
Given a path, returns a promise to an object representing its directory tree. The result could be customized with options and a callback for either each file and each directory is provided. Executed asynchronously, it is the asynchronous analog of the scan
function. See Usage to have an example.
Parameters:
- path: Is of type
string
, and is the relative or absolute path the file or directory that you want to scan - options: Optional. Is of type
object
and allows you to customize the function behaviour. - fileCallback: Optional. Called each time a file is added to the tree. It provides you the node, which reflects the given options, and its status returned by fs.stat (fs.lstat if
followLinks
option is enabled). The callback can be an async function. Note that it can be used also to modify the node (only by extending it) and that there are generics typings for it. - dirCallback: Optional. Called each time a directory is added to the tree. It provides you the node, which reflects the given options, and its status returned by fs.lstat (fs.stat if
followLinks
option is enabled). The callback can be an async function. Note that it can be used also to modify the node (only by extending it) and that there are generics typings for it.
Options parameters:
They are exactly the same of the scan
's function option parameters.
Result object parameters:
- name: Always returned. The name of the node as a string.
- path: Always returned. The absolute path of the node.
- relativePath: Always returned. The relative path from the root of the node.
- type: Always returned. Values:
file
ordirectory
. - isSymbolicLink: Always returned. A boolean with true value if the node is a symbolic link.
- sizeInBytes: The size in bytes of the node, returned as a number.
- size: The size of the node, returned as a string rounded to two decimals and appropriate unit.
- hash: The hash of the node.
- extension: The extension (without dot) of the node. Returned only if the node is a file.
- isEmpty: A boolean with true value if the node is a directory containig no files and no directories.
- descendants: The number of descendants of the node. Returned only if the node is a directory and descendants option is specified.
- stat: The
fs.lstat
orfs.fstat
of the node. - children: An array of object structured like this one, containing all the children of the node.
This is also the structure of the callbacks' first parameter.
parse
Syntax:
dree.parse(path, options)
Description:
Given a path, returns a string representing its directory tree. The result could be customized with options. Executed synchronously. See Usage to have an example.
Parameters:
- path: Is of type
string
, and is the relative or absolute path the file or directory that you want to parse - options: Optional. Is of type
object
and allows you to customize the function behaviour.
Options parameters:
- symbolicLinks: Default value:
true
. If true, all symbolic links found will be included in the result. Could not work on Windows. - followLinks: Default value:
false
. If true, all symbolic links will be followed, including even their content if they link to a folder. Could not work on Windows. - showHidden: Default value:
true
. If true, all hidden files and dirs will be included in the result. A hidden file or a directory has a name which starts with a dot and in some systems like Linux are hidden. - depth: Default value:
undefined
. It is a number which says the max depth the algorithm can reach scanning the given path. All files and dirs which are beyound the max depth will not be considered by the algorithm. - exclude: Default value:
undefined
. It is a regex, string (glob patterns) or array of them and all the matched paths will not be considered by the algorithm. - extensions: Default value:
undefined
. It is an array of strings and all the files whose extension is not included in that array will be skipped by the algorithm. If value isundefined
, all file extensions will be considered, if it is[]
, no files will be included. - sorted: Default value:
undefined
. If true, directories and files will be scanned ordered by path. The value can be both boolean for default alpha order, a custom sorting function or a predefined sorting method in SortMethodPredefined. - homeShortcut: Default value:
false
. If true, the unix homedir shortcut ~ will be expanded to the user home directory. - symbols: Default value:
DEFAULT_SYMBOLS
. Symbols used to represent the tree in a string. - skipErrors: Default value:
true
. If true, folders whose user has not permissions will be skipped. An error will be thrown otherwise. Note: in fact every error thrown byfs
calls will be ignored.
DEFAULT_SYMBOLS object:
{
dirChild: '─> ',
fileChild: '── ',
forkChild: '├',
lastChild: '└',
linkChild: '>>',
tabIndent: ' ',
pipeIndent: '│ '
}
ASCII_SYMBOLS object:
{
dirChild: '-\\ ',
fileChild: '-- ',
forkChild: '|',
lastChild: '`',
linkChild: '->',
tabIndent: ' ',
pipeIndent: '| '
}
Result string:
The result will be a string representing the Directory Tree of the path given as first parameter. Folders will be preceded by >
and symbolic links by >>
.
Syntax:
dree.parseAsync(path, options)
Description:
Given a path, returns a promise to a string representing its directory tree. The result could be customized with options. Executed asynchronously. See Usage to have an example.
Parameters:
- path: Is of type
string
, and is the relative or absolute path the file or directory that you want to parse - options: Optional. Is of type
object
and allows you to customize the function behaviour.
Options parameters:
They are exactly the same of the parse
's function options parameters.
Result string:
The result will be a promise to string representing the Directory Tree of the path given as first parameter. Folders will be preceded by >
and symbolic links by >>
.
parseTree
Syntax:
dree.parseTree(dirTree, options)
Description:
The same as parse
, but the first parameter is an object returned by scan
function. Executed synchronously.
Parameters:
- dirTree: Is of type
object
, and is the object representing a Directory Tree that you want to parse into a string. - options: Optional. Is of type
object
and allows you to customize the function behaviour.
Options parameters:
Same parameters of parse
, with one more parameter, skipErrors
: is the same parameter in scan
options.
Result string:
The result will be a string representing the Directory Tree of the object given as first parameter. Folders will be preceded by >
and symbolic links by >>
.
parseTreeAsync
Syntax:
dree.parseTreeAsync(dirTree, options)
Description:
The same as parseAsync
, but the first parameter is an object returned by scan
function. Executed asynchronously.
Parameters:
- dirTree: Is of type
object
, and is the object representing a Directory Tree that you want to parse into a string. - options: Optional. Is of type
object
and allows you to customize the function behaviour.
Options parameters:
Same parameters of parse
, with one more parameter, skipErrors
: is the same parameter in scan
options.
Result string:
The result will be a promise to string representing the Directory Tree of the object given as first parameter. Folders will be preceded by >
and symbolic links by >>
.
Note
On Windows it could be possible that symbolic links are not detected, due to a problem with node fs module. If symbolicLinks
is set to true, then isSymbolicLink
could result false
for al the tree nodes. In addition, if followLinks
is set to true, it could be possible that links will not be followed instead.
The callbacks have a tree representation of the node and its stat as parameters. The tree parameter reflects the options given to scan
. For example, if you set hash
to false
, then the tree parameter of a callback will not have the hash value. The stat parameter depends on the followLinks
option. If it is true it will be the result of fs.stat
, otherwise it will be the result of fs.lstat
.
The callbacks for scanAsync
can return a promise, hence async callbacks are supported.
Properties as hash or size are computed considering only the not filtered nodes. For instance, the result size of a folder could be different from its actual size, if some of its inner files have not been considered due to filters as exclude
.
The hash of two nodes with the same content could be different, because also the name is take in consideration.
In the global usage, if an option is given both in the command args and in the options json file, the args one is considered.
Executing the asynchronous version of scan
could return a different object to the one returned by the synchronous one. This is why the asynchronous and synchronous versions read the directory in a different order.
Project structure
Made with dree
dree
├── .env.example
├── .release-it.json
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── build.mjs
├── build.test.mjs
├─> docs
│ └─> tree
│ └── dree.config.json
├── package.json
├── pnpm-lock.yaml
├─> scripts
│ └── generate-expected-tests-results.ts
├─> source
│ ├─> bin
│ │ ├── index.ts
│ │ └── shims.d.ts
│ ├─> lib
│ │ └── index.ts
│ └── tsconfig.json
├─> test
│ ├── .gitignore
│ ├─> parse
│ ├─> parseTree
│ ├─> sample
│ ├─> scan
│ └── test.js
├── tsconfig.json
├── typedoc.cjs
└── typedoc.dev.cjs
Development
Make sure that you have all the dependencies installed
Transpile
To transpile the typescript code
$ npm run transpile
The transpiled code will be in the dist
folder.
Bundle
To bundle the library with esbuild:
$ npm run bundle
The bundled code will be in the bundled
folder.
Test
After having transpiled the code:
$ npm test
The tests with mocha will be run.