fs-visitor

fs-visitor is a Node.js library that provides a simple API to recursively list files and directories with various filtering and sorting options.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• API
  • Entry
  • FilterEntry
  • Options
  • processVisitor
• Examples
• Contributing
• License

Installation

npm install fs-visitor

Usage

const { processVisitor } = require("fs-visitor");
// Example: List all files and directories in the current directory
const entries = processVisitor("./");
console.log(entries);
// Example: List only TypeScript files with a depth of 2
const tsFilter = (entry) => entry.type === "file" && entry.name.endsWith(".ts");
const options = { deep: 2, filterEntry: tsFilter };
const tsEntries = processVisitor("./src", options);
console.log(tsEntries);

API

Entry

type Entry = {
  type: "directory" | "file" | string;
  name: string;
  absolute: string;
  relative: string;
};

Represents an entry (file or directory) returned by processVisitor.

FilterEntry

type FilterEntry = (entry: Entry) => boolean;

A function used for filtering entries based on custom criteria.

Options

type Options = {
  deep?: number;
  filterEntry?: FilterEntry | FilterEntry[];
  withDirectory?: boolean;
  sorter?: (a: Entry, b: Entry) => number;
  relativePrefix?: string;
  useSlash?: boolean;
};

Options to customize the behavior of processVisitor.

• deep: Maximum depth to scan.
• filterEntry: A single or an array of FilterEntry functions.
• withDirectory: Include directories in the result.
• sorter: Custom function to sort entries.
• relativePrefix: Prefix to add to relative paths.
• useSlash: Use forward slash / as a directory separator.

processVisitor

export const processVisitor = (
     directory: string,
  options: Options = {}
) => Entry[];

The main method that lists files and directories based on the provided options.

Examples

Example 1: List All Files and Directories

import { processVisitor } from "fs-visitor";
const entries = processVisitor("./");
console.log(entries);

Example 2: List TypeScript Files Only (Depth 2)

import { processVisitor } from "fs-visitor";
const entries = processVisitor("./src", {
  deep: 2,
  filterEntry: (entry) => {
    return entry.type === "file" && entry.name.endsWith(".ts");
  },
});
console.log(entries);

Example 3: Include and Exclude

This example use minimatch and expose a simple function createFileEntry in filter file

import { processVisitor } from "fs-visitor";
import { createFileEntry } from "fs-visitor/filter";
const filterEntry = createFileEntry({
  include: "**/*.ts",
  exclude: ["**/Config*", "**/Defined*"],
});
const entries = processVisitor("./src/widget", { filterEntry });
console.log(entries);

Feel free to contribute to this project, report issues, or suggest improvements. Your feedback is highly appreciated.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.