Yargs be a node.js library fer hearties tryin' ter parse optstrings
Yargs helps you build interactive command line tools, by parsing arguments and generating an elegant user interface.
It gives you:
my-program.js serve --port=5000
).mocha [spec..]
Run tests with Mocha
Commands
mocha inspect [spec..] Run tests with Mocha [default]
mocha init <path> create a client-side Mocha setup at <path>
Rules & Behavior
--allow-uncaught Allow uncaught errors to propagate [boolean]
--async-only, -A Require all tests to use a callback (async) or
return a Promise [boolean]
Stable version:
Bleeding edge version with the most recent features:
#!/usr/bin/env node import yargs from 'yargs'; import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers'; const argv = yargs(hideBin(process.argv)).parse() if (argv.ships > 3 && argv.distance < 53.5) { console.log('Plunder more riffiwobbles!') } else { console.log('Retreat from the xupptumblers!') }
$ ./plunder.js --ships=4 --distance=22 Plunder more riffiwobbles! $ ./plunder.js --ships 12 --distance 98.7 Retreat from the xupptumblers!
Note:
hideBin
is a shorthand forprocess.argv.slice(2)
. It has the benefit that it takes into account variations in some environments, e.g., Electron.
#!/usr/bin/env node import yargs from 'yargs'; import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers'; yargs(hideBin(process.argv)) .command('serve [port]', 'start the server', (yargs) => { return yargs .positional('port', { describe: 'port to bind on', default: 5000 }) }, (argv) => { if (argv.verbose) console.info(`start server on :${argv.port}`) serve(argv.port) }) .option('verbose', { alias: 'v', type: 'boolean', description: 'Run with verbose logging' }) .parse()
Run the example above with --help
to see the help for the application.
yargs has type definitions at @types/yargs.
npm i @types/yargs --save-dev
See usage examples in docs.
As of v16
, yargs
supports Deno:
import yargs from 'https://deno.land/x/yargs@v17.7.2-deno/deno.ts' import { Arguments } from 'https://deno.land/x/yargs@v17.7.2-deno/deno-types.ts' yargs(Deno.args) .command('download <files...>', 'download a list of files', (yargs: any) => { return yargs.positional('files', { describe: 'a list of files to do something with' }) }, (argv: Arguments) => { console.info(argv) }) .strictCommands() .demandCommand(1) .parse()
Note: If you use version tags in url then you also have to add
-deno
flag on the end, like@17.7.2-deno
See examples of using yargs in the browser in docs.
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