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Parse
Lightweight yet feature rich argument parser.
This module does not define any options or any program requirements it simply parses arguments into an object structure that is easier for other modules to work with.
Features
- Supports multiple option values as arrays.
- Supports long flag negations, eg:
--no-color
. - Supports
--option=value
,--option value
andoption=value
. - Expands short flags such as
-xvf
. - Supports multiple flags as numbers:
-ddd
. - Assignment on last flag expansion
-xvf file.tgz
. - Treat
-
as special stdin flag. - Stop argument parsing on
--
. - Comprehensive test suite.
- 100% code coverage.
Install
npm install cli-argparse
Example
var parse = ;var args = 'server' 'start' '-xvd' '--port=80' '--config' '-' '--config=config.json' '--log' 'server.log' '--no-color';var result = ;console;
API
var parse = ;var result = ;consoledirresult;
parse([args], [options])
args
: Specific arguments to parse, default isprocess.argv.slice(2)
.options
: Parsing configuration options.
Returns a result object.
Options
alias
: Map of argument names to property names.flags
: Array of argument names to be treated as flags.options
: Array of argument names to be treated as options.short
: Allow short options to have values.strict
: A boolean that indicates only arguments specified asoptions
orflags
should be parsed.flat
: A boolean that creates a flat result structure.stop
: Array of strings or patterns to stop parsing on, the special pattern--
is always respected first.vars
: A string or regexp used to collect variables into thevars
object.camelcase
: Whenfalse
do not convert option names to camelcase; when a string or regexp split the option name on the given pattern for conversion to camelcase.
Result
The result object contains the fields:
flags
: Object containing arguments treated as flags.options
: Object containing arguments treated as options with values.raw
: Array of the raw arguments parsed.stdin
: Boolean indicating whether-
is present in the argument list.unparsed
: Array of values that were not parsed.skip
: Array of args skipped upon--
or a custom stop pattern.stop
: If a stop pattern matched this will contain the pattern that matched (string or regexp).empty
: Set totrue
if a stop pattern matched on the first argument.vars
: Variables collected when thevars
option is configured.
Aliases
Aliases allow arguments to map to meaningful property names that will be set on the result object options
and flags
.
Aliases are mapped on the raw argument name, to map -v | --verbose
to a verbose
property use {'-v --verbose': 'verbose'}
.
Note that you should not use the negated long form (--no-highlight) when specifying these hints, always use the positive form.
Flags
Use the flags array when you need to force a long argument to be treated as a flag, for example ['--syntax-highlight']
.
Options
Use the options array when you need to treat a short argument as accepting a value, for example ['-f']
.
Strict
A boolean
that indicates that only known arguments (those declared in the options and flags properties) are accepted, all other arguments will be placed in the unparsed array.
Flat
Creating a flat result can be useful if you are certain that there are no naming collisions, typically this can be achieved by providing hints using flags
and options
.
When this option is specified the result object will not have a flags
property, instead all flags and options will be in the options
property of the result.
Vars
Sometimes it is useful to collect arguments following a convention, for example -D
like java or maybe all arguments prefixed with @
. When the vars
option is set all arguments that match the convention are collected in to the vars
result object, see the vars test spec for examples.
Developer
Test
To run the test suite:
npm test
Cover
To generate code coverage run:
npm run cover
Lint
Run the source tree through jshint and jscs:
npm run lint
Clean
Remove generated files:
npm run clean
Readme
To build the readme file from the partial definitions (requires mdp):
npm run readme
License
Everything is MIT. Read the license if you feel inclined.
Generated by mdp(1).