file-easy

File utilities to speed up creating document files, setting default extension, and getting a slug from a string.

Installation

npm i file-easy

Usage

.slug()

const fileEasy = require('file-easy')
 
// getting a slug
let fn = 'source Filename';
let slug = fileEasy.slug(fn)
console.log('Slug:', slug)

Will show:

Slug: source-filename

const fileEasy = require('file-easy')
 
let names = [
    'Simple_File$Goes%Here',
    '%%Welcome**    Buddy%&^#$%'
];
names.forEach((name) => {
    console.log('Source: "', name, '" is:', fileEasy.slug(name))
})

Will show:

Source: " Simple_File$Goes%Here " is: " simple-file-goes-here
Source: " %%Welcome**    Buddy%&^#$% " is: " welcome-buddy

.setDefaultExtension()

const fileEasy = require('file-easy')
 
// f1 is filename.js (no extension in original, apply extension)
let f1 = fileEasy.setDefaultExtension('filename', '.js)
 
// f2 is filename.js (extension already exists)
let f2 = fileEasy.setDefaultExtension('filename.js', '.json')
 
// f3 is filename. (extension starts with . in original)
let f3 = fileEasy.setDefaultExtension('filename.', '.js')

.saveDocument()

const fileEasy = require('file-easy')
 
let filename = './docs/sample.txt'
let content = 'String to go in'
 
/**
 * Creates the `sample.txt` file in `./docs` folder
 * If path does not exist, it will create it (e.g. `./docs`)
 * The file is saved as a utf-8 format (standard format)
 */
fileEasy.saveDocument(filename, content)

Functions

setDefaultExtension(filename, extension) ⇒ string

Append specified extension if needed.

saveDocument(filename, content)

Save content in a file using utf8 format.

slug(s) ⇒ string

Convert a string into an identifier.

setDefaultExtension(filename, extension) ⇒ string

Append specified extension if needed.

Kind: global function
Returns: string - filename with either existing or specified extension

Param	Type	Description
filename	string	the filename to check for an existing extension.
extension	string	the extension to append if filename has no extension. It should start with a dot (e.g. .txt)

saveDocument(filename, content)

Save content in a file using utf8 format.

Kind: global function

Param	Type	Description
filename	string	The filename to create. It can also include a path ending with the filename. Path will be created if not exists.
content	string	The content to place in the file.

slug(s) ⇒ string

Convert a string into an identifier.

Kind: global function
Returns: string - The identifier string

Param	Type	Description
s	string	The string to convert by replacing special characters with dash (-)