Konzole

Console applications in NodeJS made easy as hell.

Usage

Require a konzole within a simple node script and run it:

var konzole = require('./konzole')('MY FIRST CONSOLE', "1.0.0");
 
konzole.run();

you will see an help script describing the commands that are registered within this console (only help, for now).

Let's declare a new ls command that will simply console.log the contents of a directory:

var konzole = require('konzole')('MY FIRST CONSOLE', "1.0.0");
var kommand = require('kommand');
var fs = require('fs');
 
var ls = new kommand('Lists contents of a directory');
 
ls.run = function(konzole) {
    console.log(fs.readdirSync('.'))
};
 
konzole.addCommand('ls', ls);
 
konzole.run();

et-voila:

Options

To add options to your command, simply declare them as dependencies of your command:

var kommand = require('kommand');
var kommand = require('option');
 
var ls = new kommand('Lists contents of a directory', [new option('d', 'dir', '.')]);
 
ls.run = function(konzole, input) {
    console.log(fs.readdirSync(input.getOption('d')))
};

the three arguments of an option are:

• its name (-d)
• its alias (--dir)
• its default value (.)

Now you can simply use your pimped command with node index.js ls --dir=/home/you/something.

Example console

In this example we are adding to the console the already-seen ls command and a new, quote, command that will retrieve a random quote from the internet.

Just like that.

var konzole = require('konzole')('MY FIRST CONSOLE', "1.0.0");
var kommand = require('kommand');
var option  = require('option');
var fs = require('fs');
var colors = require('colors');
var _ = require('lodash');
var HTTP = require("q-io/http");
 
var ls = new kommand('Lists contents of a directory', [new option('d', 'dir', '.')]);
ls.run = function(konzole, input) {
    var directory = input.getOption('dir');
 
    console.log(fs.readdirSync(directory));
};
 
var quote = new kommand('Retrieves a random quote');
quote.run = function(konzole, input) {
    HTTP.request({url: "http://www.iheartquotes.com/api/v1/random.json", method: 'GET'}).then(function(response){
        response.body.read().then(function (buffer) {
            console.log(JSON.parse(buffer.toString('UTF-8')).quote.inverse);
        });
    })
};
 
konzole.addCommand('ls', ls);
konzole.addCommand('quote', quote);
 
konzole.run();

Have fun!

Tests

Gimme some time :)